Dog to the Vet

Sonia Dog is scheduled for a trip to the vet's office today for a regenerative procedure called ProTec Platelet-Rich Plasma. Her joints have been bothering her for a while now, and, for the past couple of days, she's been in too much pain to mount the stairs to the master bedroom. Instead, she yelps her distress from the first floor and won't quit until Fiorella comes downstairs to bed down on the couch with her.
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As Fio understand it, the vet will withdraw blood cells from Sonia and replace them with hyped-up cells, and we should see noticeable improvement in about a week.

Wish us all well.

Better Communication

Fiorella wants to communicate better with Sonia, or rather, she wants Sonia to communicate better with her.  Okay--the deep bark means there's a stranger on the property, but that irritating yelp she emits can mean anything from her being sleepy to needing food to being in pain.  Therefore Fio proposes that from now on Sonia use the following system of vocalization:

One yelp:  I want food
Two yelps: My water bowl is empty.
Three yelps: I want to go outside.
Four yelps:  I am in pain (accompanied by licking of involved area)
Five yelps:  Mommy, where are you?

Hurling herself against the back door will still indicate, as it does now, that she wants in, and staring at the pantry door will continue to signal she wants a treat. However, instead of Sonia yelping when she is tired, Fio would rather she just curl up and go to sleep.  And, please--no more intruding between Fio and her laptop screen.

Fiorella will post these instructions on the refrigerator tomorrow and keep you informed of the situation.

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