Airlie was happy to see everyone when they
first came to the room, and greeted all of the vets, techs, etc.. nicely, She was good when they took her to the back
for her heartworm and fecal tests, then she practically dragged them
back to the room afterward. They talked about how she's the opposite of
Kansas- that Kansas does better in the room
with me and slowly warmed up to them by the end of the visit (she was
trying to "shake" so our new vet would give her another treat),
whereas Airlie did better when she was away from me.
Once they brought
her back into the room, she had had enough of them,
ran behind me and climbed up onto the bench and hid in the corner! She
wasn't being ugly, so I just let them handle her, rather than dragging
her down and forcing her to participate. She cowered, tucked her tail,
tried to sink into the floor... But they just
kept petting her, feeding her treats and worked around it all. It was
fine.
She weighs 46lbs, so she's gained about 4lbs. It's fine and she
still looks great, but it was a surprise. She'll lose it once it's cool
enough to play Frisbee every day again. I'm
always surprised when they gain weight once they're done growing. She's still filling out, I guess.
Airlie is otherwise healthy, got lots of compliments about her appearance, heartworm negative and negative for other parasites. On the way out, she met a long-haired miniature dachshund whose owner ooh-ed and aah-ed about how Airlie's coloring matched that of her own dog. The dog was on the end of a Flexi-leash,and pretty much had the run of the waiting room, as a result. Airlie really didn't want anything to do with the excited-but-friendly little dog, but she politely went through the meet-and-greet routine and deftly sidestepped the little dog's attempts to play. She did really well and keeping her patience, and even climbed up on the seat to give the little old lady a few kisses. I'd have avoided it all if I could have, not knowing what the dog was being seen for. But she seemed healthy and since her owner insisted up on using the dang Flexi-leash... It's really hard enough to check out while holding on to your own curious dog in a waiting room filled with displays of dog food, without someone else's dog running circles around you.
