Snoozing Away

I have had a terrific start to my long weekend. I�had a huge sleep in and finally caught up on all the lost hours…

The adorable puppy above was given to me as a gift while I was on holiday in Lebanon. I cuddled the puppy and was ecstatic to hold it but I did not understand the logistics of having received it. I did not live in Lebanon and was heading to Australia in a couple of days. Needless to say, my parents landed the puppy for an interim period where it chewed up a few of my mom’s favourite shoes and got re-homed�to a terrific owner.

I often find people can go for an impulse buy and get a cute pet be it a puppy, guinea�pig, kitten or so forth as a birthday gift.

A pet requires a lot of commitment and needs the person to be mentally prepared to have one and to be well set up for it. I never recommend getting a pet as a gift unless you are 100% sure that the soon to be owners�are in the process of trying to get one themselves and are ready to have one!

Anyhow, I will get back to my mellow day off. When I finally got myself out of bed, I was smothering all my beautiful pets with attention. I also had Christopher sitting in my lap for an hour but I had to drop him off later on at the clinic as Erin was having withdrawals and wanted him back. We did a swap over, I handed her�Christopher and she gave me Brandy. Brandy is on a diet/exercise�excavation weekend with me.

I took my boys and Brandy for a good walk and discovered Brandy had major phobias from cars driving past her. I had not picked up on that previously because I always used to take them to a park that is�tucked well away from the�sounds of moving cars.�She has no issues hopping into a vehicle. However, having been run over by a car almost a year ago now and consequently incurring massive injuries, I can totally understand her fears.

I simply tried to divert her attention and gave her heaps of love and confidence.

I also enjoyed a very special dinner with my hubby. I am still in relaxing zen mode so will not be making any posts about any major vet things�today. I will definitely get back into it tomorrow. I was like the paparazzi�at the clinic this week and took heaps of amazing photographs of my patients and can not wait to share them with you.�I have to say animal photographers are just awesome and I believe they must possess lots of patience. It is very hard taking a photographs of a moving target be it the purring kitten coming towards you for a rub or the pooch that licks the camera and so forth.

I sometimes wish there was 36 hours in a day so I can achieve all the goals I set out for myself each day…Hopefully tomorrow I will get more of my to do’s list accomplished! So stay tuned until tomorrow. Hope everyone�gets to have AN�AWESOME WEEKEND! Damn you Alana for getting me hooked on using AWESOME in my every sentence…

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Rayya The Vet

I was born overseas and grew up in Lebanon. About 9 years ago, I left my family and friends behind to pursue my dream of becoming a veterinarian in Australia.

I have now been out in practice for the past 5 years. I absolutely love being involved with all types of animals and consider it my "calling". Whilst my job can be quite an emotional rollercoaster ride, I cannot fathom doing anything else for as long as I am living. I simply feel blessed every day that I am practicing what I truly love.

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