Just a quickie visit. Mom still in hospital, seems to be failing but that's always unsure.

That's the problem being the baby, Ally. I no longer give a darn what people think about anything about me. A few more years and you'll be flaunting that (older) body and saying "Tough" to veins, bruises, etc.

Joanne, hope you soon feel better.

Catch up with you all when I can.

Hi, my hanging pots got caught in the storm the other night and do not
look too good! I have been busy this week taking care of our sick "old"
dog...we might have to put her down, she is 17 and we were hoping she
would just go on her own. She has bad arthritis in her hips and legs
and keeps chewing on them untill they bleed and then we think she had a
little stroke this week too. She could not get up for three days, I had
to lift her and she is 30 pounds, and take her out in the yard to bath
her cause she had messed on herself.several days in a row. The vet is
out of town untill Monday so we are making do and trying to make her
comfortable. She was able to stand up today which is a good sign but
she is not near normal yet and may never be. I know we need to let her
go but this so hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I am hoovering over
her and babying her. I am also an emotional wreck due to lack of sleep
checking on her all the time. I know you pet lovers out there
understand. We had to put our other dog down in 96 and it was the
hardest thing we had to do! DH took him in and said he will never do
it again so it is my turn now. She is still eating and drinking but I
have to help her do that too. She has been a good dog, a stray that
picked us and stayed for 17 years. I love my animals! Oh the fish has
been sick to, can't seem to get him well either, he is old too!

Gotta get some work done outside before everything gets eaten by bugs
and dries up! Thanks for listening to me rattle on...................

Oh busy helping DS round things up for his move next week too! I
will probably sleep for a week after he is gone!

Oh poor Candice. I feel for you! I've been there several times but three times with dogs that I really loved. I had a Doberman and two poodles who honestly didn't know they were dogs. The last poodle we had thought she was a kid. When someone was visiting and said the word dog we would all go balistic and say oh no ... don't use the bad three letter word! I about died when we had to have her put down. And when we had the doberman put down I went to the door to call her for weeks and weeks afterward. A bug would hit the front window and I'd start to get up. Hubby would say sit down, Brina is gone (her name was Sabrina). Those two were the smartest dogs we ever had. Brina learned to ring the doorbell when she wanted to come in. She stayed in the basement. We'd let her in the back door and she'd go downstairs and lay down at the foot of the stairs. She got arthritis really bad, too, and I just couldn't stand to see her suffer. It was kinder to let her go. I couldn't do it, though. My hubby is a lot stronger than I am that way! He took Allie for me, too. No way could I have taken her. She slept in the bed with me and sat in my lap and watched TV every night. Just too attached! When it comes time for Sami to go, I won't be able to take her, either, I'm sure. That's the bad thing about pets! I don't get attached to fish, though. 17 years is a long time for a dog to live!!!

Candice- You have to let your pet go. For the dogs sake and suffering. We had a peke for 14 years. He was blind,deaf, and incontinent with arthritis. We felt it was a kindness to put him to sleep. When we would mention it to the vet he would put a guilt trip on my hubby. Ofcourse the vet pulled in about $100 every time we went in. We finally took him in and had him put to sleep. It was hard on my hubby. We said we would never have another pet. In the long run it will be for the best. At our age it is too hard to take care of each other and a sick pet too.
Bye..Joanne

Thanks you all for being so understanding about the dog. She really has no quality of life left but DH does not think she is bad enough to put down. He does not see her as much as I do and I am the one taking care of her. We had to switch her to canned dog food which she loves but I have to spoon feed her most of it! She does seem to get around better since I upped the asprin more offten but she is still wetting the rug I put down for her. I took her bed up cause it was to hard to wash daily. I know it has to be done, when she can't get upa nd tries she looks at me like help me....it is just heartbreaking. I have been taking pictures of her but she does not look the best anymore. This will be the first year she will not be on our Christams card

Yes the fish is still with us but he is just soo sooo..no energy.

I'm just so emotional..I know I will break down when my son leaves next Friday

I did get the insect and fungus spray on my flowers today, but my arms hurt really bad from it.

We had a swarm of bees here today coever everything byt he well..I think they were trying to get moisture cause they were in all the standing water in my pots and animal dishes. Never have had taht happen before. I couldn't get in the back door!

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