Hi There!
I should start by saying that my mom is doing fairly well considering...she seems to be following the same course everyone goes through. She has rough mornings, the mucous is so much better now that she is taking the tussionex, some of the biotene products, her meds and aquaphor. She is scheduled to be done on Aug. 21st. I hope there are no delays. If all goes well she will get a few wks off and then on to brachetherapy. So this is all great news...
I came home today and noticed the door jambs, they really need to be wiped down. I have two dogs and a cat. My golden retriever is shedding wildly, my cat is fine and then my best buddy, my 15 yr old bischon came running through. His name is Martini Rossi, aka, Marty. We inherited him as a young pup from a friend who was suffering from bone cancer. What a gift this little guy has been. I looked at him tonight for the first time in months. I feel sick, he has been so neglected. Anyone familiar with the breed understands the amount of time grooming can take. I usually brush him out and have my mom clip him, she is so much better than a groomer. Tonight he came over to me and I noticed how deep his mats are. I gave up my free night out and started to comb him out. I spent 2 hrs on his head area alone, it's a mess. He has mats all over his body. I can't use a razor on him, it makes him nuts afterward. I sat pulling at him and clipping some and he just looked at me with his kind brown eyes, as if to say thanks for helping me. I can really appreciate that quote, "I hope to become the person my dog thinks I am."
While I was feeling really bad about everything being neglected, especially Marty, he stood up on his hind legs and starting doing his "paw dance" as my kids call it! Mom came down because she heard him barking and making noises and she said that was his way of saying thank you to me. Leave it to a cute little dog, (though mine is mutant, pure breed, but on the larger size), to make you smile and think, ya' know this isn't so bad, it's going to be ok.
Oh terrific, it's 12:34am and he just brought me his leash, now both dogs are barking! Guess I'm going for walk before they wake everyone.
Hope you all are finding peace.