Deal with the look. It won't hurt either one of you and he might actually get a higher quality rest.

I'm glad you were on top of the UTI diagnosis and now have a plan.

Poor Boo. That goes for both of you.

Thanks again for your help, bonny. My sister recommended plain yogurt mixed into canned food to try and prevent unpleasantness, does that work for dogs, too?

Test it, but be careful.

Many dogs are lactose intolerant, so dairy is a inadvisable. They tend to LOVE it, but it can exacerbate looseness, add gas and mucus.

Probiotics are really good, but a probiotic tablet is likely to offer better effects than yogurt.

Maria, my folks are all praying up a storm. And it's none of my business, but it's totally ok for you to be struggling with your faith right now.

{{{Maria and family}}} Love and prayers and strength to you and yours.

Yogurt! That reminds me that I need to start giving that to Brandy again. It doesn't upset her and it may help her yeast infections she gets in her ears and skin. Old girl went to the vet this week because she had a goopy eye. Ended up she had a puncture wound on her cheek that we couldn't see. Maybe from a fall, maybe a spider bite, maybe a cat swipe. Who knows. She is on anti-fungal for her yeasty skin, anti-biotic for the wound, pain killers and aspirin for her ouchy joints. And yet the vet says she is in pretty good shape for her age. He didn't like how much aspirin we give her, but nothing they have tried worked better so aspirin it is. She is happy to see people, eats the moment you offer food, just really very old.

So I have spent the day sniffing at the never ending news remembrances. DH and Bobby went out fishing early this morning. Eh, I guess I will get back to the ton of work I have to do.

I'll go get probiotic tablets.

I feel bad for Taz, Marley's pretty much spooked by him since he returned. I'm hoping that once the neck thing comes off, Marley will accept him again... or if his surgery will forever alter how Marley sees him.

Also, he got out of his hobble again.

There is nothing like fresh corn cut from the cob, fried lightly in bacon fat, with a ton of pepper.

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Nom.

I spent the entire time I was in Indiana waiting for or consuming corn on the cob. So good. We bought some from the farmers' market when we got home, but not as good.

There is nothing like fresh corn cut from the cob, fried lightly in bacon fat, with a ton of pepper.

SHUT UP. I have two cobs of corn I need to cook, and now I think I know just how.