Today I did a nail trim on a chihuahua and then on a westie, both needed to be muzzled. However, the westie was much worse, we actually needed to put a bigger muzzle on first to get the smaller one on around it and he still tried to bite us through the muzzle.

I restrained Jordan, a Brittany spaniel mix for a Chem profile to be sent out.

I drew blood from Bandit for a 3DX and restrained for a Lyme vaccine. Then I ran the 3DX and it was negative.

Then I cleaned all of the Endo-tracheal tubes and put them away. (See procedures)

The dogs that had surgery that morning needed food and some water, so I fed and watered them all.

I folded the gowns and drapes from the day’s surgeries and wrapped them as well. (See procedures)

I drew blood from Yaz, the black lab for a 3DX test and ran the test, which came out negative.

I read a fecal (see procedures section) on Oreo, a cat that was in for a dental but on the way home had a bloody stool. It was negative and probably just from the stress of traveling.

Clancy the Beagle came in to see if we could help get a free catch urine. I went out with her and she did not want to urinate. Eventually, we ended up getting a cystocentesis and ran a urinalysis. The pH was 6 and the specific gravity was 1.002 and Dr. Tast did not find anything significant on the sediment. Everything else on the Dip stick was negative. Due to symptoms from the owner, and the way we got the urine, Dr. Tast decided to put her on antibiotics anyway to see if that helped, and if not to try to treat for incontinence.

Then we did our end of night duties and left.