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Another tough day…
This has been a hard month for us pet wise. Mugsley (who is the lead picture for my website)
13 ½ AKA: “Rug Bug a Roonie” had an OK couple of weeks after Woody and Pastel
were gone. In the last week he is
getting stiffer, at times having great difficulty walking or standing and his
dog dementia symptoms remained. His
dignity was definitely failing and he needed more assistance even just coming
up the two steps to the house.
We had an absolutely beautiful day with Mugs yesterday-
Mothers day. We followed up with the vet
today to discuss what was going on. He
told he felt that Mugs was exhibiting symptoms of Cushing's disease, most likely resulting from a tumor
on the adrenal gland. We did not choose
to put him through tests or discuss treatments options but rather chose to let him
go with the current level of dignity he had.
John and I were able to support him, and honestly it was very
peaceful. Made more so by the fact that
our priest, Vicki, was actually at the vet to pick up some meds for her dog and
prayed for all of us and him if it was his time (we saw her before going in). We are choosing to believe that he is with
his best
friend Woody.
John and I ended a family era today. These guys have been very good companions to
us and each other for many years. For so
long they were our/my “pet children”.
The dogs especially helped fill a life void as John & I waited those
long years to have our children. When
were able to bring the girls home the dogs were supper excepting of each girl
in turn, and our family “pack” was an easy transition for us and them. I will always be grateful to Woody & Mugsley
for that! I can remember a friend asking “Lisa what will you do when with all
these animals when you finally have kids?”
The question was rather shocking to me but the answer was easy “I’ll keep
loving them and teach my kids to do the same.” I can honestly say that I believe
I was able to do this for the animals and my girls.
Animals are such important family members to me. It will be so hard not to have a dog in our
home. I remain grateful for our cats
Chia Chia 13 and Kit Snit 5, and our guinea pig Penelope 3, they remain very loving
companions. Our family is doing our research and reading about different dog breeds
that interest us, and personality traits that we would like to see in our next
family dog. I suspect that sooner rather
than later we will be lead to another perfect dog for our family.
I sincerely hope that I will be a long time before I am
giving another blog testimonial for one of my pets!
Give your buddies a hug and
a pat they are treasured. As before, I
remain thankful for the thoughts and prayers in this life transition time. | 
