Finally, help for Maple's Car Sickness Problem

Pfizer sent out a press release in the USA recently advising people that they can now happily bring their car sick prone dogs along on family holiday trips.

CERENIA is a drug only available through your dog's veterinarian, but it can quell those nasty problems that car sick dogs have, such as excessive drooling and vomiting.

Good news, right?

But wait, according to Pfizer, "the common side effects seen with CERENIA are excessive drooling, lethargy and vomiting not due to motion sickness." (italics my own)

Fantastic! Now Maple can travel in the car and we won't have to worry about her drooling excessively and vomiting due to car sickness. It will be such a relief to know that her drooling and vomiting are due to the preventative meds instead.

A Very Discerning Palate

Maple has a very discerning palate.

She loves crayons. Regular wax crayons. So delicious are they that as soon as she gets a chance to go into The Boy's room, or into the play room she head straight for the arts and craft box. Once there, if the lid is open she will gleefully sort through the detritus in the box until she finds a crayon, then she will quickly run away somewhere less obvious and munch away on her treat. If the lid is closed she will work diligently to open it.

So while poop patrol is not always fun, at least it is colourful.

Sabi

This is one of those incredible, yet feel good stories that happen occasionally.

Sabi is a bomb detection dog for the Australian Army. In September 2008 she was working in Afghanistan when her unit came under heavy attack by the Taliban. This was a particularly fierce attack 9 soldiers were wounded, and the soldiers had to get out quickly. Sabi was lost and reported as missing in action.

The fighting was actually so fierce that one solider was awared the Victoria Cross. The VC is the highest medal for heroism that can be awarded to Australian soldiers. There have only ever been 97 of them awarded, and this is the first, and so far only one, since the Vietnam War.

But back to Sabi.... After the battle there had been repeated, unsuccessful efforts to find Sabi.

Fast forward 14 months. Last week an American soldier in north-eastern Uruzgan spotted a black lab that seemed special. He spent a bit of time with Sabi and realized that she was the missing Australian dog. Sabi was flown to Tarin Kowt to be reunited with one of trainers, and will most likely soon return back to Australia.

Video of Sabi

Resource news report here