Here’s a handy tool from the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society. It’s a state-by-state listing of emergency veterinary clinics and hospitals. Use the tool and post the results on your refrigerator (or smartphone) before you need it.
Here’s the link: http://www.veccs.org/index.php?option=com_hospitals&nationid=1&Itemid=193
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Martha smiling with Francesca and Sharkey. Martha's lip and Francesca's head may never be the same after their little collision with each other...Martha Stewart’s beloved French bulldog, Francesca, accidentally (or at least that’s the official story — see the last half of this post for a possible canine ulterior motive) whammed her hard head into Martha’s lip when Martha went to whisper good-bye as she was leaving the house. The 69-year-old domestic goddess needed several stitches to close the gash the incident left on her lip. (I’ve heard bulldogs can be hardheaded, but this gives the concept a whole new meaning.)
She documented the fender bender on her blog. “As I leaned down to whisper goodbye to a dozing Francesca, I must have startled her, because she bolted upright with such force that she hit me in the face like a boxing glove hitting an opponent’s face. I was entirely startled and my neck snapped back. I felt a bit of whiplash as blood gushed forth from my split lip. Frannie was as upset as I was and cowered in her bed.”
An employee was with her in the emergency room, and took 35 photos of the event, should you care to view pictures of Martha getting stitched up. There’s even a photo of the wall trim she stared at while flat on her back. In true Martha form, she proclaimed it needed to be updated (it does).
We hope Martha’s lip heals well, and that Francesca’s head isn’t aching too much from the collision. But you do have to wonder: Could Francesca have planned the “accident”? Was she sick of Martha traveling the world without her? Did she want her to stay home for more than 10 seconds? There may be more to this than meets the eye (or the lip). The evidence is right in The Daily Wag, the blog Francesca writes with Sharkey, the blond male version of herself.
Martha will surely be home for a few days healing. This should make Francesca very happy.Earlier this week Francesca wrote about how excited she and Sharkey were about Martha finally coming home from a big trip to Columbia and Florida. “Finally, she’s coming home and told us that she is craving a homemade vegetable soup. We, Frenchies, thought it would be nice if that soup was ready and waiting for her, so we got busy.” Francesca proceeded to show, via photos, how she and Sharkey found all the veggies growing in Martha’s greenhouse-like area. They worked hard, and were proud of their efforts to please Martha.
Next thing you know, Martha is back home (woo hoo!). But according to Martha’s blog, she only had time to unpack, sort her stuff, and play with the dogs before taking off again within hours to beat a snowstorm so she be in NYC for an early appearance on the Today Show and then go off to her own show. So when the “accident” happened, Martha hadn’t even spent one night home after her long trip.
Now Martha will be spending many nights at home. Frenchies are known for their intelligence.
You do the math.
Tellingly, Friday’s blog by Francesca and Sharkey is all about some toys in their beautiful house. It doesn’t mention a thing about the incident. They’ve clearly spoken with their lawyer.
Or maybe Francesca was just getting Martha back for the costumed humiliations you see below. (Remember this if you dress up your dog for Dress Up Your Pet Day today…)
"I'll pay her back for this if it's the last thing I do..."
Perhaps the last straw...
A Manchester terrier who did not cause terror in the skiesA dog whose sedative wore off during a flight from Newark to Phoenix took the plane by storm and bit two people, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Pittsburgh, reports AP, and doubtless causing a number of scowls from delayed passengers.
If Mandy had been a human, her behavior on US Airways Flight 522 would probably have landed her in prison, and she’d be looking for a good lawyer right now. Fortunately, Mandy is just a 12-pound Manchester terrier, beloved by her 89-year-old owner, who was traveling with her. No charges have been filed, and the two were allowed to get on a different flight to Phoenix once the dust settled.
The trouble started when Mandy’s tranquilizer failed to keep her calm for long (Newark to Pittsburgh is not exactly a trans-world trip). A fellow passenger trying to help calm Mandy down reached into the dog’s airline-approved carrier. Mandy bit the passenger, and then escaped, running down the plane’s aisle. A flight attendant tried to pick her up, and Mandy bit the attendant, too.
The bites weren’t serious, but AP reports that “as a precaution,” the pilot landed the plane at the closest airport. Precaution against what? I imagine someone caught the rattled pooch and stuck her back in her carrier. Or was Mandy running loose and crazy the whole time, like a mini Kujo 35,000 feet above ground? Maybe the pilot wanted to make sure the bites weren’t serious. The passenger and flight attendant were checked out in Pittsburgh and boarded the plane again — unlike the dog and her woman.
Will Mandy end up on the Do Not Fly list? Probably not. Will her owner be looking forward to their next plane trip together? Also highly unlikely.
The worst thing about this story is that since I first saw it a couple of hours ago, I can’t get the Barry Manilow tune, Mandy, out of my head. Here, join the club:
The lyric at around 1:01 could have been sung by the airplane’s pilot. “Oh Mandy, well you came and you gave (bites) without taking. And I sent you away. Oh Mandy…”
