...and it feels GOOD, Karen. in fact, in your honor, I'll change my photo to the only one I have readily available of my HS graduation, which is my "Senior Celebrity" page. the guy at the top right ("Class Musician") is Danny, who's currently napping on my couch, exhausted after doing a new orchestration of arguably the worst song ever w…
in fact, in your honor, I'll change my photo to the only one I have readily available of my HS graduation, which is my "Senior Celebrity" page. the guy at the top right ("Class Musician") is Danny, who's currently napping on my couch, exhausted after doing a new orchestration of arguably the worst song ever written ("Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"), who gets mentioned here a LOT. the "Class Actress" was one of the two great loves of my life (I mean, like, LOOK at her), but it's good we never got married because she's a RABID Catholic. the "Class Non-Conformist" is the songwriting partner, but he's on the other page. and of course, there's Ronnie Chernow a few heads above mine.
but as you can see, I win the HS nerd competition hands down. at least graduation picture-wise. I could actually be a lot of fun...
I love it!! The Class Poet! It’s a great picture. You weren’t a nerd you were a thinker and a poet. And I’m glad you didn’t marry the rabid catholic for your sake. She was cute but not worth the angst it would have caused you. Take it from a Catholic dropout when I reached the age of reason…I think age 11. I changed my photo from my graduation picture. I guess I felt funny having my 17 year old self on my current profile after a few days. So I changed it to my cat, Turtle. She almost died several months ago and despite her worried look is doing great.
thank you Karen! I'm taking mine down in a day or two as well and will use Jubal and Daisy for awhile.
it turns out that Jubal has mildly elevated kidney enzymes, so I'm supposed to get a sample of his first day's urine for analysis. the thing that actually worries me the most is that he's gonna think I've suddenly gotten really weird.
he'll be 14 in July...no spring chicken by any means. and he's a decent-sized boy. he's 55 lbs. now, and needs to lose about seven pounds (while older dogs tend to gain weight--as we do--they should really be leaner than they were in their working prime, but I'm pretty sure you already know this). I'm pretty good at helping them lose weight because I weigh EVERYTHING. he's gotten pretty deaf, but hasn't had any real health issues (Daisy is two years younger but has terrible teeth and has lost most of them). still, he's slowing down. Daisy had major hip surgery five years ago, so she has some trouble standing up from lying down. they both have good digestive systems, but I've only ever fed them raw meat, occasional raw eggs, reconstituted doggie vegetables and coconut oil.
I suppose some people might consider me a freakish dog fancier, but I don't. I consider myself a pretty average dog person, but when I researched dog nutrition, the picture I got of most commercial dog foods is not a pretty one.
It sounds like you take really good care of them. That sounds like a great diet. If Jubal does have kidney issues the vet may have you moderate the protein intake. I hope you can get the sample without too much suspicion. When I was a pediatric nurse many years ago we had a little plastic pee bag with adhesive to catch it. But I’m sure a dog would chew that off in no time. Hopefully you will be successful with a cup.
...and it feels GOOD, Karen.
in fact, in your honor, I'll change my photo to the only one I have readily available of my HS graduation, which is my "Senior Celebrity" page. the guy at the top right ("Class Musician") is Danny, who's currently napping on my couch, exhausted after doing a new orchestration of arguably the worst song ever written ("Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"), who gets mentioned here a LOT. the "Class Actress" was one of the two great loves of my life (I mean, like, LOOK at her), but it's good we never got married because she's a RABID Catholic. the "Class Non-Conformist" is the songwriting partner, but he's on the other page. and of course, there's Ronnie Chernow a few heads above mine.
but as you can see, I win the HS nerd competition hands down. at least graduation picture-wise. I could actually be a lot of fun...
I love it!! The Class Poet! It’s a great picture. You weren’t a nerd you were a thinker and a poet. And I’m glad you didn’t marry the rabid catholic for your sake. She was cute but not worth the angst it would have caused you. Take it from a Catholic dropout when I reached the age of reason…I think age 11. I changed my photo from my graduation picture. I guess I felt funny having my 17 year old self on my current profile after a few days. So I changed it to my cat, Turtle. She almost died several months ago and despite her worried look is doing great.
thank you Karen! I'm taking mine down in a day or two as well and will use Jubal and Daisy for awhile.
it turns out that Jubal has mildly elevated kidney enzymes, so I'm supposed to get a sample of his first day's urine for analysis. the thing that actually worries me the most is that he's gonna think I've suddenly gotten really weird.
How old is Jubal?
he'll be 14 in July...no spring chicken by any means. and he's a decent-sized boy. he's 55 lbs. now, and needs to lose about seven pounds (while older dogs tend to gain weight--as we do--they should really be leaner than they were in their working prime, but I'm pretty sure you already know this). I'm pretty good at helping them lose weight because I weigh EVERYTHING. he's gotten pretty deaf, but hasn't had any real health issues (Daisy is two years younger but has terrible teeth and has lost most of them). still, he's slowing down. Daisy had major hip surgery five years ago, so she has some trouble standing up from lying down. they both have good digestive systems, but I've only ever fed them raw meat, occasional raw eggs, reconstituted doggie vegetables and coconut oil.
I suppose some people might consider me a freakish dog fancier, but I don't. I consider myself a pretty average dog person, but when I researched dog nutrition, the picture I got of most commercial dog foods is not a pretty one.
It sounds like you take really good care of them. That sounds like a great diet. If Jubal does have kidney issues the vet may have you moderate the protein intake. I hope you can get the sample without too much suspicion. When I was a pediatric nurse many years ago we had a little plastic pee bag with adhesive to catch it. But I’m sure a dog would chew that off in no time. Hopefully you will be successful with a cup.
I figure I can handle it, when push comes to shove.
...did I leave some kind of pun lurking in there...?