A life of leisure

Growing old not so gracefully

April 20th 2010 6:42 am
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I am getting old now, my bones are getting stiff and my stomach no longer tolerates food like it did when I was a pup. Every now and then (more often than not) it gets upset and medicine doesn't help. I am getting very thin now as well so I don't think it is so long before I cross the rainbow bridge.
I have had to move outside now because I can no longer control my bowel like I did when I was younger and my owner just can't get the door open fast enough some nights and I get so embarrassed when this happens! To top it all my stomach hurts so much I have no option but too mess.
But now my owner has built a huge kennel where I can lay comfortably on my bed alongside my sister, Freya, who has had to move outside with me but she is not cross with me. She understands that I can't go to live outside alone and that I can't help that my body is getting old faster than hers.
Its not so bad being outside although I do miss lying alongside my owner when she sits at the computer or at night when she goes to bed. Now I have the advantage over those cats that come trespassing in the yard ...... almost had one the other night! WOOF! Darn my bones that are stiff and ears that are not as sharp as they use to be, cat got away but he now knows I can chase him, not like when I am indoors and can't get out!
Winter is almost here now and I must learn not to walk around in the rain because then my bed gets very wet when I go to lie down, oh well I need all the rest I can get and the view from the kennel is not so bad, can see a lot of what is happening on the other side of the fence.
Well, I think I will be off now . Will chat again sometime WOOF WOOF

 
 

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