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Thor a couple of days ago. Dusty face, in desperate need of a bath:)

Vi har bokat tid hos veterinaren imorgon. Thor ska kastreras. Vi ville egentligen ha valpar fran Thor. Han kommer fran en lang rad av champions och hans farger ar ovanliga, men vi bor i New York sa det blir lattare sahar.
Det gor ont i mitt hjarta att behova gora sa mot honom, men jag har last pa om alla fordelar med det och det kanns som ratt val. Daremot kan vi nu i sista stund inte bestamma oss for om imorgon ar basta dagen. Vi ska till Chicago pa lordag och det ar bra om vi far det gjort innan och en fordel blir att han ar trott for sin flygresa. En nackdel blir att han maste ha en tratt under hela semestern och han kommer inte kunna springa runt sa mycket. Vi kan inte bestamma oss. Anledningen till att vi inte har gjort det innan ar for att veterinaren ville vanta tills alla tander ar ute for om de behover dra ut nagon tand kan de gora allt pa samma gang nar han ar nedsovd. Varfor vi nu vill gora det iaf ar for att jag aker till Sverige kort efter resan till Chicago och da kanske vi maste ha Thor pa hunddagis och det ar inte sakert att de tar emot honom om han inte ar kastrerad. Svara val och beslut maste tas under dagen.
Ni som har hundar, hur tanker ni kring kastrering? Vad har ni for erfarenhet av recovery efterat?

We have made an appointment with the vet tomorrow. Thor is getting neutered. We actually wanted puppies from Thor. He comes from a long line of champions and his colors is rare, but we live in New York so its easier this way. 
It brakes my heart that we have to do that to him, but I’ve read about all the benefits of it and it feels like the right choice. But we can now not decide if tomorrow is the best day. We are going to Chicago on Saturday and it’s good if we can get it done before and one benefit is that he will be tired for his flight. One drawback is that he has to wear a collar during the whole vacation and he can not run around that much. We can not decide. The reason for why we haven’t done it before is because the vet wanted to wait until all his teeth is out in case they need to drag one out they can do it all at once when he is sedated. Why we now want to do it anyway is because I’m going to Sweden shortly after the trip to Chicago and then we might need to have Thor at a doggy daycare and it’s not for sure they can take him if he’s not neutered. Hard choices and decisions has to be made today.
You who have dogs, what’s your thoughts around neutering? What experiences do you have of the recovery after it? 

Den 22 Oktober at Thor en liten plastbit fran Jim’s kontorstol. Den kom sen varken upp eller ner och jag tankte att han kanske inte alls at den, den kanske ligger nagonstans i lagenheten (for han sprang runt for att jag inte skulle fa tag i den). Ikvall spydde Thor upp plastbiten. Det ar nastan en manad!!! Vart har den varit? Som tur var sa kom inget blod och biten var inte sa skarp sa hans mage mar sakert bra. Men oj, hur ar det mojligt? Han har inte velat ata riktigt pa nagra dagar men vi har trott att det ar for att hans nya tander gor ont, men det maste ju ha varit for att plasten ville komma upp. Stackars liten.

October 22, Thor ate a small piece of plastic from Jim’s office chair. It then didn’t come either up or down and I thought that maybe he didn’t eat it after all, maybe its somewhere in the apartment (he ran around so I couldn’t take it). Tonight Thor threw it up. Its almost one month!!! Where has it been? Luckily there was no blood and the piece wasn’t that sharp so his stomach is probably fine. But wow, how is that possible? He hasn’t been eating much the past few days but we thought it was his new teeth that hurts, but it must of course have been because of the plastic that wanted to come up. Poor little one.

1. JoAnna took a picture of our “High Five”
2. Fuzzy picture, but I thought it was soooo cute!
3. Sleeping little baby Thor

Igar fick Thor och jag besok av JoAnna, koreografen for The Equus Projects. Lite fika, lek med Thor och updates. Mycket trevligt. Pa kvallen gick Jim och jag och at pa en av barerna pa Stone Street och senare var vi bara hemma och kollade pa baseball. Thor var nog lite for trott for baseball sa han somnade i soffan. 

Yesterday, Thor and I got a visit from JoAnna, the choreographer for The Equus Projects. Some fika, playtime with Thor and updates. Very nice. In the evening Jim and I went to eat at one of the bars on Stone Street and later we were just home watching baseball. Thor was probably too tired for baseball so he fell asleep on the couch.