The Dog Thread
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@cobalt she loves you so much! She will defeat whatever she can find in the living room to show you!
I have a waggish sense of humor.
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@misadventure said in The Dog Thread:
@cobalt she loves you so much! She will defeat whatever she can find in the living room to show you!
... After a nap.
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shake @Cobalt post till a picture falls out
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@silverfox if the above link didn't work try this one:
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PUPPY
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@kanye-qwest She's four months old man, and already SO BIG. We're going to the vet Monday and I will be surprised if she is under 30lbs.
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@cobalt said in The Dog Thread:
@kanye-qwest She's four months old man, and already SO BIG. We're going to the vet Monday and I will be surprised if she is under 30lbs.
I was dead on. She weighed in at 29.8 pounds!
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@cobalt but were there treats to make up for the probulations?
I have a waggish sense of humor.
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@misadventure She went to her "grandparents" place afterward and got spoilt with attention and treats, yes.
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Oh my God look at her little big feets
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@cobalt this is the way.
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Not sure whether to put it here, or in RL sads.
My dog is getting older. His breed is expected to live 12-14 years, and in April he'll be 11. He's starting to show signs of it, too.
Once upon a time, I'd open the door and he'd run out with me, all full of energy. He still goes with me, but he's slower, and you can tell that his joints are starting to bother him. He's not as mobile as he used to be. Jumping is almost ou tof the question at this point, but he climbs ok. Except when he doesn't.
Recently, he's started showing symptoms of dry eye. His right eye looks terrible. I made a vet appointment, but I know that they're going to put him on drops for the rest of his life.
I have mixed emotions. He's been a part of my life for so long that I can't imagine life without him. But at the same time, I know that he'll be gone sooner than I'd like.
Yet I know that he was loved. He knows that he was loved. He has lived the fullest, happiest life I could give him. Which, honestly? Sometimes I could have been better. If it came down to taking care of me or taking care of him, he won out, every time, and yet there were still times that I just felt so guilty because I couldn't afford something he needed.
Anyway, he's still relatively healthy and happy, and I am gonna make the most of that. But it just sucks so much, seeing him get older and start to struggle and look at me with that face that says he expects me to fix it, or help, the same as when he was a puppy -- and knowing that old age is about the one thing that I can't fix for him.
Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.
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@derp My boy turned 10 yesterday, and he's got about the same life span your breed has. I have become paranoid, watching for signs of things going wrong. Is he slower to get up, does he struggled to jump up on the bed.. things like that.
I feel you, and I would hug you so hard, right now.
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@derp It sucks, but it's also great. You have a friend who has spent his entire life with you; there is history there.
Yes, you will outlive him and there are no words to soften that blow when it comes, but he's here now - so you can treasure your friendship - and he will be there after, too, with you for as long as you exist to remember him.
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@cobalt I appreciate, but thank the gods and knock on wood, Logan still seems to be rolling along. I'm just terrified of the day he won't be. And if mom can't fix it.
He's laying in the sun right now, content as a cat. It's just the idea of him NOT being there that makes me so scared.
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@zombiegenesis @derp -just hugs all around-
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But I mean.. How can I not love this face?
ETA: And yes, that's his own queen size comforter he 'confiscated' When I was putting a new bedding set on the bed.
