BLOBBY'S BLOG

SOPHIE UPDATE

I know everyone is just dying for a kitty update.

Sophie went to the vet (again) on Friday. She gained almost one pound in 10 days. Though hardly heavy - she no longer jumps on you without you knowing it. She got the last of her booster shots and took it well.......I heard. I had to leave the room. I can't stand to watch shots being given to animals - so I had to step out of the room. Her little fever is gone and the cold she had is still taking its course. Nothing to do but wait it out.

Sophie does need to be declawed. At first our doc isn't a big supporter of that...but Sophie is special kitty (naturally). She has two slightly deformed paws/pads. One is missing a claw and the other has a the claw coming out at a different angle. The doc suggested they all come out (front paws only). This is good - not that I want to do it - but that she's found her claws and using them. A LOT.

The bad part of the visit was near the end. I had Sophie in her cage while we settled up. A cute 13 wk old golden retriever came in. But then a few minutes later the ugliest albino pitbull showed up. NASTY. Tried to attack the puppy. Every doc and tech came out to intervene. I just hate those fuckin' dogs. Sophie was good and didn't even flinch.

Saturday we decided it was ok to put up the baby gate (yes, I know we have no child), so Tovah could see her, smell her and hiss at her. Then we went out. If Tovah ever went up there, we don't know. What we do know is after we got home we heard a horrible crash. Sophie had scaled the gate and jumped/fallen off the other side and was free from her confines!

Yesterday we opted to try to mainstream her to the rest of the house. She took to it all to well...as soon as she mastered the stairs. Oh there is hissing and growling (all Tovah). I forgot about the biting of electrical cords - it's been so long since Kylie or Tovah had done that, it wasn't even in my brain.

Last night we put Sophie back in her compound (a sleeping porch and a bedroom - not to shabby), but she was not happy being so caged! Oy - the yelling. Ruckiry (not Jon's boss), Denton's snoring drowned out most of it. I ended up sleeping downstairs with Tovah.

Soph is out again. Making Tovah's life a living hell. Now I'm debating whether I should (or can) go out without putting Sophie back up in her room. It's Denton's first day of work today - so it's just me and the girls!

HELP ME.

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