Once again I find myself wagging my tail to live the life I live.  I belong to a great pack, with the possible exception of Anna who is altogether too fond of my tail.  I have a super comfy den at home and a lively pet clinic to visit during the day.  I also have Bea, my trusty sidekick and all around chew toy. 

I find that some days I appreciate all that I have more than others.  Today was one of those days.  With the full moon we've been seeing more of the pets that have the twitching fits.  I think it's because it's a basic canine desire to howl at that beautiful full moon, but seeing as most of us don't get that chance the wild urges build up inside.  Some dogs can't handle all of the bottled up energy and instead have wild, twitching outbursts.  At least that's how I explain the dogs.  Why the people come in here acting all strange as well, I have no explanation for.

Mr. Tolunch  came in with his dog, Beamer, convinced that he'd had a stroke.  His wife, Mrs. Out - ToLunch met them at the clinic.  "We really have to find out what is wrong with Beamer"  Mrs.Out - Tolunch pleaded, "We've been to 3 different doctors and one specialist and no one can figure it out.  They all give me medicine for him, but I don't make him take it.  No one likes to take medicine.  Plus I have to hide it in food, and the only thing I feed him is chicken, because he's allergic to every kind of dog food.  That's why we thought he would stop breathing.  But this time he was just sleeping when it happened."  Mother looked at Beamer, the 14 yr. old Lhasa who was frantically panting but otherwise acting normal.  "He may need a neurologist to look at him as well" mother offered "they can run tests to look inside his brain and see if there's a problem inside".  "Why can't you just x-ray his head then?"  Beamer's mom asked.  Mother smiled and answered "All I would see on an x-ray of his head, is his skull, not his brain".  Mrs. O was speechless.

Later that afternoon, mother was reading the news aloud:
"ORLANDO, Fla. - WESH.com

Authorities said an Orange County man set his 1-year-old Lab out as trash earlier this week.

Dillinger’s owner put the canine in his crate, covered him with a blanket and placed him by the curb to be picked up with the rest of his garbage, officials said. 

"He had been hit by a car at least 30 days prior to that and never taken to a vet,” said Jessica Chapman, a volunteer at Pet Rescue by Judy. “So, I don't know if they just couldn't afford him anymore."

Dillinger was in terrible shape when he got to Pet Rescue by Judy, a nonprofit animal rescue located in Orlando. The dog had suffered a broken leg, as well as ear and skin infections.

The dog underwent more than four hours of surgery to fix his broken leg, which cost close to $3,000."

After hearing about Dillinger, I was glad to belong to my pack. 

Full moon or not, there's no understanding why some humans act the way they do.