She was up about 4 times between 6 and 10 with a barking cough and gasping for breaths which just didn't seem to get anything into her lungs. Poor little sausage, we had her in the bathroom with the steam from the shower but that didn't help too much. Once she calmed down it would get better until an hour later and then we'd start all over again.
Anyway, we went off to the doctor on Saturday morning for some Celestamine and that sorted out the croup/cough but hasn't done much for the trail of green slime coming out of her nose!
After Abigail's party in the morning we went to Ouma and Oupa for the afternoon.
My Mom suggested that we put up some obstacle-course-type things and try to teach the dogs to do "tricks"! (she'd been watching an animal programme on DSTV that inspired her!)
Abigail didn't need to be asked twice!! They set up a ramp and balance beam and a jump.
The dogs weren't too co-operative and just a little confused:-) Tessa eventually did a jump or 2 but Taffy wasn't having any of the silly antics, he just wanted the sausage bits we were using as rewards.
Niave was quite keen to do some tricks and the ramp turned into a slide which kept Abigail occupied well into the evening.
Not feeling too well, Niave would crash out on the couch every now and then to watch "Charlie and Lola" or "Biglittlecook" (Big cook, Little cook!) for a while before the next bout of energy.
Abigail and her best friend Tessa
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