{"id":364,"date":"2014-05-17T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/05\/out-of-africa-a-liberian-puppy-ebola.html\/"},"modified":"2019-03-24T22:44:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T15:44:59","slug":"out-of-africa-a-liberian-puppy-ebola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/05\/17\/out-of-africa-a-liberian-puppy-ebola\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Africa? A Liberian puppy &#8220;Ebola&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Mum, I bought a dog<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">We sacked the Security Guard and I spent $5 on a puppy<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">He&#8217;s covered in fleas but he&#8217;s very cute&#8217;&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Daughter Number One is in Africa.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">She is living with no running water, infrequent electricity, sporadic internet and this mutt.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-u8w_oqRmPaQ\/U3b6WPvXkKI\/AAAAAAAACi4\/32P1a17lqWE\/s1600\/Ebola%2B%2Bpuppy.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-u8w_oqRmPaQ\/U3b6WPvXkKI\/AAAAAAAACi4\/32P1a17lqWE\/s1600\/Ebola%2B%2Bpuppy.jpg?resize=636%2C640\" width=\"636\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><b>Saturday Critters: New Guard dog!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Her e-mail arrives whilst we are in New York on holiday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The next day we find ourselves wandering round the American Museum of National History<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I am drawn to the African Mammals<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">and wonder how many of these exotic animals she will get to see during her time in Africa?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Suppose it could be worse &#8211; she could have a pet monkey or pigmy hippo?!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sIS8B4BKxkc\/U3cdFWNvwuI\/AAAAAAAACjs\/bdLmU93kW8A\/s1600\/Monkeys.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sIS8B4BKxkc\/U3cdFWNvwuI\/AAAAAAAACjs\/bdLmU93kW8A\/s1600\/Monkeys.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><b>Black and White Colobus Monkeys\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><b>American Natural History Museum, New York<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">So unable to forget about this poor flea infested dog,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m in the pet shop a few weeks later&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;I need some worming and flea treatment for a puppy&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;No worries &#8211; How old is the dog?&#8217;&#8230;. &#8216;Ermm not sure&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Weight?&#8217;&#8230;. &#8216;Dunno&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;What bred?&#8217; &#8230;. \u00a0&#8216;ummm hard to say, but mixed&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I get out my phone and show off the puppy photo like a proud Grandma!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;He&#8217;s this big, this heavy and this type!&#8217;<br \/>\nI tell the rather surprised sales assistant.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m feeling sorry for the puppy<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">who by this stage has been washed in salt water,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">but all that did was make all the little critters run to his head.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">They tried Dettol, but that just made everyone wet, cross and<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230; covered in fleas.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">AND whilst you and I may take for granted the simple act of washing our dogs,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">my daughter is living with out any running water<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">there is no posh doggie wash down the street to bath the grubby mongrel.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JaC0foOnDsg\/U3b9vMeS-gI\/AAAAAAAACi8\/Q7asLr4U-KM\/s1600\/Bailey%2Broadtrip.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JaC0foOnDsg\/U3b9vMeS-gI\/AAAAAAAACi8\/Q7asLr4U-KM\/s1600\/Bailey%2Broadtrip.jpg?resize=384%2C640\" width=\"384\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Crazy Poodle enjoys a blow dry at our local dog wash!<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">More importantly I am keen to ensure the dog is tick and worm free<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">to avoid passing on these nasties to my daughter!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Although this may be the least of our worries&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Mum &#8211; they want to call him &#8220;Ebola, but I&#8217;ve banned this name&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">They, being the others on the Project, with their quirky sense of humour,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0and Ebola, being the deadly Ebola virus disease which so far has claimed over 140 lives<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/2014_05_09_ebola\/en\/\">World Health Organisation<\/a> has called this latest outbreak<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;one of the most challenging&#8230; that we have ever faced&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The outbreak is limited to two West African nations Guinea and Liberia,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">where my daughter is working.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4XMBwoeHzxY\/U3b1_dBX0II\/AAAAAAAACio\/jX07zWTx4Tk\/s1600\/Liberian%2BMask.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4XMBwoeHzxY\/U3b1_dBX0II\/AAAAAAAACio\/jX07zWTx4Tk\/s1600\/Liberian%2BMask.jpg?resize=448%2C640\" width=\"448\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Kok-Pak entertainment mask from Val &amp; Gola tribes, Liberia<br \/>\nAmerican Museum of National History, New York<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Don&#8217;t worry Mum, he&#8217;s been vomiting up all night<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">if he survives we&#8217;ll take him to the Vet&#8230;&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;He better survive&#8217;, I e-mail back,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;He&#8217;s your guard dog and he cost you a quarter of your months wages!&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XFD6q8q93BU\/U3bs1hOAViI\/AAAAAAAACik\/Qs9zPnxXWR8\/s1600\/Oryx.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XFD6q8q93BU\/U3bs1hOAViI\/AAAAAAAACik\/Qs9zPnxXWR8\/s1600\/Oryx.jpg?resize=640%2C432\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>African Oryx: American Museum of Natural History<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">You&#8217;ll be pleased to know he has survived and the next e-mail arrives:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Mum, he&#8217;s doing really well<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;ve been giving him sausages and he&#8217;s getting fatter&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">He&#8217;s starting to bark&#8230;&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s good news, always handy to have a guard dog that can bark&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I couldn&#8217;t resist putting the same photo in again, so&#8230;<\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-u8w_oqRmPaQ\/U3b6WPvXkKI\/AAAAAAAACi0\/cZYQPBmZ-z0\/s1600\/Ebola%2B%2Bpuppy.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-u8w_oqRmPaQ\/U3b6WPvXkKI\/AAAAAAAACi0\/cZYQPBmZ-z0\/s1600\/Ebola%2B%2Bpuppy.jpg?resize=636%2C640\" width=\"636\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Saturday Critters: New guard dog!<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Here he is, the cute little mongrel<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Would anyone have any idea was sort of African dog he can be?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve sent my parcel off to Liberia, which cost an absolute fortune.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">My DH suggests it would have been cheaper to buy an airline ticket and drop it off!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">It did include flea treatment, worming tablets, heart worm and tick prevention&#8230; after another e-mail<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Mum, we found more ticks on him&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Egr5A3pduzU\/U3boqTpDmcI\/AAAAAAAACic\/kzemmynYDt0\/s1600\/Zebra.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Egr5A3pduzU\/U3boqTpDmcI\/AAAAAAAACic\/kzemmynYDt0\/s1600\/Zebra.jpg?resize=640%2C488\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Alphabe Thursday Z is for Zebras &#8211;<br \/>\nAmerica Museum of Natural History, New York<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Hurry up Mr DHL Postman&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Although even that&#8217;s not that easy,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The parcel will arrive in Monrovia, a three hour drive to collect&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m waiting for the next e-mail<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Mum he hasn&#8217;t got fleas or ticks any more<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">can I bring him back to Australia?!&#8217;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Hope you are having a lovely week!<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fB3JBT8dMzA\/U3cUvtHbnzI\/AAAAAAAACjU\/OuDOprIwGZw\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fB3JBT8dMzA\/U3cUvtHbnzI\/AAAAAAAACjU\/OuDOprIwGZw\/s1600\/lww_2.png?resize=320%2C106\" width=\"320\" height=\"106\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Linking with <a href=\"http:\/\/ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com.au\/\">Our World Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0Thanks to all the hosts.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-v0YoOvJ1Hmo\/U3s8kmGusUI\/AAAAAAAACmc\/GGjMyiF0AOY\/s1600\/Our%2BWorld.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-v0YoOvJ1Hmo\/U3s8kmGusUI\/AAAAAAAACmc\/GGjMyiF0AOY\/s1600\/Our%2BWorld.jpg?w=1170\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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