...A CHANCE TO SAIL AWAY

So many options on how to use this dogs name in blog titles...I'll be sad to see her go for that reason (as well as many others).   I took Sail to see an applicant on Wednesday.  They live on the Island but had come into Vancouver for a couple of days so they got to meet the pretty girl.   They want to adopt her!  A home visit will help assess the match and if all goes well she will be back on a Ferry again.   Sail has been on the Ferry 4 times already in a few short weeks...so she knows what its all about and one more trip to a good home will be great.  

Last night Sail squatted on my living room carpet.  This is the first real accident I've ever had with a foster dog.   I've been so proud of my track record.    This seemed odd for her to do this as she has been perfectly clean for the week and a half that she has been here.   Her urine had an odd odor to it and then today when we went to drive to the dyke to go for a walk she peed in the back seat of the truck and slunked down looking all ashamed or guilty.   She wasn't in trouble last night and she wasn't in trouble today.  I don't get mad for things like this.  You could tell she really didn't want to have done this.   She has a bladder infection...so off to Dr. Ubi we went.   He checked her over and I took her outside to catch a sample.  She was accommodating of this because she had started peeing quite a bit on our walk earlier.  No blood in the urine and a mild infection...says Dr. Ubi.   While we were waiting for the results of the urine sample a small dog came into the waiting area after a good grooming and because Sail couldn't get up to him she started to bark and whine a bit...well the vet assistant put an end to that when she came over and took Sail's temperature.   Lets just say....distraction in the front and action in the 'end'.   Ha ha...that kept her quiet for sure.  She tolerated it well and was then a bit busy trying to figure out what had just happened back there.   She was finally able to greet the little guy and she was just fine with him.  

So we came away with 10 days of antibiotics and will make extra trips downstairs to the grass for Sail to go a little more often if needed.   The medication should kick in quickly and help her feel more comfortable.