Last Saturday we started obedience school for Emma and Minnikins because with two dogs, a cat, a tortoise, and a third dog on the way I’m gonna need a lot more control over these dogs.
After that first class we took them straight to the Masterson Station dog park for a great play reward. We got home in the early afternoon and the dogs were wiped out. They slept through most of the afternoon (and of course I took a a nap with them!).
Today we took the girls to the Lexington Humane Society to get Minnie’s rabies vaccine and license renewed.
I recommend taking your pet to your local animal shelter for these things for good reason. At our shelter the vaccine is only $3.00, and the license in the LFUCG area is $8.00 if your dog is sterilized ($40.00 if not). The thing is you get both of these for the price of $13.00 — but we also donate another $25 on top of that price (today we donated $35 extra).
We had visited Minnie’s old vet to get her shot records and they offered to update her rabbies for $62.00, but we told them no thank-you because of our personal policy of taking them to the pound for this.
So you pholks who think your vet is over charging you for this vaccine, or if your budget is extra tight just now, we recommend going to the pound. Pay for the shot, the license, and add a little donation — anything you can will help out the pound and you’re wallet will still thank you. Everybody comes out ahead this way.
So we’re done at the pound and we’re on our way to doggie school. Hubby and I are chatting about a general correction word for Minnikins (Emma already has one). Stop? No? Bad? Jack!
"Jack is not a correction word, " hubby says.
"Minnie doesn’t know that. It’s a good choice because we hardly use the word at all."
"I don’t think it’s a good idea," and he looks at me and I know he’s thinking what I’m thinking. Together we laugh out loud.
…Emma’s correction word is "off!"
"We could us ‘halt’, I guess," and I sigh, "but it won’t be as much fun."
"Not for you anyway."
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