A Trip To The Vet And Other Such Nonsense

Today I had to take Blue Fish for a quick stop at the vet. It should have been a five minute visit. A little hello how are you- shoot some medicine up his nose and we are on our way. That isn't exactly how things turned out. Blue Fish (who is known for being an enormous baby) made me lift him out of the car and drag him into the waiting room where he proceeded to wedge himself under a chair. Then a woman with three dogs came in and Blue Fish wouldn't stop barking at them from under the chair and Red Fish was trying desperately to make her way over to the new dogs so she could kiss them. Sorry baby, we don't kiss dogs we don't know. Then when the techs came for Blue Fish he bellyached like you wouldn't believe. It took two people to hold him down while they tried to put the drops in his nose. He screamed and cried the whole time. Red Fish of course thought they were hurting her poor puppy so she started to scream her ultra sonic scream and thrash wildly at the techs trying to hit them. (Hitting is a new thing she picked up in nursery class.) I kept having the urge to laugh because the whole thing was so ridiculous but I managed to hold it in. The more upset Red Fish got the more upset Blue Fish got. We were quite the spectacle. This whole debacle took a good 45 minutes instead of the 5 it should have taken. I guess at least Red Fish and Blue Fish love each other and are willing to stick up for each other. I just prefer for tantrums to come one at a time instead of in tandem. I was so worn out by the time we left the vet I wanted a nap! These are the things you just have to laugh about because we must have looked ridiculous!