Do You Remember the Post of the Animal Farm? ......Get Ready for Quite a Story

Joe and I had a bit of an accident. Remember that animal farm I wrote about?We went back to visit a second time in the AM today. Suddenly, Joe saw that the donkey had gotten his leg entangled in a rope that he was tied up to. Being the considerate, animal lover that Joe is, he went to his aid and tried to disentagle him. Well, the donkey was in a panic and was running in a circle, and getting more and more entangled. Joe got to the donkey's leg and was trying to untangle him, when the donkey continued to get more and more panicked and ran in a circle, and the rope went around Joe.That is when I realized Joe was in trouble. I ran to his aid, and then I got entangled in the rope too. The donkey got it all wrapped around both my legs. This was turning into a Laurel and Hardy movie. Instead of rescuing Joe, I was trapped too. We then both fell down.The rope was right around us and boy did it hurt! In the meantime, the owner ran to our help. He got us all untangled, but not before I was hurt. I have a slight miniscule tear to the side of my knee. I then had my knee lock, and I can tell you that the pain was worse than childbirth. Boy, did that hurt! I am now wearing a support bandage on my knee, but my knee thank God unlocked, and I am able to walk. Well, I tried to come to Joe's rescue, but that donkey sure did us both in.

Looking back on the whole event, I am sure that we will think it funny one day, but today, I can't quite see the humor in it. We were both lucky that we were not both hurt very badly.

Well, we had an appt. to take the dogs to the vet in the afternon for their yearly shots and to get their nails cut, so we really had to keep the appointment. I stood on a stool to get into the van, and I felt like I was 90 years old.

It took an hour to get to the vets...It is 39 miles away, but the way Donegal roads are, it took a while to get there. It was a trip from hell with our two dogs. See that blanket that the two dogs are lying on in the pic? Well, we took it with us to put on the floor of the van, so they would be comfortable. Sounds good , but it was not. The trip was horrible! Then when we arrived at the vet's office, I waited in the van with each dog, while Joe took each dog seperately into the vet's office. Rufus the Dufus went first. I stayed in the van because of my knee, but mostly because I did not want to see Rufus get his nails clipped. He is the black border collie who was terribly abused, so needless to say, he was muzzled, so as not to bite the vet and was a nightmare in her office. Rufus might be an angel at home,but with strangers he is a demon. Anyways, Rufus is one of those dogs who hates to have his nails cut and wails and twists as if he is in terrible pain. Boy, did we need the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Milan, to help us in this instance. Joe says that it took him and the nurse to hold Rufus down, and it was a scene, Joe says, from the movie The Exorcist. Need I say more? Charlie was next, but he was an angel compared to his brother Rufus.

I can truly call this the day from hell...We will not be visiting the animal farm for a long while again, and thank God we have a year till we have to go to the vet again.

I am now sitting comfortably in my lounge chair, with my leg propped, and I am watching The Dog Whisperer on tv. He is saying to use "calm, assertive energy, so the dog's level does not go to level 10".....Yeah right...Calm assertive energy was not going to help Rufus, nor that darn donkey. Of course, Cesar would have handled both situations better than we did, but he is The Dog Whisperer.