At the end of my last post I had just taken care of Bettie's little dog, Bella, while Bettie made a trip to visit her sisters in Perth WA.
Bella is 17 years old and a little senile. The first night with me I put her in her kennel on my back veranda as instructed but she was having none of and began to whine and yelp. In the end I brought back in and finally settled her in her basket in the lounge.
She only slept for a little while before waking up and wandering though the house making little yelping sounds. In the end she settled on her cushion in my bedroom! Louis was not impressed as this is his domain. Over next few days we went through the same thing. Bella also, like most old ladies, needed to go for a pee during the night so I hand to leave the door to the back garden open. Most nights she made it but occasionally I woke to find a puddle in the hall. Thank God for hard floors.
Feeding Bella was also a problem. She eats like horse once a day. Louis eats sparingly twice a day. Bella has to be locked outside while Louis eats but has to be bribed with a biscuit to get to stop yelping. They both bolt their food and when I open the door rush out to see what the other has eaten. Bella has a mixture of raw meat, meat loaf, tinned food and hard food. Louis has diet tinned food and hard food as he gets pancreatitis on a normal diet. Bella will actually steal Louis food in preference to her own.
After three weeks and two days Bella went home and happily slept in her kennel again. In the mean time I bought Louis a mattress to go under his wool rug. Unfortunately he had to wait until Bella went home to use it!
Bettie has returned home in a much more reduced state. She has embolisms on both lungs and her original tumor has grown. She is going to have another and final chemo session which has a 50℅ chance of delaying things. If not I have promised to provide Bella with a home.
This blog is being written while I am away on another camping trip which I will write up soon.
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