It's a dogs life

The week started with a trip to the Vet's. It was Whiffler's post-operative check-up, and I can report that all is going well. There are no signs of infection and he seems to be healing well.  We have another appointment booked for Thursday when we will be seen by the Vet that operated on him.

The only problem that I can see is that Whiffler seems to have developed a taste for pate, and I have my suspicions that we may have made a rod for our proverbial backs. 

Let me explain. Many years ago we discovered that the easiest way to get a dog to take a pill was to smear it in a glob of pate. It would be wolfed down with none of the ridiculous pantomime of attempting to poke the pill down the dog's throat, and it then being spat out moments later.

Well, Whiffler currently needs to take antibiotics twice a day, and he also needs to have a dose of anti-inflammatory pain mediation after his evening meal. The latter medication must be taken on a full stomach. We have, therefore, been using pate to ensure he takes his medication, and eats a good meal. Now Whiffler always was a very intelligent dog and I am bloody certain that he is now refusing to eat his food until 30% has stirred in a good sized spoonful of liver pate!

I think his meals may now include pate for the rest of his days.

Later in the morning we headed over to Littleton to pick up a Record bandsaw that I bought at Saturday's auction.* I was a little apprehensive, as it was bought unseen, but it seemed quite tidy, when seen in the flesh. We soon had it stowed in the back of the car and were heading homeward.

Early in the afternoon I headed out with Hobson and TB for our usual walk. Pete the Beekeeper was pottering in his garden, so we stopped and chatted for a while, before I headed home across the fields.

I then headed out to the workshop, where I spent a couple of hours assembling my new saw's stand and marrying the saw to its base. I cleaned the rust from the cast iron saw table, and gave it a coat of tool wax, before I attempted a few test cuts. It seems to be working really well, although the fence needs adjustment and I had purchased a mitre fence before I retired for the evening.

Some spare blades might end up being bought too!

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