Animal House Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 What a relief DDD, for you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 And he has no idea how many grey hairs he's given you! Good news (about Danny, not the greys). Well Danny is the one who has gone salt’n’red. For some unknown reason, my hair refuses to change colour, despite it having been on my head for nearly 70 years. Such a relief. He has now finished licking out my pasta bowl, had some boiled chicken and, I don’t know about him, but I am ready to collapse on the couch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 What a relief DDD, for you both. I felt quite light headed when I left the vets, I was so relieved to see him perk up. And heart and lungs all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Some good news :) he looks absolutely adorable xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 What a lovely picture (including the jacarandas. Danny looks like he's wondering what the fuss was all about, bless him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westiemum Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Beautiful photo of you both DD - he looks absolutely amazing for a 17 year old! You've obviously done an amazing job caring for him, bless him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Lovely old fella DDD, what a sweetie. They make us old before our time don't they...all that worry! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Thank you all - he is adorable and it is lucky I am retired so I have the time to be his slave :laugh: What a lovely picture (including the jacarandas. Danny looks like he's wondering what the fuss was all about, bless him. Danny looks a bit confused these days because he has gone almost completely blind quite quickly . Readers of my other earlier threads about him might recall that he had to have a eye operation; although his vision has been impaired for quite some time, it wasn’t enough to trouble him, but quite suddenly just a few weeks ago, he was obviously having difficulties. To my horror, he even fell off the ramp one night so I don’t leave him downstairs alone anymore. I always take him down last thing at night, but he has also started imitating Bunter and going on the deck. If it keeps him safe, I can cope with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hard to believe it is nearly 14 years since I adopted him. Seems another lifetime away. So much has changed in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westiemum Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Magnificent boy DD - and such a credit to you - 17 years!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 What a dear old man ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Magnificent boy DD - and such a credit to you - 17 years!!! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 What a dear old man ???? He has his moments :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Dear old man. He's standing remarkably nice and tall on his feet .. if you know what I mean .. looks as though he's still physically quite strong, bless him. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Dear old man. He's standing remarkably nice and tall on his feet .. if you know what I mean .. looks as though he's still physically quite strong, bless him. :) 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 That would have been worrying .. worth the trip to the vet for reassurance. Bless the dear little old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal House Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Poor Danny, good luck at the vets, hope he will be okay DDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 How is Danny this morning DDD? has he recovered from his Monday vomiting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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