Healing
Yella Fella and I are both on a healing journey, though neither of us will ever fully recover.
Category: Pet Health
The Promise of Spring
Spring offers hope when little else can.
The latest on Molly
Molly and I are headed to the vet tomorrow, and I’m afraid of what we’ll learn.
Dear Molly…
My dear, sweet girl, we are quickly approaching the time when we will say good-bye to one another. Hard to believe we’ve lived together for six months; it seems like only yesterday I met the rescue group representative at their vet clinic to pick you up and bring you home. You were scared, but that […]
What Compels Me to Write Sonnets
Writing has become a much better therapist than any of the others I’ve worked with.
Caring for a Dog with Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome
Caring for a dog with CDS is different every day. I started Molly on Selegiline 5 mg on the 10th. I was told it could take a month for changes to become apparent. I thought the meds weren’t helping until she happened to spit out her pill one day and I didn’t notice right away. […]
Euthanasia Drug in Pet Food?
Think the food you feed your dog or cat is safe? Maybe. Maybe not. Guess what a news station found in dog food?
A Tale of Two Doctors
Bubba wasn’t eating. Again. So this morning I loaded him up and back to the vet we go. Dr. M. looked him over, then checked his teeth. Yes, he had a bad one. So she did a blood panel to make sure he was OK for surgery, then I left him there for her […]
Bacon Linked to Cancer….. in Dogs?
In the US, there is nothing more revered than the breakfast meat known as bacon. Clever marketing has unleashed in us a love for bacon rivaled only by chocolate. There are bacon cocktails and even a bacon-infused vodka. There are bacon ice creams, and at one time Burger King offered a bacon sundae. Oh, and don’t forget […]
Dogpaddling Through Life 