Moderately distant beaches

[mtbc]

Our couple of small road trips down into England afforded some success though plans were a little derailed by sites having holiday closures that weren't previously obvious. Fortunately, my plans include fallbacks so, among other things, our dog L. had a good time running around on Bamburgh Beach in Northumberland (near the impressive castle) and Roanhead Beach in Cumbria (near Morecambe Bay). He also got to see swans at Annandale Water from as close as I dared let him get. Roanhead Beach turned out to be enormous: by coincidence, we arrived at around low tide when there is an awful lot of walking along the sand that one can do before getting near any sea. I also learned to avoid Windermere: narrow roads full of tourists.

L.'s been suffering some gastrointestinal issue over these holidays; there has been an infection going around. They now seem to be on the mend but it slows us down and distracts us while we focus on making sure they're okay. We actually left Northumberland early to make it to an appointment with our regular vet. With luck, we won't need a second appointment.

After a quiet New Year at home, we'll go to visit family in Dundee then be back at work. R. works tomorrow too, at least from home, helping to fill out the support rota.

Comments

[shimmerwine]

How is L doing?

[mtbc]

Thank you for asking. Still having some trouble, unfortunately. He's not too bad, it seems to come and go, but he's clearly not yet back to how he should be. Nothing clear from the blood panel, latest test was a sonogram which also looked generally good, now we're collecting poop (yay!), fallback will be a referral to a fancy GI specialist so thank goodness we have some pet medical coverage. In the meantime, they've also given us some analgesic for him as they think he probably had some abdominal discomfort. He can still be playful, which is a relief.

[shimmerwine]

If it's ok with you, I'd like to send some light to L.

[mtbc]

Definitely, thank you. And his last couple of poops were good!

[shimmerwine]

Finished. That went well. The flow was strong. :) I can always tell when an animal goes from, "Hey, what's going on??" to, "Wow, that feels good. I think I'll lay down and soak it in." lol

[mtbc]

Thank you, will keep an eye on him but seems good right now!

[shimmerwine]

I'm in New Mexico, and it's about 10:20 am. I'll do 30 minutes at 10:30. I think you are about 7 hrs later, so you may notice that he gives a sort of sigh and then lays down and maybe sleeps. At least that's how it's affected the other animals I've helped, including two horses. If you notice that it helps, let me know and I can do more Tues after work (around 5 my time). And we can go from there.

IF you'd like to check me out, my website is simplypip.com. I have posts about the animals I've helped.

Oh, there's no charge. :)