had to take off again today. yesterday eve, those of you that remember my post about our golden Rocky swallowing a ball and was min's from death when the vet got it out... well....its been one thing after another since... and i kept saying "damn it..somebody needs to check down his throat"..the vet finally agreeded... so to the tune of 2800.00...mary transported him to a special clinic north of here while i manned the house yesterday afternoon because of severe storms... she got home at 8pm...barely. the rain was horrendous...
Long story short...two sonagrams and "the scope" down his esophagus into the stomach... all is good... the boy is gonna be ok.. had a blood clot in his stomach and thats what cause the black stool and concern...its breaking up now... im so relieved.
well, i had to take off today because of more severe storms were forcasted and man the generator and house while mary went to get him after all the tests around 1pm. opened the garage at 8 a.m. and walked out front.......... to see this in my side yard......
I just stood there...and said outloud: ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttt
it missed my neighbors house by 15 feet. its 4.6' in diameter and 57 feet tall. Allstate is going to help with removal costs. Got it removed today for 700 bucks...that included the stump and one other stump from an old fall... just what we needed after a total vet bill for Rocky of 3100.00 since last weds...... but he's home ..and he's doing good..thats all that matter to me...
low an behold...while im standing there bs'n with the tree guys after they were done, we witness a racoon...come out of nowhere in the persons yard behind me......and just start walking across the yard towards the house..where a 8 month old german shepherd is laying staring at it... no fear... "this is not good" i said.... can you say "rabies"?... the Shep jumped up and went after the coon...i started yelling at him, he did not heed... a fight started..the coon got away only to be pounced on the by the shep 20 feet away...while the shep had him on his back, (i knew this would happen... dogs that dont know how coons fight are toast..) the coon reached up with both front feet around the dogs head and pulled up, sinking his teeth in the dogs neck on the side and holding on for life.... there was nothing i could do... no weapon except a stick, but it was a big stick..so i picked it up....against a rabid coon...and a dog i dont know...but ........shit...i started for the fence ..the guys yelling "dont do that sir.."... the coon dropped off and ran..the dog stood staring in shock.... then he started to go after him..i yelled at the top of my lungs and he stopped. the coon disappeared over the fence and in the woods.
called animal control..the officer came out took the report.. what bothered me was, those people dont take care of their house at all, grass is 3 feet tall before they cut it half the time... nice house too, in ground pool... had to plead with them to get this gsd a collar and explain why, he's just a pup too, only 8 months now...
after the report..the aco drove over to the house... low and behold..the people were home! they never heard what was going on out back..and let me tell you..that German shep was screaming bloody murder with that coon hanging on his neck...
sure enough..no rabies vaccination (the health department called me later to thank me and get my report to compare to the ACO's)..dogs in quarantine now....
ready for this? the kid came to the back of the fence while i was out back with the dogs and said "thanks mr....they took my dog... how would you feel if they took your dog"???????... teen too... I said "listen dude... your dog will most likely get rabies now... you and your family would have never know it...and suddenly been attacked, bad. real bad.... you would have to go through the rabies shot routine, which is painful... didn't your parents explain this to you? if not..maybe they are ashamed to admit to you, its their fault...the law is all dogs have to get rabies shots and be kept current... want to get mad at someone? go back home.
Long story short...two sonagrams and "the scope" down his esophagus into the stomach... all is good... the boy is gonna be ok.. had a blood clot in his stomach and thats what cause the black stool and concern...its breaking up now... im so relieved.
well, i had to take off today because of more severe storms were forcasted and man the generator and house while mary went to get him after all the tests around 1pm. opened the garage at 8 a.m. and walked out front.......... to see this in my side yard......
I just stood there...and said outloud: ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttt
it missed my neighbors house by 15 feet. its 4.6' in diameter and 57 feet tall. Allstate is going to help with removal costs. Got it removed today for 700 bucks...that included the stump and one other stump from an old fall... just what we needed after a total vet bill for Rocky of 3100.00 since last weds...... but he's home ..and he's doing good..thats all that matter to me...
low an behold...while im standing there bs'n with the tree guys after they were done, we witness a racoon...come out of nowhere in the persons yard behind me......and just start walking across the yard towards the house..where a 8 month old german shepherd is laying staring at it... no fear... "this is not good" i said.... can you say "rabies"?... the Shep jumped up and went after the coon...i started yelling at him, he did not heed... a fight started..the coon got away only to be pounced on the by the shep 20 feet away...while the shep had him on his back, (i knew this would happen... dogs that dont know how coons fight are toast..) the coon reached up with both front feet around the dogs head and pulled up, sinking his teeth in the dogs neck on the side and holding on for life.... there was nothing i could do... no weapon except a stick, but it was a big stick..so i picked it up....against a rabid coon...and a dog i dont know...but ........shit...i started for the fence ..the guys yelling "dont do that sir.."... the coon dropped off and ran..the dog stood staring in shock.... then he started to go after him..i yelled at the top of my lungs and he stopped. the coon disappeared over the fence and in the woods.
called animal control..the officer came out took the report.. what bothered me was, those people dont take care of their house at all, grass is 3 feet tall before they cut it half the time... nice house too, in ground pool... had to plead with them to get this gsd a collar and explain why, he's just a pup too, only 8 months now...
after the report..the aco drove over to the house... low and behold..the people were home! they never heard what was going on out back..and let me tell you..that German shep was screaming bloody murder with that coon hanging on his neck...
sure enough..no rabies vaccination (the health department called me later to thank me and get my report to compare to the ACO's)..dogs in quarantine now....
ready for this? the kid came to the back of the fence while i was out back with the dogs and said "thanks mr....they took my dog... how would you feel if they took your dog"???????... teen too... I said "listen dude... your dog will most likely get rabies now... you and your family would have never know it...and suddenly been attacked, bad. real bad.... you would have to go through the rabies shot routine, which is painful... didn't your parents explain this to you? if not..maybe they are ashamed to admit to you, its their fault...the law is all dogs have to get rabies shots and be kept current... want to get mad at someone? go back home.
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