Agnes on Vacation

For the last 18 months, Agnes has been on medication for a problem with her calcium levels. It isn't a very exact science - she gets Calcitriol (to help with her Vitamin D production) two days on and one day off, and then Calcium tablets nearly every day, depending on how she seems. And then, a few weeks ago, she had a tumour removed from her skinny front leg. So we decided that, instead of trying to describe all of this to our 17 year old neighbour who would be feeding the critters while we were gone, we'd just take the grumpy old thing with us, and leave him with the healthy youngsters.

Agnes hadn't been eating much since her surgery, and I was a little concerned. While we were away, it got worse. We traveled for two days, spent a week with the in-laws, then traveled for two days home. On the way there, she turned her nose up at the dog food she'd been happily eating for the last few years, and even at the cat food I use to deliver her tablets with. At my in-laws house, she turned her nose up at frou-frou dog foods (you know all those little tins of stuff that looks like you could serve it on fine china and your guests would be none the wiser?) and only just tolerated broiled chicken and the occasional left over hamburger.

We came home, everyone said hi to each other, I get the regular dog food out and think 'Well, I'll give it a try' and... sure enough, she eats it down just fine and has been ever since. I guess she just doesn't like being away from home!

Mind you, now she looks good for a whippet, which is skinny for Agnes.

These are her holiday snaps.