Relative Something

I took this photo of Delilah a while back, to show off her forehead painted silver by some concoction Cyndie sprayed to seal a wound. We noticed recently how nicely that spot finally healed up. What we once feared would be an obvious scar on her head, has now disappeared. She had hurt herself by running into barbed wire when she was over zealously exploring off-leash.

Earlier this week, the same day I had taken Delilah into the vet to be seen for her lameness, she got up to greet Cyndie coming home from work in the evening, and the problem had moved to one of her front legs. That didn’t take long. It was one of the signs the vet said we should watch for that would indicate the Lyme infection was active, and would warrant a second, different antibiotic regimen.

In the manner of behavior that dogs can be so good at demonstrating, whenever the lameness subsides, she quickly returns to activity as if she is in the peak of health. Now, that’s something that should be studied. I wish I could do that when I was sick!

It makes it tricky when caring for her. She seems like she could run and run, but should I let her? For both of our sakes, I’m taking a break from chucking balls for her to find. Seems I’ve developed a bit of tendonitis in the elbows from a variety of the activities I have been engaged in around here. She and I can convalesce together.

We can play, “Find the Ball with Your Nose” indoors, for a while. Good timing for that. Temperatures are headed for the deep freeze this weekend.

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