Poor puppy! We took him to the vet today for his first visit. We found out why he has been scratching: Scabies! These are little mites that live in the skin. So he had to get a shot for them, and has to go back in 10 days for a follow-up shot. Then they tested […]
Entries from January 2007
Scabies, giardia and worms; Oh My!
January 18th, 2007 · 14 Comments
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The Husky is home
January 14th, 2007 · 12 Comments
We drove back up to Snowflake yesterday (through falling snow and slush on the road) and brought Derek’s new Siberian Husky home with us. We built a pen for him in the corner of the kitchen, and Derek spent the night on the sofa right next to him. In fact when I woke up this […]
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Almost Siberia
January 6th, 2007 · 8 Comments
We drove up to Snowflake, Arizona today for Derek to pick out his new Siberian Husky puppy. Here’s the one he chose. Snowflake is about 20 miles north of Showlow, in the White Mountains. It was pretty cold up there! (OK, almost Siberia is an exaggeration, but for a Phoenician it was freezing!). We have […]
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