Teddy had his eighth birthday with me just a few weeks ago on 6 April, it seems hardly possible that the first birthday he had with me was already five years ago, during our first COVID lockdown.
We had a little party with cookies and presents. We got the birthday photos done pretty quickly, perhaps Teddy is finally understanding that the photo taking will be done sooner if he looks at the camera.
We had the party in the morning as it was kind of cold and wet as has most of this Spring been. It did get nicer in the afternoon so we went to the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum for a special walk. The museum is closed until the May long weekend but you can still walk the grounds.
Teddy has an interdigital cyst between two of his toes on his left hind leg. He's on the fourth course of antibiotics since Christmas. The vet says sometimes they are hard to get rid of as it has to do with the structure of their paws and rubbing between the toes when they walk. It comes up just like a blood blister, then it bursts and then we have to keep the open sore clean. Teddy has been wearing a collar each time they cyst bursts and he's also been wearing boots when it's wet outside. We'll see the vet again before this round of antibiotics are finished. It's healed up again pretty nicely but it did each of the other times too.
It doesn't seem to bother Teddy much when he walks but without the cone he does lick the wound. Poor boy, he can't do the stairs with the cone on. I do take it off if he wants to come upstairs with me at night but usually he only decides he wants to come up after I've gotten in bed.
Well, it ain't great that Teddy has the cyst but it is great that he's eight. Hoping there's better health and a few more birthdays in his future.
