Hello all!

This morning about 6:45 A.M. CDT I woke to the sound of our 5 month old
Rottie pup Schotze (spelling) THe usual morning want to go out signal. 
sInce we keep her kennelized when she can't be closely supervised I went to
the living room where the kennel is located, opened the door and she ambled
to the front door of the house as usual. AS is also customary I reached out
while still in the clothes GOd gave me and that is all, got the cable end
from the nail on which it hangs and attached cable end to dog's collar
thinking nothing of it.

Dog went on outside to do her business and I went back to bed.  Last night
had been a late night and I'd taken some medication for this respiratory
trouble which of course had me still a bit groggy.  ARound 9:30 I woke,
went out to get her.

SHE was under the porch and had become tangled in the support of the porch,
but this time in an effort to free herself she'd injured her neck. I was
just thinking sleepy as the reason she was slow to come in, but she did so
I finished making coffee as she ate a bit of her food, drank some water and
lay down.

SInce I had work to do in my office I told my stepdaughter who'd just
arrived to wake her mom.  That's when we noted that something really wasn't
right with dog, so off to the vet they go.

AFter some x-rays and other examination we find it's a soft tissue injury,
no neurological damage done. wE hope no lasting damage either and the vet's
of the opinion that we caught it soon enough.  She'll be taking prednizone
for the next couple of weeks along with another drug to protect the
stomach.

We have to travel to FLorida on business, one of the few trips dog won't go
on with us and I'm hoping my usual boarding kennel will still take her
though she'll be needing some special care.  Usually she'd travel with us
when we travel on business, but since we haven't really begun her guide dog
training yet and we're not staying in a dog friendly hotel for this
convention we'll board her.

Regards,
           Richard
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