Dog Ownership in Africa is FUN?!...

This morning I was planning my Sunday chores of cleaning the yard, bucket washing my laundry, and hand sweeping the house when I was stalled. I was petting Roxy after I ate breakfast and I could feel these huge bumps on one of her back legs.

Now the government veterinarian, who gave Roxy all her puppy shots, told me that there are flies that live in the sand that will lay their eggs in the sand but sometimes the eggs get on dogs and then little maggots will nest under the dogs skin. He told me that I should pop the maggot out if this happened and treat he wound with Betadine. He also suggested that I pour poison on all the sand in my yard to kill the flies. I will be honest I haven’t poured the poison on the sand in the yard because I don’t think that it would be good for Roxy.

As I gave Roxy her morning rub I thought about his instructions and I worried about her so I squeezed one of the bumps like a pimple and out shot this maggot and wiggled at me as it was still kind of lodged in her leg. I picked out the worm easily and proceeded to remove 13 other maggots in the same way. Please note the pictures below are not for everyone. I put all the maggots on the coffee table as I preformed the removal and then took a picture before sending them down the toilet. I will never forget this. Then I proceeded to clean all the wounds I made and rub Neosporin into them as I didn’t have Betadine at home right now.

After that Roxy and I finished raking the leaves in the yard (ok so she jumped in the piles and ran around with leaves in her mouth taunting me), washing the laundry (she drank my bucket water leaving all kinds of sand in my wash bucket and I would splash her and play), and sweeping the house (Roxy would stand in my piles again). A very typical Sunday morning. I’m so happy I have her. I read a little and she took a nap next to my chair. It was a big morning I guess.