Chillaxin'

Rita was spayed today, and they also removed one very long, dangly dew claw, and repaired a hernia.  So she had a lot of surgery and is enjoying her drug-induced haze upstairs here in my office.

As if that wasn't enough, it seems that she was in heat, which means she has a bigger incision and probably lost more blood than she would have, but at least it is done.

I'm guessing that the fact that she was in heat may have contributed to her rather hysterical manic behavior too, although that was getting better after the first couple of days. 

In any event, she's spayed and back home, and I'll keep her indoors for a few days so she can heal and learn about being an indoor dog.  Her eye still needs some attention too--ointment a couple times a day, which will be easier with her indoors and calm. 

She's in a crate next to Shadow, who is more than happy to spend the day outdoors with Sunny and Buddy over in the big kennel, but about 7:00 p.m. he calls it a day and insists (loudly) upon coming indoors.  Then he just zonks out in his crate after a hard day of play and makes only snoring noises until morning. 

With any luck this will be Shadow's last night here in my office.  Tomorrow evening about 7:30 I'm meeting his prospective new home up in Culpeper at my usual halfway-to-northern-Virginia meeting spot.

This would be great placement for Shadow, so wish him luck.  He deserves a great home, as they all do.