Sep 7, 2021, 8:01 PM
@snackness bounce!!!
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@snackness bounce!!!
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I have stopped going to my own PT because it was far too expensive and just do the exercises at home.
However, our elderly dog fell down our stairs twice yesterday, so I've gone and scheduled physical therapy for him.
It's official. I have turned into my mother, the crazy dog lady.
https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
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We do more for our loved ones than we would ever do for ourselves!!
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Mama Juno is tired as she trudges into week 12 of mama-hood.
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This is what all mothers want.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello -
@aria I'm more a fan of reruns of Star Trek episodes over True Crime podcasts, but otherwise I am SO down for the nap bus.
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I'm beyond excited!! This tabby was 100% feral three weeks ago so we called him Ares since he tried to scratch our eyes out any time we came near him. He has been with his current foster for two weeks and just look how far he has come!!!
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@silverfox LOOKIT THE LEGG ! Just totally relaxed and toe beans out!
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My sweet Old English Sheepdog is about (by best guess) eleven years old. For a dog his size, that's about the equivalent of being an 80 year old man.
All summer long, his legs and hips have been getting worse.
We've been through just about every daily painkiller he can be on. At one point, between his natural struggle with his legs and the side-effects of the medication he'd been on, he couldn't take the stairs in our house without falling. Sometimes he couldn't even walk without losing his balance. We fortunately realized the worst of this was his medicine before making the decision that if he couldn't get around safely and was at constant risk of injuring himself, well....
After about three or four tries, we finally found a medicine that mostly works, and of course it's the most expensive option. (Love you, bud. Why do you do this to me?)
Still, it's been a challenge. Especially stairs. He's medically stable and in the words of our vet, otherwise "shockingly healthy for his age". I don't want weak legs to be the reason we end up losing him if there's something we can do it, so he'll be starting doggie physical therapy on Thursday as I mentioned above.
But even before getting him into PT, the place I called told me all about a special harness that, hilariously, basically turns your dog into a suitcase with the number of handles that it has on it. They recommended I try one for him and it just came today.
You guys.... he fought me every step of the way because he was so scared of falling and wasn't sure what this weird thing hoisting his butt was, but we did it. And when he got to the top of the stairs, my old man was so happy he literally bounced into the bedroom.
I am crying. I am crying because of a dog harness. I feel ridiculously stupid and so happy he's happy and so, so relieved.
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I put the tree in today after cleaning because it has been out a month since our last litter so hopefully all surface germs have died.
This is how I found them when I went in a second ago.
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“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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LIE THESE BABIES ARE PERFECT ANGEL BASTARDS.
I never shared this family's story and want to now.
Mama Juno was caught and the shelter went and got her. They realized she was lactating and realized she had to have kittens out there. They worked with the people who caught her to release her again in hopes she would lead them to the babies. Juno never did though, so they trapped her again and brought her in.
Since she DID have milk they decided to see if she would accept a singleton baby they were hand nursing. Juno was the best mama ever and raised that baby till he was ready to weaned . The foster during this was watching and went 'Huh, she sure is getting chunky... I think she might be pregant.' Just to be safe they did the ultrasound and YEP. Mama Juno had 5 little beans growing.
So she was given over to another foster who specializes in birthing mothers and newborn kittens. Few weeks later these five were born.
The prevailing thinking is that she had kittens, and hopefully they are okay, and she got knocked up again in the few days they released her hoping to find said kittens.
So while she is ADORABLE and the best mama ever, this is why all pets (because she isn't at ALL feral) should be spayed/neutered. With this kind of virility she could have had lots more kittens.
(This will be her last mamahood though. She gets a nice retirement now.)
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“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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@ganymede
Or is this proof not all people are bad? -