Well, Max finally got groomed today (BIG hooray)!!! He was supposed to go last Fri. but circumstances were tricky. Firstly, the groomers required Max to have a rabies shot. This was no big deal since he was supposed to get his rabies shot that Tues. before. Instead of his rabies shot, though, he got an upper respiratory infection. And a mild ear infection. And he was licking his neutering area which meant no rabies shot for Max (really, the cold was the main culprit), only antibiotics and another check-up appt. for this past Mon, 5/14. So, he went and saw Dr. Pedone (LOVE her!) this Mon. and even though he's not completely well, he was well enough to get both his distemper and rabies shots! I wanted to get him groomed yesterday but the groomers said they were required to wait 48 hours after the shot was given. So I dropped him off before work and then picked him up when I was done--he looks like a completely different puppy--and who knew he had so many spots?! Anyway, he's still got the sniffles and is sneezing a bit but his ear infection is all gone and his neuter site is almost completely healed. Both puppies are on antibiotics until next Mon., just to be safe (and b/c Sam was starting to wheeze).
Oh, I also wanted to explain Max's middle name, Seymour. In the tv show Futurama, the main character, Fry, gets accidentally sent 1,000 years into the future, leaving all of his friends and family, including his beloved dog, Seymour, behind. Seymour sits outside the pizza parlour where Fry worked and waits and waits and waits for Fry to return but he never does and Seymour dies without ever seeing him again. A faithful friend to the end. It seemed appropriate.
I'm going to enjoy the beautiful, cool weather now. Later!
