We just went through this in April with a 13-year-old. Now we have a five-month-old puppy, just like your family, and we already love her. I really feel for you, execUTEioner. It’s so hard to lose these dogs.
My favorite Will Rogers quote:
“If dogs don’t go to heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.“
Every dog lover gets that one.
One of our fur babies has been puking and loosing weight. We brought her in and she has a massive hietal hernia where you can see 80%of her liver and gall bladder are in her pericardium! We have two surgeon consults planned, including Colorado State Veterinary TeachingHospital and Advanced Veterinary Care in Salt Lake.
Anyone ever worked with either CVTH or AVC? Apparently, its rare but reasonable to repair.
Might just do the drive to Fort Collins… The cat is stable (remarkably) and only 7, but obviously needs a cat cardiothoracic eval.
Not a pet but Wolf is a pup we are raising and training for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Wolf is our second as we had a yellow lab/golden cross previously. If you have any interest in this sort of thing, watch “Pick of the Litter”. I think it’s on Disney+ and it’s about 6 or 7 episodes of 1/2 hour. It explains the whole breeding/training process. Pretty interesting actually and lots of cute pups. Betty White was a big supporter and spokesperson for GDB.
You may or may not like The Huffington Post, but this comes out every Friday and makes me smile. Yay Pets!!!
The Central Park concert is pretty good 
Those were good.
two weeks ago our 11 year old dog started favoring one of her front paws. We thought it might be arthritis and made an appointment with the vet. The day before the appointment she was limping pretty good and her leg had swollen. X-rays were negative and the vet opted to lance the skin near her elbow and infection started to ooze out. She had an injury that got infected. No idea how that happened. Getting the infection out almost immediately solved her hurt paw. The vet prescribed a pain med, two antibiotics and Lasik for the swelling.
For a couple of days she was on the mend but the medication did a number on her stomach and appetite. Back to the vet for a follow up. Her injury is healing nicely and her vitals are all good but she won’t eat.
Anyone have any advice for a dog that’s drinking normally but won’t eat? Trying to be patient, but I know she’d feel better with just a little nourishment.
Canned pumpkin on top of her dry chow. It’s a treat!
Homemade chicken stock on top of kibble. Be careful about the amount of onion and garlic you use. You can make one that’s tasty w/o the onion or garlic too. Roast the chicken bones, add to fresh water, celery, carrots, parsley, thyme, a small amount of salt and pepper. Cover it all well with the water, let simmer over night. Strain, and you’re good to go. Freeze what you don’t use, or put into a soup.
If you don’t want to make your stock, there should be some available in the soup aisle at your favorite grocery store. Stock, not bone broth.
My dogs love it. They prefer the beef stocks that I make, but we accumulate chicken bones pretty fast.
Roasted sweet potatoes. Bake like your standard baking potato, let cool, remove skin, mash up into their preferred food. It may help, not to mention the extra fiber, so go kinda easy at first.
Ugh, had to say goodbye to this good 12 year old girl today. Dogs are the absolute best, but days like today are the absolute worst.
You and your family have my sincere condolences. Yes, days like these are the worst 
I’m so sorry sweetgrass.
Dogs are indeed the best. Furry friends crossing the rainbow bridge is among the most difficult times I’ve experienced. Ours have gotten me through some rough patches, I’m sure your good girl did the same for you.
My mom once said “having a beloved pet is the start of a long goodbye”
Get’s harder the older we get, but we are too needy and will always have a couple fur-babies in our home.
Yeah. They are great friends. We have 4 right now. Two kitties, from the same litter, that came from a rescue. They are extremely affectionate, and seem to know that they have no real worries and are grateful for it. We have 2 mini-doxies who get to travel with us to many races. Sometimes they’re involved, other times they get stuck in the car for awhile. None of our 4 have to worry about a thing.
They are all great companions, and do wonders for our mental health. It does me good to have my furry friends to take care of and to love.
we also have a mini-dachsund. They are a fun breed.
not my pet, but loved this
Pretty good this week
