Good Gravy!

Squidley took Scout to the vet's very early this morning. As it turned out, he had rather a long wait since the teeth cleaning procedure didn't occur until around 1:30. Squidley was so sweet and picked up Deutsch and me on his way back to the vet's office later in the day. Scout wasn't ready for release upon our arrival, but Deutsch seemed ok with the wait. I think the various scents were his primary entertainment while we were there. Oh, and there were two fake bunnies, a small one and a larger one, on a shelf. When we pointed them out to Deutsch, he became very excited. This is because during their very first summer, while we were gardening, I taught both Deutsch and Scout to chase bunnies. That wasn't a particularly difficult task since dachshunds were designed by God to be natural hunters. I just sorta helped introduce them to what comes naturally to them.

Well, Scout was a little trooper. First, he was evidently quite excited to see us when he was brought into the waiting room. Deutsch was estatic to lay eyes on his big brother. For some reason, though, Deutsch began making odd growling sounds, directed at Scout. And the hair on his back was raised to new heights. Our only guess regarding this reaction was that perhaps Scout smelled funny to Deutsch.

Tonight Scout has snoozed off and on. He is still noticeably groggy. He ate all of his dinner, and that made us enormously happy. Squidley had put "gravy" on it (hot water from the sink sprayer). Both boys are sleeping with us. This makes it much easier to keep tabs on Scout. He has already awakened several times, making little sounds that made it seem like he was either clearing his throat or coughing. That was due to the tube, through which the anesthetic was administered, that was inserted down his throat.

So, tomorrow we must keep Scout from being active. Keeping Deutsch in tow will be an additional challenge. He wants Scout playing with him as usual.

Everyone take very good care.

Nighty night.