Buster’s Blog

Sunday morning Buster had a small raw spot on his tail which grew larger all day.  Yesterday I took him to the vet and she said it was probably fleas that he was biting.  I am giving him Revolution (instead of Frontline because it protects against heartworms as well, but doesn’t protect against ticks) for two months and was surprised to hear that.  She rubbed his fur backwards and found a couple of dead fleas and a live tick.  She said that she thinks Frontline kills the fleas faster so they won’t irritate him so much.  I just applied the 3^rd months worth of Revolution on Saturday so next month I will switch back to Frontline.  I also got a tick collar for him since Revolution doesn’t claim to work on ticks and we found a live one.
She also gave me 2 kinds of pills I have to give him twice a day.
Today, he is just moping around and has not even eaten his morning meal (in which I placed the pills).  Normally his tail is up over his back in nearly a circle but today it hangs limply behind him.  I haven’t seen him wag once today.  I hope it isn’t something worse than fleas.

Last weekend we went to Nashville to see the Grand Old Opry and had to put Buster in the kennel.  This weekend we went to Atlanta to see a Braves game and had to put Buster in the kennel again.  He has been there enough that they call him by name as soon as he comes in the door.  It has never been a problem to get him in the car.  All I do is open the back door and give him permission and he hops right in so he must enjoy the experience even though sometimes he gets a bath while he is there.  
The reason for all of the trips is that we have a German exchange student staying with us and we want to give her the American experience.  It turns out that she isn’t too interested in country music, but she likes baseball.  We also took her to a Chattanooga Lookouts game so she could see the difference in minor league and major league play.  It turned out that there were more errors in the Braves game than in the Lookouts game.  At the Braves game there was a 30 minute rain delay in which they ran a profile on their right fielder (whose name I can’t remember, but it starts with F and has a lot of letters in it).  He made a couple of nice plays in the field after that and at the bottom of the ninth with the score tied and two outs and the bases loaded, he came up to bat.  It went to a full count so the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. He hit a single to drive in the winning run and the stadium exploded.  Katherine is a loyal Braves fan and she was very happy.  Steve is a loyal Mets fan and was disappointed.
I need to go pick up Buster now.

This can’t be blamed on Buster. 

Saturday morning the passenger side window of Marilyn’s car was broken out.  It looks just like when it was broken into with a punch several years ago except it was sitting at our house.  All I can figure is that perhaps a small sharp hard object was thrown at is by the lawn mower.  At any rate it messed our day.  We rented a car for us to use during the weekend and for Marilyn to drive to work Monday.  Monday I will see if any of the auto glass companies will answer their phone.  They wouldn’t Saturday morning.