pay more attention to my dogs

my dogs need a bath. I need to give them a bath. We shaved Bentleys hair because he had a bad case of fleas and then he kept picking at his skin. He got rid of the fleas; however, I want to continue treating the yard for fleas because I don’t want him getting them again. I want his coat to be nice for christmas. He is an OES and should have the long shaggy hair.

I could probably tie this into my taking more hikes at Ruffner. They need more scenery than the backyard

Yesterday we went to the vet with our oldest dog for about the hundredth time in these last few years of his life. Seems like we’ve gone there a million times to help him live longer and more comfortably.

Yesterday we went so that the vet could put him to sleep.

I know he was very very old and had some health problems that money can’t fix (no matter how often we told them it was no object). I know he was uncomfortable and often confused and unhappy. And I know that it would have been unfair to subject him, in his vulnerable state, to the obsessive and often painful love of a baby who is about to start crawling and is intensely interested in him.

It was still unbearable to watch the light go out of his sweet eyes.

She is slipping away and yet I’m on the computer.
She is the best and deserves better.