Well, that was unexpected! I was getting ready to clean the rug after I vacuumed my computer room well and I ended up being asked by the Beast to wait to do it. Why? Because of Baron. We think Baron might have arthritis but the Beast is going to have to take him to the vet to be sure. He actually had a hard time getting up from a rug (scatter type) and had to be helped. The reason the Beast didn't want me to get my rug wet today was because he is doing a lot of running around and Baron likes to come in with me when he's gone.
If the rug is wet, it won't be comfortable for Baron to lay down on and we don't want to make him more miserable than he is. If he IS suffering with arthritis pain, we hope the vet will have something we can give him to make him more comfortable. A woman the Beast knows saw Baron and thought he was beautiful but asked if he had arthritis. When he asked her why she thought that, she said she has always had Rottweilers and they have the same problem due to their size and weight. It was in the way she saw he was walking that reminded her of her dogs. The Beast said he hadn't thought of that (although I had said it a time or two to him) so now he is watching and trying to make changes around here so that Baron doesn't suffer.
He's put some non-slip strips on all the stairs so that Baron feels more secure going up and down them. The reason he would go down the front stairs is because we have those on them and have almost since we first moved in here. So I have to wait to do the rug until either the Beast takes Baron to the vet to see what we can do for him or the Beast is going to stick around and not be running off to Lowe's or Walmart or Aldie's or any of the other places he went to today.
If you haven't figured it out, today was our *payday* so he had some shopping to do, including replacing his electric sander. The old one was probably 30 years old so it really DID need replacing. It looks like it should be trashed. At least what he replaced it with was cheap. It's not like he needs to use it all that much but he did need to rough up the stairs a bit for the strips.
So here I sit, babysitting the dog. I may just say the hell with it and go over to Cee's tomorrow. I may have to get the suitcase and bring it over to her so she can see if it works for her or not. I'm feeling a bit of cabin fever and the need to go out and do something different.
Well, this is one of the earliest posts I've ever done but you will have to forgive me for that. I just wanted to get it down early since I need to do a few things before I shower and get ready for bed later. Love you all and I hope you have had a good week so far. ***Hugs***
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