Posted in Health & Wellness

My 15 year old Bichon, Abby, has had a runny nose for almost 2 months. The allergy season is very bad now. She sneezes violently sometimes and wheezes. She has never had the runny nose or sneezing symptoms before. The vet has her on antibiotics and antihistamins. The vet also said her bad teeth could be part of the problem because the runny nose i… read more

Posted in In Memoriam

Thank you to everyone for your kind words and support. It really helped. It is amazing to have support for friends, family, co-workers and even people I don't even know but who are compassionate and understand the difficulty of making this hard choice and losing a beloved pet. We put Bijou down on Friday. Thurdsay was hard but on Friday was not a… read more

Posted in General

Bijou is senile, blind and has kidney disease. He doesn't like the human touch and closeness that he used to crave. When he's not sleeping, he spins in cirles or wanders fro the dimentia. He wears diapers, get's 4 eye drops a day, 4-6 supplements (meds) a day and a special diet. If this was anyone else's dog I would say there is no quality of li… read more

Posted in General

My friend's dog died after a year of fighting illness. They did everything they could to get her the best treatment and keep her comfortable. It's so hard to know what to do or say when you see a friend in so much pain. There are some great pet loss sympathy cards on the market now which is nice. read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

I just read an article from a humane organization in CT. that focused on adopting handicapped pets - While I didn't specifically adopt a special needs animal, all of mine are that way now and it's a lot of work. It takes a very caring person to select an animal needing more care, especialy those mistreated and abused who have emotional trauma as we… read more