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The official nightshift thread....

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  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Thank goodness the weekend is over! I'm ready to go home, get the dog and just go for a nice long hike in the woods. Holiday weekends can be a bit emotionally taxing at the veterinary ER. Between the usual euthanasias, there are the folks running over their animals or drownings at the lake/river. It gets tough trying to help people through pet losses on what should be a happy holiday weekend.
  • bethanie0825
    bethanie0825 Posts: 1,494 Member
    God I miss nightshift. This daywalking stuff is for the birds...
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    edited May 2017
    We miss youuuuu toooo, bethanie!!!

    A bit of a storm tonight, luckily I timed my major walk/site check at the college just before the rain and thunder and lightning. Almost time for a Timmies break (apple cinnamon tea and a Quest bar). It was stinking hot today, 33C, and we are still on all kinds of flooding alerts in our area. Lake height records have been broken - all the way back to 1948. Aaaand there is still ice on the high country lakes and 4 metres of snow at the top of the mountains, the river sources. We are still on the slide site where the older man is missing/presumed dead. The RCMP and the urban search team will be lifting his house and searching the basement. It is possible he has been washed out into the lake as the slide extends over 60 metres under the water. Sad for his family as they have no closure yet.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    If you have a storm, I know it's headed my way. Looked at the weather channel app and it looks like it will be here tomorrow.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    canadjineh wrote: »
    We miss youuuuu toooo, bethanie!!!
    Yep!
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    @canadjineh - Got your storm in today. The rain was nice but I could have done without the lightning.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    It's been looking like it's going to storm for hours, but it's held off so far. Speaking of which, I better go do a perimeter patrol while it's still dry.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I had to put down the most beautiful mastiff tonight. I've worked with him since he was one year old but tonight his leg was swollen and when we took X-Rays, he had bone cancer. Really sucks.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Awwww, sufferlandrian, poor thing. An Italian Mastiff?
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    English. A big 200 lb baby. Brindle male. My favorite.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    edited June 2017
    Sweet! I've always been a big dog girl. Pets in my life = Standard poodle, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Husky/wolf x, Rottie, Presa Canario.
    Names... Petunia, Cobra, Kayana, Lucas, Suede
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Currently have a Border Collie lab cross. My last seven have been English Mastiffs. I love the big dogs. :smile:
  • stephanieross1
    stephanieross1 Posts: 388 Member
    Helllllooo night shifters. Ill add my dog in, mini daschund... I used to have a bull mastiff, quite the opposite end I am at
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Wow Stephanieross, one extreme to the other lol
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I love when clients come in with big dogs named silly things like tinkerbell or small dogs with names like brutus. No dog should be named killer.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Our standard poodle was named Petunia because in kindergarten my brother liked the book "Petunia the Silly Goose." So Petunia she was. We used to play a rodeo game with her that she absolutely loved, my brother would run across the lawn shaking the end of a long skipping rope and she would run after him and chomp down on it and tussle with him. She was the 'roped' calf and I would run out to them as fast as I could and flank her then pretend tie 3 of her legs. She would keep playing this with us until we were all tuckered out. We timed out 'events' too lol.
  • bethanie0825
    bethanie0825 Posts: 1,494 Member
    I always had German Shepherds growing up. Then my brother and I got Papillions lol. Total opposite in size but definitely big dog in a little dogs body. I love dogs. Today, my hubs and I have Max and Riley.
  • XshakyX
    XshakyX Posts: 193 Member
    Hey hey look at me back on nights for a bit.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Welcome back to nights. :smile: Glad to see you. :smile:
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I think I need a better picture. Looked beautiful before I cropped it to fit. Now it looks like I have a head the size of the Kool-Aid man.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Wow it's been busy! It's been a hard day for cats.
  • bethanie0825
    bethanie0825 Posts: 1,494 Member
    It's my Friday!! It's my Friday!! No EOG proctoring this week. No OT. Woot Woot!!
    C'mon 6 pm!!
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    @bethanie0825 - sweet!
    I scheduled stuff on all of my days off this week. I'm not doing a very good job a resting, y'all.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    edited June 2017
    My 3rd rest day (today) is now taken up with me sitting in a bank overnight because their alarm system is not booting up properly. 2200-0800. Emergency callouts suck sometimes. Then tomorrow I have to to the dentist with only 5 hrs of sleep. :( At least there is a Keurig and a candy dish available ( and free WiFi). I think I may watch Netflix and binge on coffee.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I'm binge monster drinking. I'm not sure why these 36 hour shifts are killing me. I used to think a 36 hour shift was a breeze and a 52 hour shift was hard.
  • crtaylor7997
    crtaylor7997 Posts: 151 Member
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    I love when clients come in with big dogs named silly things like tinkerbell or small dogs with names like brutus. No dog should be named killer.

    I have a dog named D.O.G.
  • crtaylor7997
    crtaylor7997 Posts: 151 Member
    I work a swing shift so I'm 50/50 days and nights.

    The conversation on pets I gotta add that I've got 2 wonderful Great Danes.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Great Danes=mega poo piles in the yard lol.
  • crtaylor7997
    crtaylor7997 Posts: 151 Member
    Lol, but such well mannered dogs
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I love Danes. The only problem is, they are much more active than I am. I'll stick with English Mastiff. We both think a heavy day of activity is if we forget something in the kitchen and have to go back a second time. :smile:

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