Bad rears are ears!

Keep your back straight and bend your knees is good advice for lifting anything heavy. But now I find it hard to bend at all. Yesterday I went to the Doctor to have a word of advice concerning this and that and ended up with a list of things to take and people to see that quiet took my breath away.

However, thank goodness to counter the pain in  my back I was given some pain killers that really are like having ones brains beaten in with a velvet covered brick.. I took one and had to sit down.. As a method of pain negation they are really spot on. Simply take one and good night!

Old Bob the dog has an ear infection and had to go to the Vets at the same time as I yesterday. Luckily two dear friends took him and once again proved that a few good friends are worth an army. Bob, although well behaved, may have disagreed now that he is subjected to twice daily ear drops. He will not speak to his girl friend Faith since she administered the drops last night.

This morning it was my turn to play Judas and to add just the right amount of farce to the proceedings i have a broken toe and another without toe nail. This and the bad back mean pursuit of Bob at "drop time" was and will be at best a slow affair and with Bob having a definite edge when it comes to speed of avoidance. However, old age and treachery will out wit youth and inexperience every time and this time was no exception. I got him when he was asleep. Well, when I say got him.. I got one ear while he was dozing. The second one was administered when he was hiding under the table. Should prove interesting given he has to have them twice a day for 3 weeks.

As if that wasnt enough to make keep one occupied he also needs a hair cut. As he has been blacklisted by one dog groomer, I have to do the necessary and I am no dog groomer. Hence his arse and nether regions look like a fur covered pelmet and his legs like hairy plus fours. This residue from the first hair cut has to be addressed and one wonders whether to avoid the chore and not add to the boys burden. Do I really want to spend a fur covered hour wrestling with a cocker spaniel on the kitchen floor????? But he looks such a cocker!