Thursday, August 27th

Just when I thought I'd seen everything at our clinic, something I'd never seen walked through the door. I don't know what her name was, because she wasn't sharing. Not that she didn't want to talk, she was wailing on about something, but her name wasn't among her ranting. Mother's technician helpers just called her, "wowwhatisthat".

She was one of the biggest dogs I've seen here, but that's not what made her unique. She also had strange eyes that were missing something, and made you feel cold just to look at her. But that's not what made her special either. Her most striking feature was that her girl parts were enormous and seemed to be turning inside out. I only call them "girl parts" because that's what Bea said they were.

Bea came from somewhere called a "breeders", mom says. Bea knows a lot about a lot of things because she lived somewhere else first. She says she doesn't remember much, but the smell coming from that dog reminded her of having puppies. To me it was a fascinating smell, one that I wanted to taste very much. But the part of her body that was dripping and hanging out was at least the same size as me.

Well, needless to say the presence of this large dog with this large feature made everyone at the clinic start rushing around. Sweet Sally started the procedure set up, while mother's other technician, Vonnie helped her hug the dog and give her some pinch medicine. Shortly after, "wowwhatisthat" was on the humming table. Bea says the humming table takes pictures that see inside of you. I can't imagine what could be inside that anyone would want to see, but parents do strange things sometimes.

I had front row seats to the whole procedure through a window into the special no-non-sleepy- dogs-allowed room. Mother got all dressed up in a green outfit complete with a hat, gloves and a paper face cover. She spent two hours in the special room with the "wowwhatisthat" dog. I saw some of the dogs insides get placed onto a table. I've heard the term "spay" before, but neither Bea nor I really know what it means. I think this large dog got a spay so that her insides could go back inside. I don't really know why they even came out to begin with, but I trust mother to have made sure that they won't be coming out again.

So I never did find out that dogs' name. She woke up quietly, which was a nice change for all of us. And when she walked out, nothing was dripping behind her. I'm happy for her I guess, but I really wished I could have seen what it tasted like.