Mortaine’s Blog

Well, the biggest tooth in a dog’s mouth is also the one voted most likely to become abcessed, and that’s probably what’s going on with my boy, He Who Is More Popular Than I.

In related news, he pooped in the waiting room at the vet. We had to wait an hour to actually be seen. An hour spent without a blanket or towel for him to lay on, so an hour spent with him panting and getting stressed out (I swear– even a little towel would have made him feel more comfortable– I should keep one in the car for him when we’re at the vet; he’s such a security-blankie dog!)

The vet says it’s either something that he didn’t like tasting, or an infected tooth, or both (the infection being a nasty taste in itself). We’re brushing twice a day as of now, doing a run of antibiotics, and will take him in next week for an XRay and possible extraction, if the tooth is abcessed. Of course, this is the big tooth in the back– the one with three separate roots. Thus, this will likely be a very expensive veterinary visit. Again. Two in less than a week is a bit pricey.

Well, the cat had a UTI inflammation last week. The dog is foaming at the mouth and avoiding food and water today. Oh, joy. No other behavior changes, and his rabies shot is current, so thank goodness for that.

I’m hoping for a simple case of infection in the gums, or perhaps he ate something disagreeable, or maybe even a moderate case of dehydration (he did finally drink quite a bit just before dinnertime).

We had and his lady and her bridesmaid over for dinner tonight. That was…fun. A little random. I suspect my, um, outgoingness (and my tendency to just talk on and on and on) is a little grating to her, but eh. She’s very reserved and quiet most of the time (at least around me), so I often can’t tell if she’s just “being polite” or is actually secretly quite at ease. I suspect the former, unfortunately.