boon's log 5004.02: Wet Dopey

We gave Dopey a shower last weekend before bringing to the Vet for his 3rd and final booster vaccine. We need to bath him before the shot because we are not supposed to bath him for 3-4 days. Here you can see the not-so-fluffy version of Dopey, when he is all wet...


Wet Dopey

Together with the vaccination, we also requested the vet to implant the microchip into Dopey. It took us a while to consider on whether or not to implant the chip because the process of implanting the microchip is - we think - something very close to cruelty to the poor little pup. You would to, if you saw the size of the syringe. I was imagining poking that thing into my arm, and it sent shivers down the spine. For those who have not seen it before - imagine the size (radius) or a normal syringe; now multiply that by 3 or 4 times. Yup... ouch! Well, Dopey took it like a ... well, puppy. Yelped and yelped and even peed (possibly out of pain and fear). He ran to us for refuge after each injection, but too bad, we cannot provide any sort of refuge for him in that sense. We also noticed that everytime we visit the vet, Dopey is exceptionally quiet - of course until he is be injected or a thermometer is shoved up his rear-end. He must have recognized the place somewhere in his memory and labeled it as "torture chamber"!

As with the 1st and 2nd shot, Dopey would was moody and tired after taking injection. He would just sleep most of the day off and the next day, he will be up and running again – really running up and down the house, making sure that he is involved in everything that is happening around the house, making sure that he gets his daily dose of either pear or Fuji apple. CL is doing a very good job in training Dopey up. IL managed to train Dopey to “Sit”, while CL recently managed to teach him to “Hand”. The latest one that they are trying to teach him is to “Lie Down”, then “Roll-Over”.


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boon out…