Friday, September 6, 2013

Skittering about

LADY TROTS ALONG BEHIND A BOXER AT THE DOG PARK 

When Lady and I took a walk this morning at 5, she smelled a cat or two (or three), and she wanted to chase.

 Normally, she'd growl and pull mightily. Today, she skittered around, and it wasn't too hard to hold her back. That was a relief in one way. On the other hand, I miss her being able to pull mightily. It was a sign of youth and vigor.

 Is this a sign of aging, or is it because of her recent problems with her hind leg? Maybe it's a bit of both. And maybe those problems are related.

 For this morning, though, those neighborhood cats are safe.

NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016.

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Lady's limping

NO DOG PARK TODAY FOR LADY

I don't know why, but Lady has been limping badly the last few days. I noticed it two days ago at the dog park.

Yesterday, she refused to get into the van — too high — so I walked her around the neighborhood. Today, she wanted to go with me to the post office, so we went in my Toyota RAV 4 — it's slightly closer to the ground.

We went to the dog park again, and she even tried to run a bit. But when we got home, she struggled to get out of the RAV.

Tonight, I gave her a doggie aspirin, and she slept a bit while I was watching the Robert Downey Jr. version of "Sherlock Holmes." I heard her drinking water a few minutes ago, but she'll sleep again.

Friday, June 28: I took Lady for a short walk this morning before the heat of the day, and we tried to stay in the shade.

Lady ate lunch a little bit ago. I gave her another doggie aspirin this afternoon, and she's taking a nap. She's putting a little weight on her sore leg, which is good.

Saturday, June 29: It's too hot to take a walk, but I let Lady out in the backyard. She got down the basement stairs easily enough; it was tougher coming back, but she made it.

Her limp is slowly getting better. We may take a walk when it cools off a bit.

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