No Place like Home
Stranger and I are back from our roadtrip! California was beautiful, gas prices were shocking, and allergens were everywhere.
I wonder, has anyone else observed that dogs have twice as much energy when traveling? At first, I blamed it on the car ride, being bored and pent up for hours at a time, but even after hours of fetch by the beach, Stranger was still running around, utterly inexhaustible. Luckily, he charmed most of our friends into days full of doting, belly rubs and ball throws.
In San Francisco, he had a couple sneeze attacks. I blamed it on allergies and didn’t give it any thought until he started discharging this green snot like substance from his right eye.
and you thought i was just going to gush about sunsets on the ocean front : )
We took him to the vet today, who told us not to worry. She said his eyes were just irritated and gave us some ointment.
But this is the kicker!
Did you know dogs have three eyelids!?
“Each eye of a dog has three eyelids, the main upper and lower lids and a third lid hidden between them in the inner corner of the eye. The third eyelid can sweep across the transparent cornea of the eye and clean it like a windshield wiper.”
It turns out that Stranger’s third eyelid is a little weaker, which explains his constant sleepies and sensitivity to allergens.
Learn something new every day, heh. Anyways, glad to be back and can’t wait to catch up on all your blogs.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:24 am
You know, I guess I do remember that dogs have three eyelids now that you mention it. But that is something I’d forgotten. I’ve seen that side lid close over Ace’s eyes before. Yuck.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Glad you guys made it home safe. Hope you had a wonderful time and I look forward to seeing pictures of Stranger on the beach maybe….
June 21st, 2008 at 2:33 am
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