Cassandra and Red: Laser Treatment

Red continued his laser treatment today, he seemed sore after his run in with the ram when we went to get Rosemary.

Red got whacked around pretty well, and he seemed sore, so we went to see Cassandra at the Cambridge Valley Vet, she applies the laser wand to his arthritis and sore back.

Red is  in continuing treatment for his back, and it is working well. He gets laser treatment twice a month, massage twice a month. Down the road, we may try acupuncture as well. I am getting comfortable with the idea of preventive car, something new to me. It works for Red.

I enjoy my time with Cassandra, she has an easy and loving way with animals. They pick up on her calm, they accept her treatment.  I enjoy getting to know her. I’m still working on my portrait of her for the Portrait Show in September at the Round House, so we put Red up on the table so I could get a better shot of her.

This photo was taken with the infrared camera, and I like the way it captured the overhead lights and the soft feeling in the room. Red trusts her completely and didn’t need to be restrained on the high table in the operating room.

I don’t think this is the portrait I will use of Cassandra in the September Portrait Show at the Round House, but my photos are evolving, I don’t just want a face shot, although that sometimes works, I want to the portrait to also capture a place, and a portrait of Cassandra would not be complete if it did not include a sense of her at work.

The IR can soften a scene.