Day 32: Helpful remedies!


Today was the day to do a little cleaning of puppy ears and then wipe them down with a warm cloth for the rest of their little short stack bodies.


For puppy ears we use a solution that is one part white vinegar and one part rubbing alcohol; our vet maintains that this solution is better than over-the-counter otic rinses that in some cases seem to prolong ear troubles.  We pour the solution on a cotton pad and gently clean the inside exterior of puppy ears to ward off a build up of harmful dirt and bacteria that could cause problems.Puppies tolerate the solution which feels cool to their ears.


Since we live in deer country we thought we would post this excellent way to remove ticks.  Our supplier of spray to our landscape to keep our resident deer from eating our rhododendron buds reported that his wife had to be hospitalized for a tick that had become embedded.  She is on powerful antibiotics now and has been diagnosed w lyme disease.  Further, the local emergency doctor said they get cases daily with embedded ticks.  No, our supplier's wife is not one who is outside a lot - he is.  But their dog is outside and sleeps on their bed.  She got the tick off the dog.

Tick Removal:

Spring is here and the ticks will soon be showing their heads.

Here is a good way to get them off you, your children,

or your pets. Give it a try.

Please forward to anyone with children, hunters or dogs;

or anyone who even steps outside in summer!

A School Nurse has written the info below--good enough

to share--and it really works!

"I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best

way to remove a tick. This is great because it works in

those places where it's sometimes difficult to get to with

tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of

dark hair, etc."

"Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick

with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few

seconds (15-20); the tick will come out on its own and be

stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.

This technique has worked every time I've used it

(and that was frequently), and it's much less traumatic

for the patient and easier for me.."

We are enjoying the puppies.  In these candids you can see even from a distance how their spots are developing.  They are round spots, nicely separated and evenly spaced for the most part :