November 8. X-ray Day. A day to celebrate X-rays. All those radiologists and radiology
technicians out there are having a special celebration. And it’s a day for X-rays in our house as
well – or it should be…
Remember how my human broke her toe a few
weeks ago? Well it was slowly getting better- but she was still limping. And then on Friday, when she was at work, her
building had to be evacuated due to a gas leak down the street. She had to take several flights of stairs–
which she hasn’t been doing. Combine
that with the fact that Bucket Head stepped on her sore toe, and she was REALLY
limping on Saturday. She SHOULD probably
have an X-ray – but she can be kind of stubborn. And she thinks I am the stubborn one? Anyway, we sadly had to pull out of our Rally
trial that we were supposed to be doing today.
Team Bark was having a reunion and I was also supposed to be in
Advanced. She just couldn’t limp around
the ring. In fact, when she tried to
practice with me yesterday, I didn’t know WHAT to do. Our whole rhythm was off. So that’s the bad X-ray story.
The good X-ray story – we HOPE- belongs to
Frodo. He went to the Vet this past week and had his hips X-rayed. My human has been meaning forever to have his
hips evaluated – and she finally did it.
Hip problems are seen in many dogs – and since 1966 the Orthopedic
Foundation for Animals has been evaluating hip X-rays. The OFA now looks at and registers lots of
health issues – but it started with hips.
Apparently the “good dog” lived up to his
reputation, and he didn’t even need sedation.
We don’t know the results yet – so stay tuned. But paws crossed they are good. If they turn out good, and he gets other good
results in his health testing, I am thinking he will need to go on-line to a
dog dating site- to find himself a girl. Hey – now there’s an idea – on-line dating
for dogs! What could I call it? How
about can-match.com? Short for canine
match. Or e-fetchingly.com? Or K9crush.com? A place for canines to connect. Surprising that no one has thought of it!
So cheers to X-rays today. And I hope all of you have a perfectly
radiant day!
© Linda Wozniak
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