Dogs & Things

We got our new female neutered on Sunday.

That was an all day job which Yella handled. It is a free clinic. They had 4 vets and neutered 100 animals on Sunday. This is an incredible organization. But it takes waiting around all day to get the job done.

There was so much activity on the back street that there was a traffic jam in front of the clinic.

We have discovered that our 2 dogs are essentially incompatible. If any food is around, and I mean ANY, a wild fight occurs. It took 3 of us Saturday to pull them apart.

We are now keeping them separated. What a chore. We have the new dog up for adoption. This could take months. We can't keep these 2 dogs together. Emmy will kill the little one eventually.

Yella discover the stitches for the neutering had pulled out of the dog. No vets were available today because of the holidays.

Our friend who runs the free clinic loaned us lidocaine, a needle and super glue.

Before dinner, we started to replace the stitches. But the needle wasn't sharp enough to administer the anesthetic. So we super glued the incision together.

Hope it holds. This little dog might not make it.

You would think that was enough excitement for the day...BUT NOOOOOO!!!!

We finally had our automatic gate installed. I tested it and it worked while the installer was here.

As Yella and I were pulling out for Spanish lesson, the ENTIRE 22 foot by 7 foot gate fell over with a mighty crash!

It had retracted off the end of the rail and came out of the guides.

It was too heavy for Yella and I to set back up so off we went to Spanish class.

While in class, I figured out how to get it back up. By sliding rather than lifting it, we finally got it back on the track.

Now we have to make sure we don't allow it to fully open. We have to stop it a couple of feet before the end.

It will take a week to get someone back up here to fix it.

The holidays, don't you know.

And, of course, this is the nature of Panama. One step forward and two steps back.