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Today's run wasn't one of the great ones. In fact, I would have been just fine if we didn't do it at all. I didn't have the greatest sleep last night as I was a bit worried about Angus.

We took Angus to the vet yesterday as he has been scooting around on his butt lately, so we figured he might be having issues with his anal glands. Which, as it turns out, he was. The Doctor expressed the glands and hopefully that issue has been resolved. But the Vet also noticed that he had dropped a kilogram of weight since his last visit; he's currently 6.6 KG.

We started discussing his drinking habits, which have increased in the last little while, as well as the fact that he has been having a few accidents lately. Couple that with the weight loss, and I think she might suspect diabetes. She didn't come out and say it, but Kristie has a friend who has a dog with diabetes, and she knew the symptoms. The vet gave us a specimen cup to collect a urine sample, which I did this morning. I have it in the refrigerator at the moment, right next to a glass of lemonade (I'm sure I'll remember which is which). I'll be dropping it off at the vet tonight.

She also suggested increasing his caloric intake by about 1/3, which Angus will absolutely love! He's a total pig, and wouldn't stop eating even if his stomach burst. Actually, if his stomach did burst he could simply keep eating to replace the contents that would spill out of the hole. Finally, she suggested that we monitor the amount of water that he drinks over a 24 hour period. This will be kind of difficult as both he and Walnut drink from the same bowls. I'll have to see if I can restrict Angus to one bowl, and Walnut to another. Wouldn't it be interesting if The Night Terrors comic that I do, was all based on Angus' issue with diabetes?

If anything is revealed through the urine sample, we'll do a blood test, and regardless of the outcome of the urine analysis, we'll bring him back to the vet in two weeks to see if the increased caloric intake has brought his weight back up. Angus has always been a skinny dog. He gets a lot of exercise for a Shiz Tsu, but a full kilo drop since October is a bit worrying.

So that is why I wasn't into the run today.

...oh, and Kristie's legs were tired.