Posted by in cats When Marley and I got married a dozen or so years ago, we had some animals in our lives already, and ended up adopting many others, resulting in a household in the last few years of senior animals, and way too many of them passing in a short time frame. This time we said goodbye…Read more »
Posted by in Death Marley and I lost three of our pets this year, two dogs and one cat. That was a lot in one year, and we would be glad to go quite awhile before losing another. Many of our pet sitting clients passed over the Bridge this year too, so lots and lots of loss. I don’t…Read more »
Posted by in cats As Marley and I waited and watched Thomas over the last couple days, the path became clear, as it often does. One of the theories for Thomas’s partial facial paralysis was the existence of lesions or a brain tumor. We didn’t test for that since it would stress Thomas unduly, and while it would tell…Read more »
Ever since Butterscotch died Hiro, our only indoor/outdoor cat, has resisted being in the house. Over the past ten days we were lucky if we could get the guy to come in to eat, and even if we did, he wanted out again having barely touched his food. It looks ever so much like grief…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Dad was going to send her back to the pound with a sizeable check when he couldn’t keep Butterscotch anymore. In his defense, he didn’t really know what happened to nine year old dogs who aren’t well in the pound in upstate New York. “That’s not going to happen,” I told him. “I will take…Read more »
Posted by in dogs I’ve written often about Butterscotch and aging. We really thought she would be the first to go of our two dogs. But Paris beat her to the punch line today. He always was a little competitive with her. At 6:30 this morning (yesterday by the time you read this) he was his usual self. Barking…Read more »
Posted by in cats I got word tonight that this sweet boy was put to sleep today. He was a wonderful cat, and though his people moved from the area a year or so ago, we’ve kept in touch. I even visited with them and this sweet boy last fall on our vacation. For some reason, he loved these…Read more »
So many things have happened over the last week or so, and I am still synthesizing. Sometimes, writing helps me do that. We’ll see if this is one of those times. A very dear friend and professional mentor died on September 22nd. Phyllis Tickle had the amazing gift of being BFFs with thousands of us,…Read more »
Posted by in Sophia Yin tribute The news hit on my birthday, earlier this week. Dr. Sophia Yin, a veterinarian and animal behaviorist I admire deeply, passed away unexpectedly. A day or two later, we learned that she had taken her own life. The news of her death at 48 years old devastated many of us inspired by her life’s work.…Read more »
Posted by in cats, dogs, Uncategorized Today, September 18th, is Paris’s Gotcha Day, the day, nine years ago, when we brought him home from the local Humane Society. He was 25 pounds under weight. You could see every rib in his body. And he spent his days in his kennel staring at the floor, refusing to make eye contact with potential…Read more »
The Blessing of Animal Companions 