Reminds me of the very old catholic joke:

IF MEN COULD GET PREGNANT, ABORTION WOULD BE A SACRAMENT!

Santorum—what a sanctimonious Uber-Catholic asshole!

Wembley, born of hardy Pennsylvania stock, doesn’t seem to mind.

Eh, I dunno about that. Wembley looks pretty pissed off to me!

Fenway, dear boy, kindly take a few minutes to teach your kid brother to pull up his socks. Girls always appreciate it when a guy makes the extra effort to be dapper.

Atta boy!

OKAY, IT’S SATURDAY. WHAT DID WEMBLEY’S VET SAY?

We’re all just sittin’ here with crossed fingers and paws, waiting and hoping for good news.

Best bumper sticker of the year:

I’ll believe corporations are people
When Texas executes one!

Must be getting close to Halloween–all these brain dead zombies dropping in to be nasty and show us they know words their mamas told them never to say. Tsk, tsk.

KNOCK IT OFF, KIDS OR WE’RE GIVING ALL YOUR HALLOWEEN CANDY TO THE BASSETT BRIGADES.

Wembley looks like he’s wearing one of those caps with mouse ears from Disneyland. Then again, he almost looks like he’s running with his ears flying in the wind–a bassett’s dream!

“Living in Southern Cal rapidly diminishes individual tolerance for humidity”
Oh yeah. And if you are fortunate enough to live near the coast, anything over 80 degrees is cause for cranking up the AC to full blast and having a pity party.

Medication suggestion–Fenway might not like the cold of ice chips. Give him water closer to room temp. Do you have a plastic eye dropper-type medicine dispenser? Like the ones used to give small children medicine. Available at the grocery store by the infant stuff and at all night pharmacies. Alternatives might be the very tip of a turkey baster or a straw. Try putting it in the corner of his mouth and either let the water slowly trickle in across his tongue or aim it so it goes to the front of his mouth, not back towards his throat which would scare him. (I’ve nursed 5 pets through kidney failure, been there, done that many times.)

If you are really worried about his condition, get him to the emergency/all night vet. Call before you leave to make sure the vet is there and they are ready for you. Fenway’s fans will help with the cost. Take a blanket or two. If they want to send him home, but you’re worried, ask if you can camp out with him in a spare room or the lobby. You’re not going to sleep anyway.

I’m puzzled why the vet would give him IV fluids and then send him home instead of keeping him there on a constant IV which will help flush toxins out of his system. If it is a case of the vet clinic not being staffed at night, they should transfer him to an all night vet clinic for the off hours.

Will your vet consult with a specialist or contact UC’s vet med school up at Davis for a consult in the morning if they are having trouble identifying the virus and appropriate treatment? Here in Orange County we have a couple of specialized vet clinics, sort of like the Mayo Clinic for cats and dogs. Does San Diego have something similar?

Sending many prayers and a few ear skritches for your beloved boy and my favorite dog, Fenway. My thoughts will be with you all.

Do all bassetts come with neck rolls useable as love handles or is this another of those failures to assemble puppies properly things?

If you take off their collars, do their neck drapes slide down to their knees and look like bloomers?

Can they stash extra treats in their neck rolls, like you can tuck a candy bar in your pocket?

Fenway is to bassett as Steinway is to piano and Astair is to dance–pure class.

First, a 2 x 4 upside the head to hellslittleangel who wrote: I never realized just how long in the tooth Tbogg’s readers are.

Shush, Child!!! Sit quietly and take notes!

Best quick sci-fi fix ever: The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke.

Asimov’s Foundation series is a must read.