What's tripe?

The Paxton story continues...

So my human was up before dawn because we had a bad weather forecast for yesterday- and there was NO WAY she would miss Paxton's appointment.  He wasn't hungry in the morning at all, and as usual, Frodo and I screamed at him for not eating.   We have become accustomed to being sequestered while he eats - or he doesn't eat.  If one could literally translate what we are saying it would be something like " FOR THE LOVE OF HEAVEN, WHY are you not eating?  PLEASE, PLEASE let us show you how it's done!!!!!!!!!"

They left the house about an hour early - at which point snow had turned to freezing rain.  Old Pax bounded into the vehicle - he was just relieved to get away from us screaming PONs.  He had his ultrasound.  And the good news?  The Vets saw no big tumors.  The bad news?  They still don't know why he is sick.  So he will be having something called exploratory surgery on Thursday.  I hope when they go exploring that they find something he might have eaten.  Probably not likely - but let's face it, Pax HAS been known to ingest things that most dogs wouldn't even consider eating.

And speaking of eating,  on the way home from the Vet, my human stopped at the Pet Food place to see if she could find SOMETHING he would like.  The girls there know us, and they filled a bag with a bunch of samples for Pax to try.  And my human bought something called "canned tripe."  I have no idea WHAT that stuff is - but ooooooo-eeeee, it smells like it would be good to roll in.  And from Paxton's reaction, the stuff tastes yummy too!!  He QUICKLY ate a half of a can.  Without stopping.  It's the best his appetite has been in a few days.  What IS that tripe stuff? Frodo said I probably don't want to know.

So we are back to the waiting game with Paxton.  And as we know, waiting is not something I like to do - and neither does my human.  But for now, Paxton will get WHATEVER he wants to eat, and Frodo and I will continue our mournful serenade.  And we will enjoy every minute we have with our big bro, and keep praying that the doctors can make him better.

Now I just need to figure out how to use a can opener to get into that tripe stuff ...