Just back from the vets with Kaiah and Asha. Kaiah had infected anal glands. The vet could not believe she had not shown any signs of pain/discomfort. But She hasn't, she's a stoic little girl and as she lives in the house I would have noticed any difference in her behaviour, had their been any! It was only because she was smelly that I had a look at her bottom which was covered in a dirty discharge.
You may recall all the dogs got itchy after swimming in the toad and frog infested lake a couple of weeks ago but they all stopped scratching within a day or two .. apart from dear Asha. The first lot of tablets finished and she was itchy again within a day or two, so today as we where going we went to discuss the itching with her vet and for her to have an MOT. She's had a course of steroids now to try, but I'm really pleased with his comments on her condition. Though Asha now has the tiniest of heart murmurs he said she had the body condition of a 7 year old. (She's fast approaching 11) I'm so chuffed. Also now weighing 29kg he said her weight was spot on .. (unlike the 34kg of her former years - I had stopped calling her fat Asha after her big diet a couple of years ago!) Kaiah was also weighed and is exactly the same as she was at just under 28kg. Both the girls behaved impeccably at the vets, though Asha did loose the plot a little when she saw her best mate Sharon Britnell.
