The Big Day Is Approaching

As I type this, it's the evening before Farmer H must capture Pupsie for her very special operation. Sorry to say, I am not optimistic. The vet wants Pupsie to stop eating at 3:00 p.m. for her appointment the next morning. That means Farmer H must somehow catch Pupsie and leave her in a pet carrier overnight.

At least Farmer H finally brought the pet carrier over to the side porch. It has been there for three days. Pupsie is suspicious. Farmer H said he put food in the carrier. He was mowing the front yard/field on Monday. He said Pupsie kept an eye on him, but DID go into the carrier to eat the food. Silly me. I figured Farmer H had baited the carrier with a delectable treat. But no. When I went to town on Tuesday, I saw that Farmer H had merely scattered some of the dry dogfood in the back of the carrier. What in the Not-Heaven? The same food is available four inches away in the self-feeder!

Anyhoo... Farmer H must have help loading Pupsie in the back of SilverRedO. He can't carry a carrier full of a 30-40 pound dog. The Veteran said he'd come out to help. But I don't like the thought of Pupsie being closed up in the carrier, sitting in the back of a truck all night. I would like Farmer H to leave her on the side porch, where Jack can come up and sniff at her, and she can see out into the yard, and knows where she is. Of course, if Copper Jack comes up on the porch, Pupsie will go ballistic. Copper Jack has been tied up at his own house for over a week, due to turkey season, and his human dad not wanting Copper Jack to be shot, or follow him into the woods. Since his release, Pupsie has been quite vocal in her opinion of him being in our yard.

Farmer H said he plans to give Pupsie some of the melatonin so maybe she will sleep and not be so nervous while trapped in the carrier. Maybe that will work. I hope he at least uses hot dogs to lure Pupsie into the carrier.

I suggested that maybe Old Buddy could come out and help Farmer H to load Pupsie into SilverRedO on Thursday morning. That way, she won't have to be in the back of SilverRedO all night. The Veteran won't have to come out so early in the morning. We'll see. I am still not confident of Pupsie's capture on the previous afternoon.