Loving my Oldies

The post should still have a warning. I don’t care what might be a pest or not, glorifying in killing is base.

That should have come with a warning, @Two Best Dogs! What a horrible site - I just clicked it to see what the dogs looked like and I was confronted by carnage. All those beautiful birds. They looked like Peacocks to me.

Try contacting Paws & Recover to see if they can assist. They try to find foster care for people who are in a bit of a sticky situation with their pets, such as losing their house, difficulty in finding a rental where pets will be accepted, job, domestic violence, prison, etc etc etc.

What a wonderful life she had with you and you with her. So precious and rare.

I can’t imagine commuting for nearly three hours a day, but I think it would be a better solution than long term boarding. You’re in a tough position, but long term boarding would be something to avoid.

Sooty (and a few other dogs) are going to be TV stars. They will be part of The Bachelorette program. I’m not sure when it will be going to air, but the filming is tomorrow. Sooty is taking it all in her stride of course but her hooman is very very excited for her. Off to the grooming parlour today.

Sooty had her final xrays today and the orthopaedic surgeon is totally satisfied with the results of the surgery. I am overjoyed and a bit numb too as I have been on tenterhooks for so long now worrying that her years of neglect and deprivation would mitigate against full healing. She is a feisty and determined little dog who has overcome her obstacles so well. Just brilliant.

@Beltar Never apologise. We all feel for you and your darling Tari.

I currently have five elderly dogs: Jeune nearly 19, Tamar, nearly 16, Bunter 16/17, Mezza 15, and Sooty 12/13. I’ve had many elderly dogs over the years it is only with two of these (Tamar and Bunter) that I have seen signs of dementia, so I and the dogs have been fortunate, I think. The main feature with both of them is they get “lost” downstairs at night and, sometimes, in the daytime. Tamar gets caught up in the legs of chairs, but she generally finds her way out. I do watch her and if she seems to be too confused or worried, I rescue her. So far, they are not getting stuck behind chairs or anything like that, but I’ve had a couple of dogs that that happened too. They were elderly and their time was drawing to a close, but they weren’t demented. Bunter is just confused. He will snap in the wrong place for a treat or go off in the wrong direction from his food bowl. In the past couple of years, he has become quite snappy so I have to watch my fingers; he has to be muzzled for me to clean his eyes. He watches me like a hawk and rarely slept through the day, just lying close to where I was without taking his eyes off me. I have noticed that he regularly goes into a deep sleep now.

I’m with Dogsfevr. Just enough of whatever it takes to cover the pill so he takes it. Good luck.

Love love those benches. On the way to my GP, I walk past a curtain shop and have seen fabrics featuring dogs. Have been very tempted LOL

When I discovered Jeune loved pizza, I can’t claim it was from my thinking outside the [pizza] box . She was hovering in the kitchen, looking both miserable and hopeful and wouldn’t say what she wanted when I asked her. Surely she doesn’t want some pizza, I thought. Not Jeune ??? But I gave it a try with a little bit and she kept coming back for more ...... and more ......and more. I buy those Dr Oetker Mozzarella ones but I’m thinking I might have to start buying “Meatlovers” ones for the dogs.

Hmmm, I can think of some for whom I like it to be compulsory ........

Well that’s what I thought and so far it is suiting her.

Amazingly, Jeune turns 19 in a few weeks .... according to pound papers from November 2003. Yes, 2003, that is not a typo. A couple of years ago, a tumour was found between her backbone and colon. She has been on meds (liquid med so syringed) to inhibit growth ever since and she is generally well and not in any pain. Jeune has always been a funny (as in odd odd) character. She screams blue murder when hardly touched, I’ve never been able to cuts her nails (the vet has to do that), she must have eaten well at one stage because she was a bit porky. She is very very stubborn and there is no way she will do anything she doesn’t want to. However, she has become very very thin in the past couple of years and over time I have tried a heap of different foods and also meds to try to give her an appetitie. She will ravenously (relatively speaking) eat something at one meal and then refuse it forever more Bunter is also on a heap of meds and he is refusing everything that he used to wolf down with pills hidden in them. So on the weekend I went to the deli (twice) to buy a heap of different foods to see what would tempt him. Tried savs, sausages, liverwurst, different meats, etc etc and nothing worked. So left with all this what I would call rubbish, I looked down to see Jeune looking at me with big hungry eyes ....... you can guess the rest . Jeune LOVES savs, sausages and, particularly, pizza. And Bunter loves pizza too, so I keep a slice and hide pills between the cheese topping and the crust. So far so good. There are multiple containers of savs and sausages in the frig to cut up into tiny pieces and mix in with Jeune’s normal food. So, at the ripe old age and doing remarkably well, Jeune can eat as much rubbish as she likes Obviously I keep an eye on her, I don’t want to make her sick, so don’t worry that I am sending her from the frying pan to the fire LOL.

Well said, @Rebanne

OMG!!! Vet - IMMEDIATELY.

SWWWWOOOOOOONNNNNNN

So beautiful.

Latest photo of Sensational Sooty: fullsizeoutput_c17 by Cynthia Waters, on Flickr

In your recycling bin??

Not just the beach: on my footpath, hanging on fences, stuck in trees, in my freshly emptied recyling bin. People can be very lazy and very disgusting.

It has taken a while, but finally these beautiful words: “ [name] has advised that she is preparing Sooty’s adoption papers now and will email to you soon." And here is a little video taken a few days ago - it is a bit dark, but the editing functions don’t seem to apply to videos. The strips on the floor is that material used under carpets/mats to stop them slipping. It is a bit sticky and helps stop Sooty’s feet from slipping. She is wearing little toe grips, but they don’t seem to help much. I have had her groomed since this video and she is now sporting lovely little poodle face and top knot. Must get an up to date photo. Dear old Jeune has a small supporting role.

Excellent news @SarasMum.