Poor Teddy

This past weekend I had a very interesting experience while house sitting. Ryan and I house sat for a couple in our old ward last month and they asked us to come back again. They have a little Cocker Spaniel named Teddy and he is supper cute and fun! He was easy to take care of the first time we house sat so I thought this weekend would be a breeze. Ryan ended up going camping with his dad so I stayed with the dog by myself. I don't like to be alone so I had my mother-in-law over to keep me company. We were having a nice time watching a movie and talking. Then the evening turned tragic when Teddy got into one of our purses and ate a big chocolate cookie with chocolate chips! I started to freak out a little because chocolate is poisonous to dogs and Teddy is a small dog and the cookie was big. I had a flash back to when I was about nine and my own dog ate a ton of chocolate and after we took her to the vet we had to feed liquid charcoal. It was awful and I cried all night. I'm still scarred. So I called the owners and could not reach them. Then I called the vet and they gave me two options: induce vomiting at home by making Teddy drink hydrogen peroxide or bring him in so they could do it... ... ... WHY on earth would I induce vomiting by myself?!!!! That's the craziest thing I have ever heard! I was horrified when the vet said that to me! What kind of sick non-vet freak makes a dog throw up by forcing hydrogen peroxide down the poor animal's throat? Thanks sicko vet, you have scarred me further by just the thought of that! Anyway, I was still conflicted because I could not get a hold of the owners and I knew the trip to the vet would be expensive. I made up my mind to take Teddy in and I was able to get a hold of the owners before I left. They said go for it so I did. My dear mother-in-law volunteered to go with me and so we took our trip down to the vet at 11:oo pm and didn't leave till after 12:oo. Thanks Debbie! Your an Angel!!! They made him throw up and kept him over night because he was still sick. The next morning I picked him up and was slapped with a $400.00 vet bill!!! So Teddy came home with me and the owners came home later that day. They were super nice and understanding! The owners ended up paying me back and tried to pay me extra for the trouble I went through, but I couldn't accept it! Not after I cost them a ton of money! Needless to say, I'm glad Teddy is ok and the people still trust us enough to invite us back! Ryan has made a vow that if we have a dog some day and it gets into trouble like this he is not paying to get it fixed! I might put up a fight though.

On a side note, I learned today that Teddy got into another purse and ate a whole pack of gum yesterday! What a naughty but still cute dog!!!!

American River Rafting

On Monday Ryan and our friends went river rafting on the south fork of the American River. The group included us, Matt and Kelly, Tani, Andy and Matt's friends Cameron and Rebbecca. Cameron is a river guide so he took one boat and Matt took the other boat. We had a blast! I would go over and over again if we had our own raft! Matt did great guiding his own boat and this was his first time ever! Good job Matt!!! The rapids that we went through were class 3. I thought they were pretty crazy so I can only imagine larger rapids! There were lots of rapids but the two largest were called Satan's Cesspool and Hospital Bar. Who named these rapids? Satan's Cesspool??? I'm not going to repeat some of the jokes that were made about the name! Any who, we lost Andy several times during the first few rapids. At one point he grabbed onto the side of his boat and almost was crushed between a rock and the raft. It was tense for a minute there! Luckily Andy was ok! The second crazy big rapid, Hospital Bar, ended up knocking Ryan off the raft. I had fun until the point that I realized he was half way out of the boat. I grabbed on to his wrist with a death grip and held him for a second but then let him go because I didn't want him to get smashed in case we hit a rock. So he ended up floating safely out and was picked up by Matt's boat. At the end of they day we all realized that we are now addicted to rafting and are now planning our next trip before it gets too cold!

At the sight of the two biggest rapids there were photographers who captured several shots of us. The only pictures I have so far are of one raft with Ryan and I. I'll post the other boat's pictures soon.


*A quick disclaimer... I know you are all jealous of my super cool yellow sunglasses!