Coco has had an ongoing ear infection for about two years.
I've had her on antibiotics, steroids and ointments for her left ear for all that time.
NOT once did the Vet suggest cutting all her ear hair off, to give it a chance to ventilate and breathe.
Since her last groom, when I got the groomer to cut off ALL her long ear hair... guess what?
11 am: Well we haven't accomplished much so far today.
Stew has new work boots, they look like walking boots! Very nice... almost too nice for working in the garden.
I also got a couple of things, just new knickers and a swim top.
Now that we are home it's time to do some proper work. At least until the heat gets too much.
We are supposed to get a high of 32 degrees C today. Add the humidity to that and it's actually unbearable.
12 noon: I just finished doing something I vowed I would NOT do.
ABOVE: I got down on my hands and knees with a chisel, and I hacked off all the ragged asphalt at the front door, and I cleaned the tar off the tiles with petrol.
Friggin 'K' should have done that, AT LEAST 2 months ago. I'm really angry now.
But at least it's not looking so awful right now. Wish I'd done it sooner, but I really thought he would have done it, instead of just leaving it looking so horrible.
As we are 100% certain we want it all ripped up and done again, I think we will leave that for him to do.
Excellent work darling.
Maybe in a month or so?
It is now 2.10 pm, down tools time. Not that I've done much today! But I have done all I want to do.
Soon it will be POOL TIME.
8.37 pm: Whoops, forgot to update all afternoon.
Stew got all the rubbish to the dump in one go.
Steve, Bex and the boys arrived for a swim.
Then Stew and I also had a swim. It was so necessary to cool down.
Virtually NO SUN today, but still stinking hot.
We are supposed to get rain tomorrow, then for the next week! Gosh I hope so.
I've had a sick headache this afternoon... Stew cooked our dinner this evening. What a man.
Now we are just relaxing, heading off to bed early tonight. My headache is not really budging sadly. It's totally due to the heat for sure.
RAIN. BRING IT ON FFS.
I agree, your vet should have said something about ear hair contributing to dogs with chronic ear infections. It happens a lot with breeds where the ears hang down instead of being up all the time. Has it been the same vet this whole time?
ReplyDeleteI think I might remember that the last couple years, you have used a wide variety of groomers because of moving and Covid shutdowns. And you have had trouble getting them in regularly.
It is possible that prior to two years ago your groomers were taking care of her ears regularly. This sounds cruel, but depending on the breed, sometimes the answer is pulling the ear hair.
Same Vet. Have pulled inner ear hair on occasions. That didn't make any difference.
DeleteWell. That's that. Coco needs to have short ears from now on!
ReplyDeleteI like your little "blurb". It works for so many situations. Including my wrist that moved another few degrees today!
But yes. It's much better and more doable than doing nothing!
Rain has come in Wellington. Good for everyone's gardens but I'm hoping my succulents don't flood. Might go window shopping. Drugs for dizzy have kicked in.
ReplyDeleteYou need the entire driveway dug up including what was underneath.
ReplyDeleteAgree about drive.
DeleteNice work Team Harvey 👏 👍 started raining here whilst we had a girls lunch only 7 hours long happy days 💙💙
ReplyDeleteIt's been seriously hot here all week. Either that or I've hold the longest hot flushes ever. Been raining buckets today so a lot cooler but still warm. Must be the longest time of hot sunny days we've had for a long time. Kj
ReplyDeleteThe yard is looking good! I've done 10 minute clean ups a lot in my life, set the timer and GO! It works good when things seem really overwhelming.
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