June 10 - lost in translation

Bongo - distressed with his GI cut


With the hot summer - it was time for Bongo's GI cut.
In the taxi going to Dr. Kwon the driver asked me in Korean if my dog understands English. I responded in Korean and then the driver started a monologue. Most of it I did not understand but I think what he tried to say was how smart Bongo is when he understand such a difficult language as English. I tried to explain to the driver that Korean is more difficult then English, but something got lost in translation.
At Dr. Kwon I tried to explain a groomer that I do not want a miserable experience for Bongo this time. I had 10 min conversation with the groomer how short Bongo's hair should be and should she cut hair on Bongo's paws. Dr. Kwon got in time to translate. While Bongo was being shaved I went for a back massage. Mr. Chung did great job in relaxing my neck and shoulders. If I can - I'll go tomorrow again. Relaxed I walked to pick up Bongo. After grooming experience he snubbed me. Not a happy boy with the GI cut. Tried to please him with treats. It always works....There was dog who had his teeth removed and was shivering under anesthetics. It was a huge, but sweet bloodhound and seeing him shivering his owners shivered too. Dr. Kwon said the dogie has a reaction to anesthetics and that shivering will pass in few hours. Dr. Kwon looked at Bongo and noticed his front right paw is worse. I noticed the same lately but did not want to verbalize it. Dr. Kwon says there is nothing he can do. He suggested Bongo takes some medicine to strengthen his joints. Let's hope this would help. I told Dr. Kwon about little jindu. Just before going to Tokyo a friend of mine found a dogie. Through Karen a little jindo found a home with Euni. Last week I got an email from Anne that a dogie was euthanized. They brought a puppy to the vet at the base. Something got lost in translation and instead checking for rabies, heartworm etc. a dogie was euthanized. The vet there did not got the puppy has a home. Anne was devastated. Me too. Dr. Kwon was shocked. On a way back home Bongo was sneezing in the taxi. The driver was nervous. I think he was afraid Bongo would mess his car. I tried to explain Bongo is not sick, but my explanations made the driver pushing the gas harder. At about 12th Bongo's sneeze we were home. Perhaps Bongo had an allergic reaction to the taxi driver as once we were at home he did not sneeze at all.