Well, the boys have had their pre-meds!

I decided (I have to say ‘I’ because if I left Neil to decide, the pups would not be at the vets today) as a responsible dog owner, that the dogs need to lose their bits, and that it would be better to have this done before going to Spain rather than having to try and sort it out when we first arrive as they will be 6 months old just before we go. So, we had checked the recovery time and discussed with the vet whether they could have the op and the end result is, yes and it happens today.

Both Brandy & Brinkley did really well last night considering they weren’t allowed any food from 6.00pm and nothing to drink after midnight. My main concern was how they would be this morning, because of their normal morning routine.

First thing, they go straight downstairs and outside to do what everyone does after a nights sleep. As soon as they come in they charge through to the kitchen to get a biscuit. At this time we are normally making our breakfast and they get a couple of cubes of cheese once we have had out breakfast, so having eaten their biscuit they sit next to the unit where the chopping board is to wait for their cheese – oh dear, their little faces this morning – no biscuit, no cheese!

All this happens at 6.00am and then when Neil goes to work, we all go back upstairs for another hour or so. This morning they had to be at the vets between 8 & 8.30 so I decided we would stay upstairs until just before 8 and them I could bring them straight downstairs and into the car, avoiding the kitchen, and it worked well.

By the time we got to the vets they were wagging their tails happily unaware of what was to come. Of course, the first problem for the vet is how to tell which is which, we recognise so many different markings but to someone new, they both look the same. So I went through the ‘Brinkley has a dot on his head (no, not the green one) and Brandy has a stripe’ routine.

We got them weighed in and taken through for their pre-med and pain relief injections. As Brinkley always makes a fuss he was given his pre-med first, and because he yelped as normal, the vet decided to give him the pain relief one after he had gone to sleep. The pain relief is so that they are not too sore when they wake up.

Brandy, as normal, little toughie that he is, not a murmur, but he did give the vet one of his ‘looks’!
I then walked them through to the kennels where we settled them with nice soft puppy blankets and I left them to go to sleep. I now have to occupy myself until 1.00pm when I can ring up to see how they are and when I can collect them to bring them home.

It’s going to be a long day!