Snow at Sandy Creek Ranch

Poor kitty. We're having cone problems. She really can't see very well because of her eye and the cone just compounds the problem. Her food and water is usually kept on the counter in the laundry room. It's kind of a high jump and I was worried she couldn't make it with the stupid cone on, so I moved her food and water to the craft room. I had to put the food in a flat dish and her water in a small bowl so her cone could fit over it and she could eat and drink. 

Another problem was the dog. Flash went in the craft room (where he rarely goes) and ate the cat food. That would explain why he isn't eating his own food. 

So I had to close the door to the craft room and keep 50-50 inside. Poor kitty. We had couch time during the evening but last night she slept in the craft room. Alone but safe from the dog at least.

Conehead comes home

Angie and I picked up 50-50 from the vet today. Poor kitty. The vet thinks she had a piece of gravel in her eye and an ulcer grew around it. He removed the growth and she should be okay. Right now, though, she has to learn to eat and drink wearing the dreaded cone. Poor kitty.

More Bad News for 50-50

Our cat, 50-50, is in the hospital again. The ulcer on her eye is worse and she will either have to have it cut out or the eye removed. We're not sure what will happen, but the vet assures us it is not life threatening and she will be fine. I hope so.

50-50

Last Thursday I took 50-50 to the vet because her eye was looking infected. Turned out she had an ulcer on her eye plus an infected tooth. The vet wasn't sure if the infection had spread from one to the other. The ulcer turned out to be a melanoma and was removed. We won't know for sure if it was benign until we get the lab report back. We took 50-50 home the same day and have been treating her eye with drops, plus an oral antibiotic. Cross your fingers.

Snow was softly falling in the morning when I got up. There were a few white patches on the ground, not much, but I did see flakes falling and that counts as snow. It was 35 degrees so the snow didn't stay any length of time. By 7 o'clock the sun was out and the snow was no more. I took Flash for his walk on the trail and it started to rain before we got home.

Flash was soaking wet so I put him in his crate while I got a towel to dry him off. He didn't make a fuss at all. I thought he might whine, but he didn't.

Today was horseback riding lesson combined with dog training. We worked with Flash to get him desensitized to horses. You can read about it on his blog: http://flashthebordercollie.blogspot.com.

Dennis comes home tonight from his ski trip. He'll come in late, but Flash will be overjoyed to see him. Tomorrow he can run along with Dennis as he rides his bike to the office.

Garage

Eugenio is working on leveling the earth where the garage is going to go. He also pulled out the tree that was in the way. All we're waiting for are the permits. The County Building Department is so slow and persnickety, I wonder if I'll see this garage built in my lifetime.