Moose toes -- Niiked crab – and a Saturday in my life -- Woo Hoo --- posted 5/19/2007 11:03:27 PM | 1 kudo what's this?     report abuse tagged: dogs, toes, crabs, shells, naked

3BearMom

Last night at the end of our walk, Moose was almost hobbling by the time we got back to the apartment. Well not a full blown hobble, more like a limp that is not really a limp just a soft pawed walk not her normal gate. You know where they hold one paw up while putting their weight on the other three I thought maybe she had stepped in a hole that I was not aware of and hurt her paw. So I got down on the floor and started the pat down, shoulders, flank, legs, paws and then I took each paw in my hand, rubbing them testing them, flexing them, rubbing between the pads to see if there was a cut, or stone or sore, then I started with the toes, moving each one, pulling on them gently, moving the toes you know the routine if you don’t you will one day if you own pets.

Then I noticed the problem long toenails I mean if she was a diva these things would have cost her a fortune to have put on, she has been dealing with extra long toenails most of her life but normally she will gnaw them down on her own when they start getting out of hand, but not this time. So today I decided to take her somewhere to get them done. The only problem is that when I take her into have them done she throws such a fit, trying to bite the groomers, and wailing and throwing her head around so much that we have been banned from so many places that I am running out of anywhere to take her.

I decided to try the Pet Smart guys again, I figured that there had been enough time between the last time there that maybe they had a whole new group of people that maybe no one there would remember the big girl. I was right not one single person knew of her history of trying to bite the last one who dared to touch her toes; you see she has these wonderfully long toe tuffs that each and every groomer has tried to trim when they do her nails. This time I insisted that they muzzle her, restrain themselves from cutting the tuffs and have at least two people ready to help with the clipping then I walked away – it was the hardest thing to do, that feeling of abandonment that sinks in as you see your big sweet girl struggling as a stranger hauls into the unknown is just like watching a small child being taken into school that first day. The look she threw over her shoulder as she finally gave into this was so sad, so betrayed so mournful but it needed to be done.

While she was in there being tortured (I was sure this is what she felt) I went to look for a new shell for Digger the hermit crab, after the shameful episode with the orange blue flowered shell that he tried and rejected he had buried himself in the much/fiber in his aquarium and I had not seen him since I left for Savannah. It is so sad what this had done to him, normally he is out and about climbing and moving all over his home, enjoying his life. I wanted my Digger back happy and out and about not buried out of shame at the bottom of his home.

I found three possible shells two brown ones, one heavier than I wanted but I got it anyway. One white pearl looking shell, it was a bit smaller and a little different shape than he was used to but I figured it was worth a try. So I went ahead and purchased all of these. Then I thought I heard them announce that Chelsea (Moose) was done and ready for pick up. So I paid out and when and got her, marveled miracle of miracles she was not hobbling any more, in fact she was actually wanting to go exploring so I lead her around the store letting her sniff all those wonderful smells that only bears can smell, we wandered up and down aisles and she ran into two small terriers that were frightened of her size and darkness, but she wanted to reach out and sniff them anyway, so I talked to the owner and convinced her that Moose was harmless she loved little dogs and just wanted to sniff and say hello, she did and was happy and off again. When she tired of this we went home.

The minute we got back into the house JuJuBear and Mouse had to sniff her all over to make sure she was the same as when she left. That mommy had not done anything to her as far as hurting her are giving her snacks that they were not apart of. Seeing that she was fine they all settled down for their naps.

This gave me time to get the shells ready for introduction to Digger, I cleansed them in hot salty water to get all the germs off of them and then I put them all inside his home and dug him up and placed him so that he could chose the new shell he wanted for the next year, that is all that a shell last him any more, he is getting so big. He tried on all of them first the light weight brown one, it was too big he did not really move completely over to it just kind of measured it with his claws, then he moved over to the heavy brown one and actually got into it and tried caring it around for about 30 minutes, it wasn’t quite right. Then he got into the pearly white one and liked it, got to moving around in it and even buried himself again. So I just removed all the extra shells to give him more room and then I picked him up to see how the shell fit him and as I was holding it he came out of the shell and tried to touch me with his claws, he could not this one fits him just right, it holds him in so that I can hold the shell and not be pinched or stabbed by him.

Perfect Saturday all in all Chelsea is cured and no more niiked crab – woo hoo.

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