Remember back in February before all this coronavirus stuff happened we got a cute little puppy named Cooper? Well he's now a full on shaggy teenager who's full of energy and still wakes me up at 6:20 each morning. We weren't sure what a shih tzu/border collie mix would look like as an adult but he got his short little dad's legs and long hair and his mom's deep bark and size. He's 100% cute and has fit into our household quite well. He and Winston are pals and play all day long.
Getting a puppy right before a pandemic has been quite the experience. Our vet clinic has grown to the point that it was time consuming to get in there....pre pandemic. we're talking at least a 45 minute wait in a stuffed waiting room. Now it's just plain crazy since everyone and their mother got a puppy during lockdown. Nobody is allowed to sit in the waiting room so we check in and then sit in our cars for an hour or more. When it's your time you hand off your animal to a vet tech and they take them to an exam room behind a big sheet of plastic. You get to watch from the hallway. I'm just glad he's done with his puppy shots now.
Cooper went in two weeks ago to get neutered and all went well. My folks gave us a cone that they had from their miniature schnauzer so that Cooper wouldn't lick his incision area. This worked for a couple of days before he figured out it was too small and he could still lick. I took it off and put the cone of shame on the counter and it seemed to disappear. I later found it in Greta's room on one of the Build-A-Bears.
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