Jack' Barking For His Food

Jack likes to bark for his food especially in the morning.

He used to bark around 6am but since after his recent operation, he barks after 7am.

My housekeeper has gone back to Philippines for good and we have no intention to employ another one so the feeding is up to me now.

Initially, we bought an auto-feeder ( read my early postings on it ) but since he is recovering from his operation, I give Jack soft food rather than dry food so I stopped using the auto-feeder.

So no sleeping in beyond 7am else Jack will wake up the whole neighbourhood especially on weekends.......sigh

However, Jack forgot to bark for his food this morning but I woke up worrying what wrong with him....ha...ha....

Somehow he must have lost track of time as it rained early this morning and I found him in his usual corner.

Good Boy....Jack!

David

Jack Operation Wound

Jack is recovering well but his operation wound with its stitches have dried up and slowly falling off.

The hair has not grown back yet ...... you can see the shaven tummy in the photo above.

The wound is healing well but sometimes the flies get attracted to it and I have to smacked them but they come back again and again......

David

Jack Is Recovering Now

I went to fetch Jack home late this morning.

The Vet showed me his x-ray and there was a big mass shown in Jack's tummy.

It turned out to be grass, hair and sand all stuck together to form a big lump...!

In the Invoice, there was a note saying that Jack should be confine and not able to ingest more sand, grasses and hair during his recovery period...!

Jack is still blur and weak so he is home and sleeping it off. Drank a lot of water but still not eating yet.

My son, Jason, commented that this is the first time we see Jack not eating and not yearning for any treat..... so pitiful......Jack must really be down and out.....!

We have to keep his wound dry so we put a T-shirt on him again.

Well, we look forward to his speedy recovery.......

I have to figure out how to confine him and not let him into the garden.......

David

Jack Is Sick Again

Hi,

Jack was not his usual self after dinner last night.

He was walking slowly and could not lie down at all.

HE even refused his treats....!
NO barking at all too...!

We were concerned and called the the hotline for his Vet. After talking to him and describing the symptoms of JAck, he felt that it is not life threatening and to bring Jack in to the clinic the folloiwng morning if no improvement.

We felt slightly better but it was so painful to see Jack standing the whole night with such a pitiful look. He even went to his favourite corner below the palm tree in the garden after the rain stopped.........sob...sob.....

I woke up at 6am to see if he could eat his food but he was not interested at all and still the same as the night before.

I took him to the Vet but have to wait for > 1 hour as we did not have an appointment....sigh

The vet suspect something wrong with his tummy and suggested to take a blood test and also x-ray his tummy. I have to sign a form to allow them to operate if there is a need.

After lunch, the Vet called to update us that there seems to be something opaque shown in the x-ray and they have to operate to remove it;......maybe plastic object...?

After dinner, the clinic called to inform us that Jack has a successful operation and I can collect him late tomorrow morning.

The Vet will talk to me then..... I am dying to know what Jack ate.....?

I wish for a speedy recovery for Jack and back to good health again.

David