Yesterday I had a doctor appt in the city. Judi & I with Katie & Kasey went down the mountain with our first stop being PetsMart Pet Hotel. Katie does an hour or two of Doggie Day Camp and spends the rest of her time in Doggie Day Care. I scheduled Kasey for a full day of Day Camp with him going into Katie's kennel when day camp was closed.
Kasey has a heavy touch of little dog syndrome so I was somewhat concerned. He thinks he's meaner than a junkyard dog when it's one on one and he knows he's being contained or held back and/or that the other dog can't get to him, but this was a whole different rodeo. They were taken into the playroom and Katie, as is her norm, went to her favorite corner to watch the action. Kasey, however, found himself suddenly surrounded by many dogs of various sizes, all sniffing and checking him out. His eyes were the size of dinner plates and his little butt hit the floor so fast you'd have thought his back legs had fallen off. He found himself being sniffed all over, being pushed and tumbled (nosed) from one side of the room to the other, basically what he does to the cat all day every day. He's a little dog, 10#, and looked even smaller in the midst of this pack. Judi and I stayed and watched for at least 10 minutes and laughed so hard, we had tears in our eyes. It was the highlight of our day and I'm sorry I didn't have a camera with me. When we returned that evening to pick them up, I was told that it took him about a half hour and then he made special friends with a beagle and ran and played the rest of the day.
After dropping "the kids" off, we ran an errand and went to the doctor's. Very productive appointment. Nothing wrong with the hip replacement, the pain is from bursitis. A cortisone injection followed with ice & heat treatments at home for a few weeks and it should settle down. Now the pain is diminished and the worry is gone. Back in a month for a recheck.
We went for an early dinner at the Elephant Bar. Had a delicious meal but what was really special was our server. Her name is Lori. She is the personification of "Customer Service". She made us feel that she was really glad we were there, treated us like we might have been family or better yet, a couple of favorite aunts maybe. The Elephant Bar has always been one of our favorite restaurants and the wait staff are all skilled in customer service; they all seem to enjoy their jobs. But we give Lori a real shout out, she is special!!
Topped the day off by hitting Costco where I found and purchased my new camera and Judi did grocery shopping, back to pick the kids up, and we headed home. It was a really long but very good day! The little guy must have had a great time, he was exhausted, curled up in Judi's lap and slept his way home.
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