And Matilda in her tooth extraction....

Okay, this is the last about the teeth for a few weeks anyway. Matalda went in to get her 2 retained baby canines out. While I wasn't as nervous because of just dealing with Maribelle last week (and she had a whole lot more to be pulled) I always get nervous when leaving my pups at the vet. She was a wreck on the way - her fear of riding seems to have gotten worse & she pants & gets really warm. However, we made progress I think because she actually would lay down when I asked her which she'd never do before. I'm thinking it's because I was a bit softer with her than firm like I usually am (you know, Cesar says baby talk doesn't really do any good LOL). But in this case it really worked.

Getting at the vet we entered to see 2 young Basenji's which were quite excited to see Matilda. Matilda being Matilda tried fleeing like she was being attacked by a lion or something. I knew what that meant - emptied anal glands. Geeeesh. So as soon as we were taken into the exam room I quickly whiped her the best I could before the tech came in.... I did warn them that Matilda had gotten a bit nippy with someone a couple weeks back. Well, she actually tried to bite someones face but it was our fault for pushing her onto them. Regardless, I wanted to give them the heads up just in case.

I got a call just after 10 saying she was out & doing great. Again...now to wait until 3pm. I got there just before 3:30 (just coming back from a funeral) & they said she was a little nippy but nothing real bad. She just panics so & I told the tech she was even getting panicky in the car. The tech knows how much we've done with her with socialization so we just concluded she was a funny little dog. Still....it won't stop me from trying to socialize her more. Maybe someday she will trust people more. I'm sure it's in her genetics to be a standand Chi who is very suspicious of strangers...I just wish she didn't feel the need to nip. LOL

Anyway, tonight she's doing okay. She's been sick a few times though. We were sure to skip breakfast (and water) this morning so I don't know where she got the upchuck... Hopefully by morning she'll be better because every time she throws up she goes into a reverse sneeze fit like she always does when she vomits and sometimes...it takes a bit to calm her down. So now for a few pictures...

On the way to the vets office - her new thing of panting when riding. Her little face is screaming ANXIETY!



On the way home - still anxious (look at those ears & she wouldn't lay down for the life of her) but drowsy at the same time...



And a picture of her new smile - bruised gums, stitches & all...






And her extracted teeth - yes, there were actually 3! But I had to throw a quarter in there...look at how long her teeth were. WOWZA!