You are absolutely awesome. I know she thinks this every day.

 

Well thank you but I like to mention sooper dooper and her cancer and the IV thing not for praise but to give others with sick pets hope. I can’t remember how long I have been doing this IV thing, it’s been years though. She really responds well to the hydration. She likes to be brushed so I usually brush her when I do the IV but it’s to the point now where she lays still and purrs when I do the IV. It’s a full size human needle I put in her. Most of the time I can do it and she won’t even cry when I put the needle in put you figure out the best spots for the animal as you go along.

The question I have is she has so much more energy after the IV and she is so docile as I go through the regime of administering it is she able to associate the whole process with feeling better? I don’t know if cats are capable of making that link.

I notice she is developing a few more issues. I prepare myself for that trip to the vet where she won’t be coming home but 21 or 22 years for a cat is a good lifespan

 

So glad that Sooper Sooper is happy and hanging in there. I do think that they know when what you are doing is helping them feel better, so eventually they don't fight it and go with it (make the link).

I'm assuming this is a subcutaneous infusion like Cinder was given a few times. It really did help Cinder too. But one day he stopped eating, and 2 days later he was in terrible pain and panting. We had no choice but to put him out of his misery. I'm going to stop now, I don't want to be sad all over again.

 

I understand it is a very sad thing. My biggest issue with sooper dooper is weight. I feed her constantly as she only eats a little at a time. But yeah larry you did the right thing. I don’t want my animals to suffer. It’s always a tough decision. I think it’s best if we focus on the years of comfort we gave these animals. It is never easy to see them go

 

Thanks. I just noticed that my autocorrect changed Dooper to Sooper, likely because I've trained it for King Soopers grocery store.

 

Bonnies week in review..

This fan smells funky..


It's around here somewhere.


Watching TV in the man cave with dad.


Now they are just teasing me.


Hanging on the step watching what is happening.


What? I'm helping with the washing


Time for a little snack.


Helping with the fish.


Making sure that the filter is cleaned properly.


That doesn't look clean.


Ooooh, that looks nasty.


Done

 

The act of doing it is quite remarkable but the care behind why you do it is what makes this an amazing thing. I bet that Sooper Dooper benefits from both the hydration and also the mental/psychological bond she has with you.

 

That's a great idea, will look into it as not sure where nearest bet school is or if they take admissions.
The vets round here use a Vet lab that was set up a couple of years ago specifically to be super hi tech. A friend's FB did a similar thing and was rushed in there, he described it as something between being in First Class and Star Trek, with the bill to match.

 

And this is why I can never work from home.

 

Did you lift him up on the table or did he maneuver there himself? He doesn’t look like the most agile beast, and I don’t mean that as an insult, he isn’t fat, he is big boned. I’m sure carrying that head around is quite a workout

 

Our Rottweiler "guard dog" as a pup. As anyone can see my wife doted over him and he absolutely ate it all up and became completely spoiled and wimped out. She even insisted on cooking for him and never gave him dog food.

When we got him, our kid named him "Tiwawa" as that's how she pronounced "Chihuahua" from watching the movie "Beverly Hills Chihuahua". Guests would visit our home and when my wife would call him for dinner, they expected to see a little lap dog with that name, and were startled when he would come bouncing into the kitchen. He would keep guard over our kid any time she played outside. No problem inside the house but he would never let any visitors get near her when outside.



Guard dog-wise, aside from his over-protective attitude toward our kid, he was basically useless. Couldn't care less who knocked on or walked in our gate, and just lived for my wife's attention. When we finally moved out of that house we gave him to my wife's family to live at their house and that's where he is now.

 

Eddie gets himself up there. Jumps on to the table bench first and then up on to the table. Chunky, our previous Bulldog, would go one step further and jump over to the island. Then when we'd come down he'd be shaking as too scared to jump down, which is good as it would do his legs no good at all.

Bulldogs aren't as lazy as people make out. He's never going to be able to run a marathon but is good for a 5/6 mile walk.
And that's a 26" neck to carry his head around, it's like being charged by a Rhino when he catches you off guard and bulldozes you over.

 

First trip into the Atlantic

 

That is awesome. Great name and story behind it!!

 

Had a mate that had a bulldog and it used to run and jump in the pool every time anyone was swimming. Never a great jumper, but always put loads of effort into each jump ( was quite comical sometimes the extra effort he would put in ). He was a great swimmer and always spent plenty of time in the water.

 

Go bulldogs!

 

Which way is it?



Or

 

My wife has a co-worker who has a dummy keyboard set up next to his computer. In the morning he starts madly clicking away on it and waits for the cat to jump up and lay on the keyboard. He then switches to his real keyboard to work.

One of those why didn't I think of that moments.

 

This was taken last month, doing a bit of dummy training before the start of the shooting season.




Without doubt, the smartest pup I've ever had.






Steve.