OMG, I just turned on the end of the Celtics/Lakers game, and now I'm all stressed out.

So when she really wants to go for a walk, she'll come up and stand there with the one leg already pulled up against her body.

Oh, my heart. What a sweetie.

On the dog topic, we are really relieved that the dalmatian has had a good couple of weeks in terms of her mobility and apparent pain level (since dogs won't just tell you if they have pain, and in fact will hide it instinctually) -- a quarter-tablet of Rimadyl twice a day seems to be helping her mobility, but isn't making her sick (half a tablet twice a day was making her sick).

We have lots of carpet squares so she can get her feet under her, and a ramp off the back porch (from a U-Haul truck; we are PURE CLASS), and while she isn't running around like a puppy (or, frankly, like she was just a year ago), she's doing a lot better than she was a few weeks ago.

She's eating well again and has put on some weight -- she could stand a few more pounds, but she's looking much better.

She's old, and we know that she won't be around for many more years, but for right now she's sticking around and has a good quality of life.

Kato (the black-and-tan coonhound) is, as always, a brilliant, good-natured, hilarious FAT CHUNK of a dog.

Here they both are being cute: [link]

So when she really wants to go for a walk, she'll come up and stand there with the one leg already pulled up against her body.

Oh, my heart. What a sweetie.

And she's thinking, "Pfft! I thought humans were supposed to be SMART!"

We will not speak of MGG.

He needed a hairbrush more than a haircut. CK and JP were at least groomed. But he does look cute with the new do.

CK frequently has two fingers on his right hand bandaged. It may be a guitar thing?

Bandaged fingers are cute. Not sure what that's about.

I'm so glad to hear she's doing better! Lucy had Metacam in a liquid for arthrits/joint issues and did really well on it. I don't think we ever tried rimadyl.

awww.

While we are on the subject of cute pets, Dita finally had some interaction with people who aren't me today. She hid for a while, but then came out and, , true to her name sake, flirted with Matt a little, from a distance.

Hah! We also tried the booties, but Lu hated anyone touching her feet so they lasted about a second and a half before being ripped off. Too cute.

I don't think we ever tried rimadyl.

It's carprofen -- I think it's also called Novox.

When she was acting really disoriented after we started the 1/2 tablet dose, the vet told us that when he had been on a high dose of ibuprofen (since carprofen is an NSAID, just for animals, not humans [although The Boy took it accidentally one day]), the high dose of ibuprofen made him feel all loopy.

It's a sad sign of how often I take 4 ibuprofen that I honestly thought he was kidding. (Really? Ibuprofen can make humans feel loopy? I perhaps need to cut back.)

We will not speak of MGG.

He always needs a haircut! Boy's regular all the way!!