Animal Update

If you are not an animal lover than you might want to skip this post.  I love my pets and lately the realization that they are aging have started to hit me.  Kitty is no longer a big fan of dry food-yes, you might call this picky but seeing her fill out a little after becoming skin in bones makes wet food an easy fix in my opinion.  She is still queen of the house although she is softening in her old age-actually letting the kids, and some friends pet her and not opting out for the quiet of the bedroom for most of the day.  She really seems to be aging gracefully.

Ephie on the other hand is struggling.  It is so hard to see her age, her gray hairs on her snout are more every week.  I finally decided she needed more help than the extra vitamins and took her in for some more advise from the Vet.  After some more pain medicine and extra we actually found out she has wonderful hips!  Yeah...good breading does make a difference.  Bad news was that she has arthritis in her back-will be ongoing battle for the rest of her life.  She also has a stretched ACL-thank goodness it was not shredded, this is the big reason she is limping around like she has been....she gets lots of sympathy from everyone who sees her, so pathetic with that big body.    Anyway, after a day at the vet she is groggy and not a very happy camper.  It saddens my heart to see her struggle and makes me sad to see her age to quickly.  I love my pets and I think these last couple years are going to be hard for both of us.  Go ahead and laugh....but they are the ones by my side and feet during all the craziness of the day and night-wonderful companions during the good days and the best during those days that just don't seem to end.