Puppy updates

I want to thank LoraKim for all of her support and advice over email. She is a UU vet/minister and member of UFETA (Unitarians for Ethical Treatment of Animals). Thanks to her, the pups are doing much better. After I bathed puppy 2 on Sunday she seemed more content. We went to a vet supply store yesterday and got some de-worming medication and some other meds to get rid of fleas, ticks and other bugs. The place had just about everything we needed and was staffed by a vet who spoke some English. There is also a village vet here. We will get pups into one of them this week for a check up. Both pups are doing really well and I hoping to take puppy 2 out of quarantine soon. We are already seeing results from the meds today. No more worms inside and out. I feel so relieved!

It's funny I am doing things I would never do at home and using chemicals I would never do with our own dog. We do what we need for our dog Andie and the rest is natural remedies. I went on a search for bleach (bad! I know) to sterilize the whole house. Perhaps this whole worm thing is making me OCD but we also need to have excellent vector control. I want to take pups in for every test imaginable and give them anything they need. heartworm, whatever as they are likely to have something we can't see.

The village is more supportive. The same family that brought us milk from thir cow offered to help with food (meat). i still don't know if we wil be able to adopt them out here but we will try our hardest. Otherwise we will adopt them out at home.

We rented a car for the remainder of my stay here. We have this monstrous mercedes van. It's obnoxious but we got a good deal through a friend of Csaba's. I feel odd driving it in the village hoping we are not feeding into the idea that Americans are excessive (we are!). It's nice to have the freedom though. We are hoping to attempt a trip out to the Black Sea and the castles(depends on how puppies are).