tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post829186032370037531..comments2024-02-14T15:13:21.422-05:00Comments on Aging Gratefully: General updateJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-10052306413580601662011-10-06T10:59:31.692-04:002011-10-06T10:59:31.692-04:00Ah, this story reminds me of a fourteen-year-old c...Ah, this story reminds me of a fourteen-year-old cocker spaniel that I reluctantly adopted when its owner - my friend - moved to California and couldn't take him with her. I became intimately familiar with every orifice he possessed.<br /><br />Now I know why I prefer labs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-65273782350093174722011-09-19T10:42:18.137-04:002011-09-19T10:42:18.137-04:00Oh boy, I can totally relate. Good luck with all ...Oh boy, I can totally relate. Good luck with all your critters.Carolynn Anctilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566204713508877389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-83130964204296357242011-09-18T05:00:45.880-04:002011-09-18T05:00:45.880-04:00Barb, I'm quite certain that you don't act...Barb, I'm quite certain that you don't act, at medication time, quite the way the boyz do at their medication times.<br /><br />Vicki . . . sigh, yeah . . . I hear you.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-36101447086030125672011-09-18T00:33:28.416-04:002011-09-18T00:33:28.416-04:00It's after midnight and I'm postponing my ...It's after midnight and I'm postponing my shower and bed, waiting for Maggie the hound to come back from her nightly revels...Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-31007411333042774402011-09-17T23:05:59.727-04:002011-09-17T23:05:59.727-04:00I'm just so glad you don't have to adminis...I'm just so glad you don't have to administer my meds!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-64243024184327302082011-09-17T20:38:41.353-04:002011-09-17T20:38:41.353-04:00Friko: Benno is no poodle. And I mean that in the ...Friko: <i>Benno is no <b>poodle.</b></i> And I mean that in the very most congratulatory way.<br />And thank you for the compliment. I wish I did more of it too.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-89921859064481576132011-09-17T18:44:23.975-04:002011-09-17T18:44:23.975-04:00You are cruel! Poor baby.
I always manage to get B...You are cruel! Poor baby.<br />I always manage to get Benno's pills in between the gaps in his teeth, hold his muzzle shut and stroke his throat. But then I talk to him sweetly while I'm doing it. No cruelty in this house.<br /><br />I love your writing, pity you don't so more of it.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-3428204418260965162011-09-17T16:32:48.682-04:002011-09-17T16:32:48.682-04:00I loved the visual that you have created with your...I loved the visual that you have created with your post...but glad it is not me.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-48830652130431735502011-09-17T14:38:12.077-04:002011-09-17T14:38:12.077-04:00I wouldn't mind , but I didn't realise one...I wouldn't mind , but I didn't realise one of your dogs was called Angus . Very relieved to read further and see that any future visit to a dental clinic would just involve a tartar-free smile .<br />But how ingenious to have thought of using peppermint soap!SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-89522412779432095232011-09-17T14:33:52.574-04:002011-09-17T14:33:52.574-04:00Yes, yes . . . children might be easier in that th...Yes, yes . . . children might be easier in that they would <i><b>grow up.</b></i> Or at least be able to tell me when something itches/hurts/etc. But human children have that <b>long</b> adolescence. I think I do better with the eternal toddlerhood of my dogs.<br />:-P<br /><br />Sightings, <i>hadda stop reading . . . willies...</i><br />What a <b>GUY</b> you are! ;-PJunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-9775700865594088732011-09-17T13:34:12.330-04:002011-09-17T13:34:12.330-04:00Yeah, B turned on the heat this morning, too. But ...Yeah, B turned on the heat this morning, too. But it's only Sept. 17. What's goin' on? My heating bill's gonna send me to the poor house this winter!<br /><br />Good luck with your dog. We've had some of those ... er, those troubles, too, but I have to confess, I had to stop reading. Gives me the willies.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-6737905147662286772011-09-17T12:14:54.241-04:002011-09-17T12:14:54.241-04:00I am now grateful for my one currently healthy cat...I am now grateful for my one currently healthy cat.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-6127990844443518562011-09-17T11:44:18.509-04:002011-09-17T11:44:18.509-04:00The things we do for love of dogs.The things we do for love of dogs.Fredahttp://www.freda.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-13475525236701247952011-09-17T09:30:15.331-04:002011-09-17T09:30:15.331-04:00You have my sympathy. Up at 5.30 this morning to t...You have my sympathy. Up at 5.30 this morning to the wake-up call of vomiting cat, cleaned up, back to bed unable to sleep, and now worry about which one of them has the cystitis, of which there is also evidence.....<br /><br />A new cat = stress. Stress = bodily functions go awry. Sigh.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-7294191647594409392011-09-17T07:51:28.254-04:002011-09-17T07:51:28.254-04:00And here I was pleased that the night temps are do...And here I was pleased that the night temps are down to the low 70's. It's still beach weather during the day. As for the dogs, tramadol is a good idea!Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-86747076621049231282011-09-17T05:58:51.234-04:002011-09-17T05:58:51.234-04:00The things we do for love:) Nice post. We too, hav...The things we do for love:) Nice post. We too, have shifted to more Autumnal night temps. This current foster dog doesn't agitate nocturnally. That's such a gift.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-52467319601270788112011-09-17T05:50:01.759-04:002011-09-17T05:50:01.759-04:00Sounds like you might be better off having triplet...Sounds like you might be better off having triplet babies to look after!Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.com