Update 4 - Quarantine and Goshen's hips

Today at 17.00 we drove Barak to the quarantine compound in Nazareth. The law is very clear and there is nothing we can do. However, the intruding woman agreed to pay for it. We also filed a police complaint today, just in case. The guy who works there is a real dog lover and he does his best to make their time as good as possible - but fact remains - there is 20-something dogs sitting in small cages with a mesh as floor, no bedding, no nothing. All dogs were barking constantly as we were there and the environment made me sick. I cried like a girl as I put Barak in the cage, although I know that he will be fine and time will pass quickly. Most of all I am furious over this stupid bitch who put my dog in a cage for a week! On the way back from Nazareth we met up with her in Alonim to get the money, but I chose to stay in the car. She showed Yoram an image of her leg in her mobile and she had a big bruise with two holes from his canines. Very well-earned!

Now over to the other dog. During the last few months Goshen has occasionally been slightly stiff in her hips after resting. Yesterday evening when I was about to take them for their night pee pee ride, she could hardly stand on the right hind leg. She was x-rayed as a puppy and had moderate degree of hip dysplasia, so she was discarded as breeding material and given to Yoram without papers. However, she never had any problems until now. Today we went to our vet Pini and counselled with him. Tomorrow morning we will take her back for x-rays, and then we set up a plan according to the results. Pini offers acupuncture at his clinic, which feels very appealing to start with. He has had some very good results with it on dogs with similar problems. Next step would be non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. In any case we will also give her food supplements, such as glucosamine and chondroitine, to stimulate the regeneration of the cartilage in the joint.

Barak is hopefully home again before next weekend (since they can start counting from the day of the bite), and the story of Goshen's hips is to be continued. On the way home from the compound Yoram tried to cheer me up with all crazy things, but I did not start smiling until he suggested that after a week we will have discovered how easy life is without Barak, and then we can sell him and put the money on Goshen's treatment. That statement was on one side true, but on the other completely crazy. Crazy enough to cheer me up! Barak is a handful, most definitely, but I love him with all my heart. Even more after this ordeal.