Saturday, July 05, 2008

The really terrible bad thing just happened a second time

We tried, for the first time since Odin's last incident, going on a walk again today. This time, it was cool and drizzly, and we did the "medium" loop.
A little more than half way home, Odin plopped down in the grass. He wasn't panting all crazy, but he was breathing hard.
We sat with him in the grass for a long time (maybe 15 minutes), then he got up, made it a couple woozy steps, and plopped down in the grass again.
We sat again for a long time, he got up, made it half way across a yard, and plopped down in the grass again. Then, oddly, he started wagging his tail and rolling around, got up, and he made it a couple of houses before he plopped down again.
This last time, he was across the street from neighbors who were doing stuff in their yard (the backyard, but at least there were humans), and he was close enough to a telephone pole that I tied him to the pole, ran home (3 blocks), got the car, and came screeching back.
I don't think the wagon is going to work, and so now I'm at a loss. Maybe he is woozy from his medicine and I need to wait and walk him in the middle of the day?
And it couldn't have been the heat, but I don't notice this happening when we're just at home, so it seems like it must be the exertion from walking.
It makes me want to cry.

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