Ok, yesterday I told Lisa that I was going to take a Rest Day today, only because my leg and how it was feeling. Well I woke up at about 5:45 this morning. My body, well it craved walking. It was nice and cool out and my leg was feeling...well sort of ok. It didn't feel as bad as yesterday, but I could still feel that jammed feeling in my joint. I figured it was ok. So, I headed out with Cody. I planned on being back home before lisa got back at around 7:30 or so. I walked pretty good. I kept up a good pace. My leg didn't bother me any once I got started. I definitely surprsied myself again. Like I said, my body just craves that walk everyday.
Coming home, well when I was almost home, my parent's dog, Cooper, came running up to me and Cody. The poor dog had porcupine quills all over his nose and mouth. He looked bad. Yesterday, I got a text from my mom saying that they had to put down their other dog, Suzie, because she came home with quills all over her face and in her throat. She ran off with Cooper a few days back. They didn't care about Cooper anymore. He kept running off and they claim he didn't want to be there anymore. A while back, they kept asking me if I wanted him and I kept telling them NO. It's not that I didn't like him, it's just that I didn't want their dog because he wouldn't feel at home here since they only live just down the road. He would probably keep running over to their house. Anyway, so Cooper came up to me on my walk home and like I said, he looked bad. I knew he wanted help and no one else was going to help him. About a year ago, Cody ran off from home. This was when he was still in his idiot puppy mode. He ran off for a few days and came home with quills all over his face. It was so bad, the worse case I've ever seen. I spend 3 hours pulling quills out of his face, nose, head, neck, chest, paws, mouth and even his tail. We counted over 400 quills, but I took care of him. So, needless to say I've had much experience with this sort of thing. When I was a kid, my dog, Dillon, came home with quills in his nose and I pulled them all out of him too. Cooper's case was bad, but I knew I could get them all out. Not nearly as bad as Cody's was that one time. So I got him down and got my tools, then started pulling them out. He yelped a lot and he kept squirming. When Lisa came home, she helped hold him down for me. He bled a lot, but that's all part of it. It took about almost 2 hours only because he wouldn't lay still. The quills were so deep in his skin. Crazy dog! I got them all out, however. Just like I knew I would. I cleaned up his mouth. He was pretty swollen around his nose and lips. He was so thirsty too and hungry so we gave him a big bowl of water and some food. He downed it all quick. Then, I called my mom. Of course, they hate Cooper now. They blame him for Suzie. I was pissed because if they would've brought Suzie to me, I know I could've taken all those quills out of her face. Instead, they just put her down. Made me so mad. And now, they don't want Cooper. They're pissed at him. I was mad, I'm like, well damn if you guys quit letting him loose, he wouldn't be running off like that. It's not Cooper's fault, it's YOURS because you kept letting them loose! Anyway, so guess what I did, I decided to take Cooper in as one of my own, BUT, big BUT though, I asked my mom to help me get a heartworm test tomorrow morning! Also, I asked her to buy him a 6 month supply of heartworm pills. She agreed so we're going to do that tomorrow. I'll only keep him if he's heartworm free. My animals do not have heartworms and Cody is on heart guard pills. I'm so scared. I don't think Cooper has heartworms because he seems really energetic. Most dogs that have them are really slow and get tired easily because that's what heartworms do to animals. I'm scared though. I won't know until tomorrow so I'm praying that he's ok. It's just a big worry thing today because if he does have heartworms, I have no idea what I'm going to do with him because I can't afford treatments and my parents don't want him, and I don't want him around my other animals, so it's just a big question mark right now. I sure hope it works out for the best. I went up town and bought Cooper a collar, a leash and I have him tied up in the dog pen so he won't run off. I hope all turns out ok.
So this evening, I did NOT want to go walking. I wanted to give my leg a rest, but dammit, what did I end up doing? Yes, walking. I am so stubborn, or maybe the better word is determined ;) I didn't walk the entire thing though. I didn't decide to get out there and do it until around 7:30pm. By then, there was so many ppl going down to the river and walking around down there, I hated it. All of them had dogs. I can't go down there because I have Cody and I don't keep him on a leash. I let him run loose. Well, when he does that, he sees other dogs then runs after them. It pisses me off, so I knew I had to just stop and turn around. I'm just gonna take it easy the rest of the night. I really need to rest my leg though so whether I like it or not, I'm going to probably only do 3 miles tomorrow. My leg is not as bad, but still feeling funky. I gotta go easy on it.
Ok, this was a long and busy/crazy day. I sure hope things work out with Cooper tomorrow. We shall wait and see. Now, I'm calling it a day. Goodnight!
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