Kimber's world gettng smaller
Kimber’s okay. Just wanted to take a moment to reflect on where she is. I’m not going to lie, MontanaDakota’s recent loss shook me. It was another reminder of how quickly things can change.
But for now, Kimber is okay. Our usual walk in the evening through the neighborhood starts with us walking uphill to the corner, and then continuing from there. Since we had a heatwave in July, she has refused to go more than halfway to the corner. We thought she was being a bit lazy, but we had the opportunity to walk with the neighbor’s dogs recently. It’s one of Kimber’s goals in life to walk in front of these boys. She’s always pushed herself hard to get ahead, even though she always loses the lead. But this time, we barely got to the start of the hill and she balked. The neighbor boy dogs continued on, and she had zero interest in going with them.
So now we walk around our yard. We have 3.5 acres, so we can take a nice leisurely stroll. She loves to sniff the tall grass and consume wildlife /random cat poop. Usually at least once, she’ll get off balance and sit down on her backside, with her back legs straight out so she can’t get herself up. But she just smiles and patiently waits for us to put her back on four legs, and then limps on.
There’s still joy in her life. It’s a quieter happiness, but different doesn’t mean worse. I hug and kiss her every day and one thing hasn’t changed- she still acts like my loving on her is torture. :)
Thanks for reading.
Kimber's world gettng smaller
Sounds like things here, though Kimber is getting more steps in ;) She still has a good quality of life. I found it very hard as we cut off parts of the routine/walk but once we adapt and i take his cue, things are better. though with rock it isn't him that cuts it short but i have to watch as he can go into panting issues out of the blue. so i have to guess
But like Kimber, rocks seems happy. He gets up when I come home with a tail wag. He is curious and awake. The cooler weather allows for two walks around the block (small block) and lessening of my stress. His mobility slowly declines. His back legs seem less coordinated. More times when when his back end gets low. BUT, he makes me smile and there are fewer tears.
the sudden loss of Montana hit me too. The fear of starting a week normally and then...loosing them. Another friend struggled with the decision this week and put her lab to sleep today. And a friend's past foster died suddenly at 7ish this past weekend. He had a great day, went to bed and just never woke up :(. So lots of sadness.
But - i didn't think rock would get thru summer, and he did!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e9c3ede9cd.jpg