Broken face Ruben
Another summer day spent lounging in the clinic apartment. Bea's coat had lots of green seeds in it this morning, so extra snacks for me. This Friday, reminds me of a Friday a few months ago when one of my friends Ruben had to make a surprise visit to the hospital.
He was new to the area, his newly adopted family had brought him on one of those great noise machines in the sky only a few weeks before. He was officially over missing his mom, but had not really fit in with the other dog in the house, Bosco. Not at all like me and Bea. For us, it was love at first sight: the first time she let me lick her ears, I knew we would be friends forever.
Bosco is one of those large dogs that likes to growl to make you think he's scary. I know that he's really just a push-over though. He's been in and out of the hospital so much, I don't think he could hurt a fly. Also I never smell fear on any of the people that work here when Bosco comes in, and my moms' a pretty good judge of who to watch out for.
So, to hear Ruben tell the story, he claims that he was only walking by Bosco's ball and wham, out of nowhere, a giant growl erupted from the sky and smacked him in the face. The next thing he knew he was here at the hospital. Mother was looking at him and he just kept yelling, "It's my face, it's my face!" . But I think that must sound different to people, because mother kept trying to touch his face. Then finally, we heard a sound like your teeth make when you chew on a bone, and mother said, “We need to x-ray his face”. And there it was ... broken face Ruben.
I heard mother explaining it to Ruben's dad who had to take him to another doctor to fix his jaw. At least, after his pinch medicine he wasn't crying anymore. I never did ask him if he got to chase anything while he was asleep.
When he got back he had something white and hard in his mouth. I overheard mother saying, he's got more metal in him than a hardware store. I have no idea what that means.
Anyway, Ruben is fine now. It never really slowed him down. I could always dominate Ruben when we played and metal jaw or not, I still own him. I might think twice about bothering Bosco though.
Another summer day spent lounging in the clinic apartment. Bea's coat had lots of green seeds in it this morning, so extra snacks for me. This Friday, reminds me of a Friday a few months ago when one of my friends Ruben had to make a surprise visit to the hospital.
He was new to the area, his newly adopted family had brought him on one of those great noise machines in the sky only a few weeks before. He was officially over missing his mom, but had not really fit in with the other dog in the house, Bosco. Not at all like me and Bea. For us, it was love at first sight: the first time she let me lick her ears, I knew we would be friends forever.
Bosco is one of those large dogs that likes to growl to make you think he's scary. I know that he's really just a push-over though. He's been in and out of the hospital so much, I don't think he could hurt a fly. Also I never smell fear on any of the people that work here when Bosco comes in, and my moms' a pretty good judge of who to watch out for.
So, to hear Ruben tell the story, he claims that he was only walking by Bosco's ball and wham, out of nowhere, a giant growl erupted from the sky and smacked him in the face. The next thing he knew he was here at the hospital. Mother was looking at him and he just kept yelling, "It's my face, it's my face!" . But I think that must sound different to people, because mother kept trying to touch his face. Then finally, we heard a sound like your teeth make when you chew on a bone, and mother said, “We need to x-ray his face”. And there it was ... broken face Ruben.
I heard mother explaining it to Ruben's dad who had to take him to another doctor to fix his jaw. At least, after his pinch medicine he wasn't crying anymore. I never did ask him if he got to chase anything while he was asleep.
When he got back he had something white and hard in his mouth. I overheard mother saying, he's got more metal in him than a hardware store. I have no idea what that means.
Anyway, Ruben is fine now. It never really slowed him down. I could always dominate Ruben when we played and metal jaw or not, I still own him. I might think twice about bothering Bosco though.
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