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More Walnut Mountain
After a lovely breakfast in the Liberty Diner we made a quick stop to Tractor Supply to pick up some slightly more waterproof footwear for me (I had foolishly only brought my canvas Carhartt workboots- fantastic and comfy in hot weather, but not great in wet grass- very wet socks!)- found these for quite cheap and they have turned out great.
Jackie went off to check out the local casino, and the girls and I went back out to explore more of Walnut Mountain- and explore we did!
Left is the trail map:
And right is our track from the girls’ satellite trackers:
We had a wonderful time going to the summit and checking out the foundations of the old Walnut Mountain Hotel, going around the back of the mountain and then hiking the long way back through the woods, almost 6 miles!
Which has led to two very tired dogs 😉
1st vacation morning
Too darn hot!
We did our usual early walk in the woods this morning before it got crazy hot, but when it’s 100° it’s just too hot to take the dogs for their usual afternoon walk around on the sidewalks! So we’ve come back to do the short loop in the woods where there is some shade and luckily still some running water for them to wallow in 🙂
I have to say I’m a little jealous. 😉
Chest protector
More leash walking
A gentle perambulation
Just a gentle leash walk today as Amy starts the healing process. Unfortunately she can’t wear her usual harness as it would rub on the wound on her chest, but luckily we have a spare martingale collar from when we first got her.
I feel a little bad for Faith, not taking her to the woods, but I think the camaraderie of them staying together is important for the first couple of days as Amy starts to feel better 😏
Wounded Beastie
Spent 2 hours in the vet emergency room with Amy yesterday as we discovered a deep puncture wound on her chest when we went to go for our lunch time walk. It must have happened in the morning, she must have run into a stick or something in the woods, but she didn’t complain, it was only when we went to go out at lunch time and she was moving very tentatively that I gave her a close inspection and found it.
Thank goodness we have emergency vets close by; they cleaned it out, gave her an x-ray to make sure nothing was stuck in it, stitched it up both internally and externally and sent her home with painkillers and anti-inflammatories.
Luckily, although it is deep, it is only in the muscle, it did not penetrate her chest cavity. The most difficult thing is going to be keeping her on the leash for the next week or so until it is healed enough for her to go back to a regular exercise regimen!
