Worried about Alice the dog.
When I got back from my trip to Fujian, I found Alice was really sick. She’d lost a lot of weight — I’d guess about half her body weight, and she was feverish and shivering. She wouldn’t eat or drink. I asked the dog man to take her to the vet, and because he didn’t seem willing, I went to a local vet to ask questions, ask about fees and stuff. I gave dog man the vet’s phone, but he wasn’t willing to call. Since then, Alice has gotten thinner and thinner, and today I saw that she’s taken a turn for the worse. I brought her some chicken broth (she’d been drinking a little water lately), but she refused it. I really think she’s not long for this world. I tried to persuade the dog man to call the vet again, and I think finally he may do it. I’m afraid it’s too late now, though. It’s like a week and a half since I got back here, and then she had already been sick for several days.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:25 pm
That’s sad.
February 21st, 2007 at 11:28 pm
If Alice passes on, will the dog man still be a dog man (by virtue of still having her puppies)? Does he still have the puppies?
(Do you think they are going to be eaten? You mentioned that Alice was a “meat dog”).
February 22nd, 2007 at 12:07 am
I guess I’ll still refer to him as the dog man, out of habit. He is going to give away the puppies. Two have already been given out, and his niece’s friend has dibs on the bigger tan one. The puppies are mixed breed (their dad Lucky was a mutt), so they are probably not the most suitable for eating.