A couple of days ago our little Ruairi started limping and licking his left, back paw. So we managed to take a look and his paw between the pads was all red and swollen and looked very painful. So on Wednesday he had a trip to the dog doctor and was seen by Robin who pretty much confirmed what we had already thought which was a grass seed lodged firmly in the flesh. So an appointment was booked for today to have it removed.
Ruairi had to be at the Vets at 8.45am today and had a little operation during which it was found that the grass seed had actually broken in two and was lodged deeply into his foot. This has now been removed and our little man came out of the sedative with no problems. He now has to wear a 'lamp shade' collar for a few days while the wound heals - that will be fun keeping him occupied!
Sybil and Polly have now settled in really well and munch their way through a variety of different veg as well as spaghetti (which I am told they think is worms) and they also get their layers pellets. Woz will be building a run extension to enable the girls to wander a little more freely during the day and allow them to munch other things too.
The house build next door is nearly up to first floor level but with the wind and rain today they'll probably not get much more done this side of the weekend.
Disappointing news is that Woz and I will not be making the Montpellier v Racing Metro trip as hoped. By the time the date for the game had been released, I could no longer book the day off work. So I will now have to wait until 2011/12 season, hope Montpellier and Racing remain in the Top 14 of the French Rugby Union league and that Sebastien Chabal can remain playing for another season - which obviously was the sole purpose (well nearly the sole purpose) of our visit! He will be in his third season with Racing, 34 years old and may start to be 'side lined' as younger talent comes through the ranks. Hey Ho - I will pray to my rugby angel that he remains a player long enough to make the trip!
In the meantime, I have printed off the full fixture list for the 2010/11 season and am working out which games in Paris I can get to. Also there will be the Heineken Cup game against Saracens at some point, so I'll also get a UK trip to see Racing play (and M.Chabal too hopefully).
Over Carnival this weekend - let us hope for good weather that day!! We'll probably have to leave the dogs at home as Ruairi's paw will still be too sore to walk very far - although we could carry him I suppose - lamp shade and everything! We shall see how he is. If its hot Ruby won't want to walk very far anyway.
Next week is also the Fenlanders annual Rally at Fakenham race course which we are looking forward to attending and getting to meet up with lots of friends that we haven't seen.
Oooooooo Woz just brought Ruairi into the office - poor lil fella - all dozy and confused, but at least he is ok. He'll need lots of cuddles and loves this evening :)
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