That’s when the fun started. Between the kids doing chores, my cycling through laundry, dishes being washed, Hubby and #3 working on his room, and a passel of teenagers arriving after the kids were done with their chores, doing anything that required concentration was out of the question. I gave up and started dinner. It should be ready around 5 or so.
We had promised the kids we would take them to see the Terminal tonight at the local theater. This theater has three free movies each weekend, so all we will be paying for is popcorn, snacks and drinks. Those too are bargains as we aren’t dealing with a big commercial theater. I think I remember popcorn running $1.25, drinks about the same, and other snacks vary in price. I don’t believe anything is over $5.
Yesterday I took Rocky to be groomed. He has been scratching like crazy lately and driving everyone nuts. I figured he has fleas, but the groomer reports that nope, just dry itchy skin. We had him completely clipped back (verging on being scalped) and with this cut we can see what looks like an allergy rash everywhere on his body. Poor puppy! I immediately had us start adding some olive oil to his food (we had a Springer years ago with similar issues and this is what the vet ordered), and started researching skin allergies in dogs online.
Did you know that you can give dogs Benadryl?
I gave Rocky a very small dose of Benadryl, and he was able to get through the evening without constant scratching. Ditto for this morning, and I’m noticing him starting on his scratch-a-thon recently so I think it’s time for another dose. I’m trying to limit his doses each day until I can get him in to our vet. With luck I will start to see improvements before then.