Every Fall, even if it's still warm, I get cold feet. They stay cold for a few weeks, until I adjust to the idea that Winter is on the way. Even after 22 years here, I still get cold feet when it starts to get cool! They aren't really cold, but I think that they are.
On to other news. Maggie Moo has been itching a lot more lately. When she was itchy in the Spring, the vet said to try zyrtec but it didn't seem to help much. At the time, she was about due for more frontline drops on her back and that helped more than the zyrtec so we quit the zyrtec. But here lately, she's itchy again. She's got a spot on her back above her tail where she's barely able to reach. She's yanked out hair and has a slight case of Bald Bobo! I put her back on Zyrtec again on Thursday. It seems to be working better this time. The problems she had in the Spring may have been because she did have a few fleas, which we thought possibly may have come from one of the many dogs next door - Bad Neighbor has a rotating cast of canines and it is highly possible. Mags doesn't really have fleas to speak of, but we'll keep her on the frontline drops until it gets cold enough to kill any possible fleas that might think she'd be a good dog to hitch a ride on. The Zyrtec started helping her pretty fast, and she is definitely less interested in yanking the hair off her rear! I was going to call the vet and see about benadryl but then I remembered the Zyrtec I still had and thought I'd give it a try. Mags gets a half of a pill twice a day and it makes her pretty sleepy. She wakes up after a while, at least after her morning dose. But by the end of the day, she's tired and ready to go to sleep. She gets her allergy pill, then she is usually sleep (or at least very stoned!) pretty quickly.
I did try a damp washcloth on her backside last week, which did seem to soothe her little bald patch. I also put a very light amount of vaseline on her, but that was not so easy. She was happy until the lid came off of the vaseline and I think she could smell it. I had to literally drag her out from under my bed. Once I put the vaseline on her she was fine. I think that maybe the vet might use it or something similar when they have to squeeze her "rear glands" and it has unhappy connotations for her. I haven't put it on her again since I started her back on the allergy meds.
Guess we're just a family with allergies. Even our dog!
Bill's going to get another booth for the pachinko machines. We sold a few out of our first booth, but there were other issues. Such as a high commission on top of the monthly booth rent but mostly the fact that more than a few small things disappeared - but did not show up as sold. We knew a couple of other people that had booths there as well, and they also had things stolen. So then we moved to a 2nd booth type store and it was very nice, but we didn't sell anything. The lady who owns it is very business -oriented and we really like her. But the problem was probably the location, we thought it might be a good spot and it was but it doesn't really get much traffic. However, she is opening up a 2nd location in a currently vacant store that has held other craft/booth stores and is in a very good location, on the main shopping street in our smaller town. The first booth store is on the same street but is at the opposite end and not quite in the actual "shopping district." The last booth store that was in the now vacant place is still in operation, it just moved to a different place. Bill worked out a deal with her today, she hopes to get the 2nd location up and running on November 1 and that is when we'll try it for a few months. We are not really sure if that type of store is a good venue for the pachinko machines or not, we did sell a few at the first place and the 2nd place is not in the best area for store traffic so we'll give it a try and see what happens.
Now for the sad stuff:
We lost Bevo! There will be another one, Bevo is forever. But each one is special and # 14 was quite a special one. But Otter and I do wonder, who will he greet at the Rainbow Bridge? I'm sure he'll have lots of TEXAS company!
HOOK 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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