Tag Archives: pooch

Happy Muttville Senior Dog Rescue Day

10th
May. × ’11
By dominic

It’s Muttville Senior Dog Rescue Day in the City of San Francisco. As a failed foster parent of a Muttville rescue 1 I can’t recommend or praise Muttville highly enough for the work they do with senior dogs who have been abandoned by their families. Rescuing a senior dog can be fraught with difficulty as [...]

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Goodnight Eddie

29th
Sep. × ’10
By dominic

When I last wrote about Eddie, it ended up being the day that I let him go. It had been a rough two weeks for him, and as much as I wanted to believe that he was going to get better any day, he wasn’t. I saw the x-ray images. I saw how much he [...]

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The Big Blue C

24th
Aug. × ’10
By dominic

I was fine when he said it was cancer. I was still fine when we discussed different types of cancer and the prognosis for each. I was even fine when we discussed the relative merits of compassionate euthanasia. What got me was this line in the printed client instructions: Indulge him in whatever he wants. [...]

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What a guy! Makes you cry. Und I did.

12th
Aug. × ’10
By dominic

Eddie is ill. This should not be a surprise; he is, after all, fifteen years old which is a fair stretch for a dog. What is a surprise is the suddenness with which his illness has affected him. We always knew about the  swollen liver, the heart murmour, the chronic ear infection, and the hardening [...]

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The dog police, part 3

17th
Apr. × ’10
By dominic

Part 1 here, and 2 here. It was during the recent hearing that I realised how important it is to me that the system works. I had to trust that the process would result in a positive outcome for my family and show the complainant up for what he is: A bombastic thug. It wasn’t easy to [...]

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The dog police, part 2

19th
Feb. × ’10
By dominic

Part 1 here. And as I said at the end of that, it’s not over yet. After the last incident, I sent a friendly letter to our neighbourhood git suggesting politely that we might be adult about things and have a conversation about his issues with living next to Oliver. Failing that, perhaps we could reach [...]

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The dog police

4th
Feb. × ’10
By dominic

It’s been a while since I’ve had any juicy stories to post, and this is a doozy. First, as always, a little background. In the first week in this new apartment, I had an interaction with my new neighbour. He was halfway down the corridor outside my apartment, I was at the door. We were a [...]

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Homeward bound part 2

8th
Mar. × ’09
By dominic

[A continuation of Homeward bound] We pick Eddie up tomorrow morning.

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Homeward bound

7th
Mar. × ’09
By dominic

After a late night with the Watchmen last night (I won’t bore you with another review, but it was everything I hoped it would be) we woke late in a mad panic to get to the vet appointment we’d booked foolishly early. Oliver’s all good, but has an ear infection that needs to be monitored. [...]

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