Today when it was time for Macy's annual vaccines, I slipped her a small tranquilizer in some peanut butter that our vet ever so nicely demanded requested us to give to her before visits. Peta people please don't hate me. I do believe this fear or as our vet calls it "panic attack" Macy has must stem back to the care she received back in Marion Indiana after getting fixed. She had a large hematoma after her surgery and when we took her back to get it looked at the vet tech rushed her back into who knows where and I heard her poor cries for a good 5-10 minutes straight. When she came back I could tell her hematoma had been lanced and drained. The vet didn't even come back and talk to us to tell us what had happened, but only told the tech to tell us that they weren't charging us anything. So ever since then...she has been deathly afraid of the vet, almost like me and the dentist. Back to my point, this stupid tranquilizer does nothing for Macy but give her the look of a drunken dog. She is still crazy at the office and has to be taken to the back, tied down, and put in a muzzle for her blood work/shots. As we were leaving today the vet said "Well at least she is consistently like this". As in consistently their worst dog ever or what did he mean by that? Well I got news for them, her doggy tranquilizers are all out, and we're not refilling them again. She really is a good dog and has never been aggressive toward anyone, besides the vet. So to my poor little Macy, we promise we'll never drug you again!
p.s. Just to clear things up, they don't have to tie me down at the dentist, although I wish they'd knock me out.
Things you won't find on Sanibel: big neon signs, crazy spring breakers, or high-rises. Instead you'll find quite the the peaceful, family oriented, friendly island. With over 17 miles of beaches, 26 miles of bike trails (A.D. made it around the Island one day!) and one main street call periwinkle drive full of chic shops and oh so yummy restaurants. You will always see kids and adults fascinated with sea shells. We found quite the beautiful collection along the shores. The island's east-west orientation acts as a scoop for the tide's treasures. We also enjoyed a fun family kayak trip through the J. N. ('Ding') Darling National Wildlife Refuge, and a breath taking sunset/dolphin cruise through the Gulf of Mexico.
