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About a week ago my dog, Shadow, died. It was not an epic tragedy, but if you are interested in the details, you can find them here. We haven’t decided if or when we might look for another dog, so I packed up the… Continue Reading “Packing Up”
A few weeks ago, Shadow got a diagnosis. It was, “You’ve done all there is to do. Now we Manage Pain and monitor Quality of Life.” Dementia and degenerative muscular disorder. This is on top of Cushing’s Disease, arthritis, degenerating vision and a ridiculously… Continue Reading “The Unpleasantness”
You know what is more difficult than medicating a bird? Medicating a cat. This is Spooky, still pouting ten minutes later.
My mom’s friend Miss Gayle is a semi-professional artist specializing in pets. She just launched a website http://puttspetportraits.weebly.com/ so I thought I would give her a Shout Out. This is the piece she did several years ago of my Late Great Dog Dallas: It… Continue Reading “Putt’s Pet Portraits”
So you all know what a pain it is to medicate animals. My mother has to find new ways to hide pills from Shadow every day. Canned food. Peanut butter sandwiches. Cheese. Luckily, she remembers the technique from back in the 80’s when everyone… Continue Reading “Meds”
I don’t remember if I mentioned that in addition to Sigmund, I brought home Cobalt, a darling lovebird from the Refuge, to foster for the holidays. Boarding pet birds is a major source of revenue for the Refuge, and it gets very crowded. At… Continue Reading “Sigmund and Cobalt”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1936343312&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrPeople find the idea of a parrot rescue odd, so in the interest of solidarity I’d like to point you to an article in USA Today about a lady who wrote a book to educate people about rabbits and adoption:“Georgiana G. Hall (who goes… Continue Reading “Rabbit Rescue”
It seems that the town Deerfield, Illinois is considering some new rules for pet owners. One involves required muzzling of “aggressive” dogs. The other is limiting the number of pets in a home to five: “The board decided a limit of five would be… Continue Reading “Over the Limit”
The Blackhawks ceremony was on the television while I put away my laundry. (Yeah, yeah. Exciting Saturday night. Shut up.) When they introduced the commissioner, the crown booed. A Chicago crowd booed the commissioner of the NHL. Not cool. I shouted, “Hey!” at the… Continue Reading “Poor Cat”
USA Today ran an unpleasant, but useful article on pet necropsies. Most of the time, there is no reason to have one performed. But the article lists some reasons that you might, and noted something that I didn’t know: Sometimes, when you sign off… Continue Reading “An Unpleasant Subject”
The Next Dark Age 