Stomach Upset

Indi's not been well for the last couple of days. On Wednesday afternoon she was like a tube of toothpaste if you know what I mean. Thursday she wasn't sick but there was plenty the other end...Friday, still the same so I took her to the vets. Diagnosis: Gastrointeritis. 1 x Anti-biotic injection, 2 x Anti-biotic tablets to take for a week and some Pro-biotic paste. £66 lighter and nothing but boiled rice and chicken for a week...great...

She seems a bit better today but the vets also thinks she is underweight...she currently weighs 24kg, light for a female malamute...she should be about 30kg's I reckon. When she's got over this stomach bug I'll be trying to feed her up a bit...

Wedding Cars & Tax Returns

Just sorted all my stuff out to send to my accountant who fills in my tax returns. Not sure if I mentioned it before but I also have a wedding car hire business. You can see the cars here. The cars have been in my family since 1977, my grandfather buying them both the same week from the Express & Star. He did a few weddings in them but they are a bit unwieldy to drive so he gave that up as he got older. I resurrected them a few years back and have been doing weddings simply to pay for the cars upkeep and earn enough to pay for a holiday or so. This year I've been doing less weddings simply because I was moving house this summer and had enough on my plate without wondering if a 80 year old car was going to start (or stop) on someone's big day...

The Combo Burger

Went to Star City with A et al for something to eat and maybe some bowling. Eventually ended up in Old Orleans and I ordered a Combo Burger. What a whopper! It was basically a chicken breast and a beef burger in one bun. All this along with chips, "slaw" and "gator strips". Needless to say I didn't finish it all!

Went around the arcades later as bowling was full...

13

Just realised that today (13/01/07) is exactly six months to my birthday. The number 13 has always cropped up in my life. I was born on the 13th, first house was number 13, I have 13 tattooed on my chest and I also now live in a house numbered 13.

95 High Green

I went out with the usual crowd to a new restaurant recently opened in Cannock, 95 High Green. I thought the meal was OK although not as nice as I was expecting, especially as there are some pretty good reviews around for this place...I had soup, then lamb. Off to Bar Sport afterwards again for a few drinks...

Mog & Indi

Went and met up with Mog and owner over the Chase again today...managed to remember my camera this time! Mog is a male Malamute known as a "woolie". This means that their coat is longer, sometimes much longer than the breed standard...he's also a big lad, much bigger than Indi, so his longer coat makes him look even larger than he actually is!

Night in Cannock

It's A & K's birthday on Sunday and C's tonight. Decided to go up Cannock. Went to The White Hart, then Bar Sport. Good night had by all...

Return to dog training

First lesson back at dog training tonight. Indi was a bit hyper I must say, although she calmed down quite quickly so that was good. There are a few "naughty" dogs in this new class so Indi isn't the worst there...thank god. On a positive note, her heelwork was the best there...no question!

Dorset or bust...

Travelled down to Dorset today for a meeting with CT tomorrow morning. My colleague D & B had booked me into The Mansion House Hotel in Poole. Very plush I must say. This is actually a Best Western Hotel but you couldn't tell that from the outside - no gaudy blue signs here!

Before that though I met up with N, my boss. We met up at a Little Chef in Oxford. All OK...seems happy with what I'm doing at the moment...

Had a very nice meal in the Mansion House restaurant, one of the nicest steaks I've had for a while. D & B are a bit of wine buffs so chose a very nice white and a very nice red. Can't remember what they were, suffice to say they were very nice indeed!!

The hotel was almost directly opposite a Sunseeker showroom, some rather nice boats in there. Don't think I'll be affording one for a while though....

Indi's coat continued...

Had to borrow my mom's hair dryer to finish off drying Indi this morning. I think I've mentioned before that Malamutes have a double coat. If you don't dry them properly, they can get hotspots. These are a type of "wet" excema which spreads like wildfire. I blew Indi dry and then put some AF Powder on her just to help kill any potential bacteria. Seems OK now... fingers crossed...