Now, Good Gentles All, I am but a mere week (almost!) behind on gathering up the trail of this thread, but would you kindly indulge me my knot? For, there is an upside and a downside to my life when my business is doing well: The upside is that I have so many assignments, that I'm working all the time; and the downside is that I have so many assignments I am working all the time! When my good and dear, and now sainted, Aidan, had an infection in one of his toes, caused by his suffering of the autoimmune disease abbreviated as SLO (you know, when they keep losing their toe-nails!), I was twice daily soaking his lovely, graceful, and oft-kissed foot in a a bowl of water/Epsom salt mix (which worked wonders, by the by!), and then would carefully wrap his foot. During those same days, I was going through my copies of the illuminations from the Book of the Hunt by the Count of Foix, most better known as Gaston Phoebus, in order to create a larger art-work for our Doctor Tom as a "thank you" for all his extra efforts for our Lucy (who had recently passed). There, lo and behold, I came across the illum I would use: The one that is best described as the Medieval "veterinary clinic"! I laughed out loud as I saw the careful and identical ministrations of the houndsmen upon their fine beasts. There, one soaking his hound's foot in a bowl, and there, another carefully wrapping his hound's foot! I can only say that it indeed was a "moment" for me! I understood these sweet little men in the illum, their faces intense with concern, their patient hounds with their gentle faces and stoic gazes; the relationship it conveyed. All the modern veterinary technology we live with, and here I was soaking my loyal and beloved hound's foot in a bowl with a very old remedy, and wrapping his foot with a cloth. And, if these men saw me? Beyond my strange clothes and surroundings, they would recognize and understand me and my hound as well. I just wanted to share this with those who would understand. And, it feels good to talk about Aidan, if even just a wee. Greyt Regard, Mevanwy and the MIB: noble Douglas, beautiful and sweet Ambrose
skolodch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK, you win. That is now a much funnier image than soaking a foot! ;) Lulach --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, you get a small container at least 3 inches deep and fill it with warm water and epsom salts. Sit down next to it and call the dog over. Just pick up the paw in question and place it in the water. Pet the dog while it is soaking and the Ollie will probably just stand there and enjoy it. > > If you want an funny mental image, I do have a story to tell. About 6 months ago, I was involved with a Saluki rescue (BTW, he is still looking for a forever home). We had him neutered and he was not interested in taking it easy as the vet had suggested. In addition, he did not kennel well, so kenneling didn't work. He developed some internal bleeding (minor) but it did cause swelling in the area that had been removed. I called the vet and she told me to put an ice pack on the area. Now just imagine get a male dog to lie still while you place an ice pack on his privates. Yup, didn't last long. ;-) > > Rebecca > From: "skolodch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/09/15 Wed PM 04:09:15 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SCA_Coursing] Re: foot issues & food > > No mention about Epsom Salts. She just said to clean it regularly, > and keep his paws "clean and dry". I have used epsom salt after foot > surgery myself, and thought it did great. I imagine it wouldn't do > any harm. > > Now, the question becomes "how exactly do you soak a dogs foot?" I > hope the images this question evokes are as funny to everyone else as > they are to me. > > > Lulach > > > If you want to hear the patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on my dogs Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us to rejoice. With the farming of a verse Make a vineyard of the curse, Sing of human unsuccess In a rapture of distress. In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountains start, In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise. ~~ W.H. Auden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
