Loving my Oldies

Terrible throw ups this morning. Just everywhere - looks as though he has thrown up everything he has eaten in days :cry: He is now resting, but will be taking him to the vet. He hasn’t thrown up like this for ages. Poor little man. Air conditioning on so keeping the heat out.

WOW!! It will be movies times soon.

His back right leg is very weak; the vet thinks it is neurological because he can’t find signs of pain. A couple of times lately Danny hasn’t been able to stand and has collapsed into a sitting position. The first time it happened I raced off down to the vet in a total panic, but when it happened a few days ago, because it wasn’t nearly as bad as the first time, and once he’d steadied, he could stand, I just watched him very closely and every so often carried him downstairs to toilet and after a few hours he was okay. “Okay” is a bit wobbly, but still pretty good.

He has his moments :laugh: :laugh:

That is if the pound was correct in assessing him at 3 years then. Even so, he is a grand age. I remember so clearly the day I first saw him sitting up the back of the pound run, shaking like a leaf. There was a little flutter in my stomach and because my precious Nammu had died of cancer only 5 weeks previously, I thought to myself tearily, “Oh no! It is too soon.” He’d come in the night before and once all the other dogs had had their walks and I was tidying up, I told him I take him for a quick walk around the block. He was such a happy lively fellow and for some unknown reason, I started singing to myself the song “Danny Boy” ....... hence his name :laugh: :laugh: Because I’d been a volunteer with a pound for some years by this time, the next weekend they agreed to letting me take him home to foster - and to be incredibly original: the rest is history.

Hard to believe it is nearly 14 years since I adopted him. Seems another lifetime away. So much has changed in that time.

We continue on as before. Danny has his up and downs as we inch towards his 17th Birthday (14th Gotcha Day on 22 February 2016). For quit a while now, he has not been interested in going for a walk, but yesterday afternoon there was no stopping him and he had a wonderful sniffing session. The walk took twice as long, but I was so happy to see him enjoying it that the others just had to grin and bear it. :laugh: :laugh: Here he is this morning checking that the outside world is still there: And here he is making his way back to mumma:

I am lucky enough to be reminded fairly regularly of this tender love story, because there is a man in the neighbourhood (don’t know where he lives) who walks two Westies. They always bring a smile to my face and make me think of WM and her family.

A love story indeed, Westiemum. Such a precious soul was your Mac. He brought blessings by the score and received them in return.

I know!! I feel the same. That's why I decided to just continue this thread and not start a new one for her. This thread has her whole life on it, and maybe even her puppies' who knows. Just make sure it doesn’t disappear when Troy does a cull of old threads. I know some of mine I’d love to be able to look back on have gone. I’ve never been able to work out how to download them to keep.

WOW!! Beautiful photographs of beautiful dogs having beautiful lives.

LOL. Hard to believe she is two. Congratulations. Wish I were 20 years younger; I would be putting in my application.

I guess it depends on the pound. Notwithstanding that, it is very sad. Like having a baby in jail :( All the normal parts of life are missing.

His personality and the love you have for him shine out from all your posts and photographs.

Gillybob, I know not all dogs will or can tolerate the same things, but what I am convinced has kept Danny going is what I call his “Shake”. He doesn’t need it every day but when he first became sick and was losing heaps of weight, it was a life saver. Equal parts Bone Broth (google for recipe) and lactose free milk with a good squeeze of nutrigel. Some times, Danny would lap this up, but mostly I give it to him via syringe because if and when he eats can be very unpredictable. You can buy multiple use syringes on the internet. I bought several 10mls syringes from Priceline on-line. A couple of his meds are in tablet form and I have to keep changing the form of delivery: roast chicken, cream cheese, hard cheese, peanut butter .... they all eventually fall out of favour, but the latest is liver paste. So far he loves it. You might also consider having a chat with the couple who run BM Animals. DOLer Valbitz put me onto them and their foods really saved Danny’s life, I think, particularly chicken jerky - which he has now decided he doesn’t like . But for a while, that and his shake kept him going. Good luck.

Beautiful. And they are up the right way :thumbsup:

Yes. Same place

There is SOS out at Londonderry. There is also Rescue Resource at Dural run by a woman who distributes to shelters all around the place. Deb Williams 0414 960 103

This is happening where I live - obviously a big dog and it isn’t every day. I guess it is either a dog who is walked infrequently, or a dog who gets walked in different areas. What upsets me most is that all dog owners get a bad name. I feel particularly sorry for people who don’t have dogs and have to face, sometimes enormous, droppings on their footpaths. I quite often pick them up, actually. Yukkety yukk. :D

Oh, he is just beautiful. What a lovely soft, soulful expression - I’ll bet he had you both well and truly wrapped around his precious paw. Yes, it is very very hard.

Always remember the photograph of your mum’s (I think?) hands, persephone.

What an achievement! But do you know what I love about this? You love your mum so much that you post a well deserved brag about her on the forum. Makes me have a little :cry:

Deepest condolences, Rajah11. I am sure there are many of us who would love to see a photograph of your boy. Run free, Rajah. :

Oh WOW!! What a gorgeous Moosey . Happy happy Gotcha Day and may you have many many cuddles for many many years.

Beautiful as always and gorgeous collars and leads. Love the second pic down. Jesse seems to be saying: oh god, Jonah, he is taking more photos of us. :laugh: :laugh: