Magdalena is recovering from her spay surgery from last Tuesday. She is wearing a Cone Of Shame (one of those big plastic cones she has to wear around her neck) to keep her from licking her incision.
Over the last week, she has slammed it into everything – doors, furniture, us. I’m surprised she hasn’t snapped her neck from charging in from the backyard and slamming the cone against the doorframe.
Earlier this evening she came charging in from the backyard, slammed the edge of the Cone against the doorframe and ripped the Cone apart. She ran around for a bit until she finally figured out she could lick her incision, which she did immediately. I had to grab her head and hold her so she would stop.
I got some duct tape (the most caliwandalous fix-it material in the Universe) and taped the seams of the Cone together. It managed to last several hours until she managed to slam the Cone against the couch and broke it again.
Once more, out came the duct tape, and more taping of the seams together. So far it is holding.
The wife is of the opinion that we need to get a dog trainer for her. After being spayed, Magdalena is supposed to be calmer. Not sure that is holding true yet. Once we get her past the next week we ca think more about a trainer.
In other dog news – Major Tom was being a jerk tonight. I got their bowls of food ready, gave Magdalena her food in a separate area, then put down the food for Major Tom, Houdini and Sirocco. For some reason, Major Tom got possessive of the food. Every time Sirocco came to his bowl, Major Tom would chase him away. Then Magdalena came in from her area ad started eating up Sirocco’s bowl. I managed to get some of his food to him so the poor dog won’t starve to death.
Not sure why Major is being such a jerk to Sirocco. Could be because Sirocco and Magdalena get along so well and play together. Major tries to play but gets obnoxious and starts trying to push them apart.
We’ll see how it goes, my Hordeling.
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