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what next?
Jan. 21st, 2014 03:55 pm so... you all know that Daisy isn't doing terribly well.
she's starting to have a lot of trouble with her legs - It's not bad enough that I have to help her go outside and help her come back into the house but it is now to the point that she's unable to keep her balance when she pees. She does have her chiropractic appointment tomorrow - so that might help somewhat.
to be honest - it will be a relief to me when J finally says good bye to her.
She and I shared house space - but we never really bonded. I was too wounded (in my heart) when she joined our family and she has just been a lot of torture for me. My life runs around her schedule. Get up - give Daisy her meds - wait one hour - give Daisy her breakfast and the rest of her morning meds, get her outside so she can do her business - get her back in because she can't handle the ramps on her own. Don't leave in the morning or Get home quick because Daisy gets more meds with her lunch meal at 1pm. And evening... well give pills and wait one hour to give her evening meal. Help her in, help her out - same old same old. Change the sheets on her bed - about every other day.
and expensive. Daisy - is very expensive - all these drugs and chiropractic......... holy cow. Talk about needing to win the lottery! sheesh.
So I was chatting with a friend today and she was asking me what our future plans were - were we going to get another dog - a puppy? an afult? a rescue? a purebred? what breed were we looking at?
I've had 2 purebreds and 3 rescues. One of the rescues worked out - the other two - not so much. I'm kind of thinking purebred. It costs more for the registered show dog - but - in the long run - cheaper in terms of heart ache. And you know what you are getting. Marcus is so shy and fearful. I've never had a Pyrenees like this - it must come from some other factor in his lineage. I don't understand.
J has been talking about a newf - because a dog that likes to swim might be a good companion for Marcus. but... on the other hand - then I'd have two WET dogs I'd need to deal with and it might really suck to have one dog that loves to swim, and one dog that HATES swimming but has to do it for hip reasons.
and Marcus is fearful of dogs that are larger than he is. so probably we should go puppy - not adult. And will having a puppy interfere with the time I need to spend working with Marcus on his exercises and keeping his hips healthy.
I don't really know.
she's starting to have a lot of trouble with her legs - It's not bad enough that I have to help her go outside and help her come back into the house but it is now to the point that she's unable to keep her balance when she pees. She does have her chiropractic appointment tomorrow - so that might help somewhat.
to be honest - it will be a relief to me when J finally says good bye to her.
She and I shared house space - but we never really bonded. I was too wounded (in my heart) when she joined our family and she has just been a lot of torture for me. My life runs around her schedule. Get up - give Daisy her meds - wait one hour - give Daisy her breakfast and the rest of her morning meds, get her outside so she can do her business - get her back in because she can't handle the ramps on her own. Don't leave in the morning or Get home quick because Daisy gets more meds with her lunch meal at 1pm. And evening... well give pills and wait one hour to give her evening meal. Help her in, help her out - same old same old. Change the sheets on her bed - about every other day.
and expensive. Daisy - is very expensive - all these drugs and chiropractic......... holy cow. Talk about needing to win the lottery! sheesh.
So I was chatting with a friend today and she was asking me what our future plans were - were we going to get another dog - a puppy? an afult? a rescue? a purebred? what breed were we looking at?
I've had 2 purebreds and 3 rescues. One of the rescues worked out - the other two - not so much. I'm kind of thinking purebred. It costs more for the registered show dog - but - in the long run - cheaper in terms of heart ache. And you know what you are getting. Marcus is so shy and fearful. I've never had a Pyrenees like this - it must come from some other factor in his lineage. I don't understand.
J has been talking about a newf - because a dog that likes to swim might be a good companion for Marcus. but... on the other hand - then I'd have two WET dogs I'd need to deal with and it might really suck to have one dog that loves to swim, and one dog that HATES swimming but has to do it for hip reasons.
and Marcus is fearful of dogs that are larger than he is. so probably we should go puppy - not adult. And will having a puppy interfere with the time I need to spend working with Marcus on his exercises and keeping his hips healthy.
I don't really know.
