K-man went in for his "Geriatric" work at the Vet yesterday ... I hate that word. I get visions of old people dying in hospital beds, I dunno, just not a nice word to me. Though maybe it is because I have issues with things getting older and dying, but that is a whole other session on the leather couch. Kaleb is 8 years old, but age is just a number as far as he is concerned.
Anyway, he got a full panel of bloodwork, I even got to help :) his thyroid is being checked too.
And have any of you tried to get a boy dog to pee in a cup? It is a cup on a stick which to Kaleb looks very similar to a chuckit ... so there i am leaving the clinic to take kaleb out to pee, and he is jumping up at the chuckit-pee cup ... I did manage to get a sample thankfully ... and he did manage to NOT jump at the chuckit-pee cup after it was "full".
Anyways I am hopeful that he is healthy on the inside, as he is full of youthful vitality from the outside.
p.s. the photo was taken on Vancouver Island a few years ago on an early morning walk at 7am. It is snowing outside today, and I refuse to take any more snow photos until it is actually winter again. The Beach looks much better.
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I know how you feel, Wilson had his "senior" exam last month....
My doctor (for humans that is!) put it this way when I complained about getting old at my last physical:
"It sure beats the alternative!"
Ah yes, I got my two seniors headed in on Monday for their checkups! The chuck-it-pee-cup story cracks me up! Though maybe I should not laugh... I might be in that position Monday!
Yeah, but wait until you have to get a pee sample from a girl dog! That involves sneaking up on them with a cookie pan! Pretty funny having neighbours watch you follow your dog around the backyard trying to slip a cookie sheet between her legs as she squats. Not to mention that the dog thinks you are phycho and can't figure out what exactly you are try do with the sheet and why are you out there in the first place when all she wants to do is pee.
Deirdre, I have for Jane too - but I used a small cup!! now you tell me about he cookie sheet, that would have saved me from getting pee all over my hand!!
I just did Tate's geriatric profile too....everything came back with flying colours!....go Kaleb, go Tate :)
I can get pee from my boy dogs easier than my girl dogs. But yes, I do know the "device" you speak of!
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