{"id":18033,"date":"2014-07-30T23:05:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T06:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=18033"},"modified":"2014-07-30T23:05:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T06:05:09","slug":"a-good-cry-and-an-update-on-robbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/30\/a-good-cry-and-an-update-on-robbie\/","title":{"rendered":"A good cry and an update on Robbie"},"content":{"rendered":"

You need a good cry? Here’s your good cry for the day: “Bye, Sweetheart.”<\/a> (Via the great Borepatch<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I know a lot of you have said your own goodbyes to dogs and cats. I still miss my heart-dog Jasmine<\/a> after nine years. I can’t imagine how it tore Commentariat member Karen up to lose three in the first half of this year.<\/p>\n

They break your heart. Every damn time. But life without them feels … heartless.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Robbie went to furrydoc today to see if she could find a physical cause for his nighttime panic attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Short version: nope. Everything normal. He’s in great shape for an old guy. The only thing she discovered is that he has a urinary tract infection. (And who knows how long he’s had that? He never gave a sign.) So he’s on antibiotics.<\/p>\n

That’s good news. Looks like no goodbyes to Robbie for a while. Still, I almost wish she’d found something … something that could be treated. Or at least understood.<\/p>\n

She recommended melatonin and fish oil to improve his sleep, but I sure wish there was a way to get into that little bully head of his and find out what’s going on in there that has him so suddenly scared in the dark.<\/p>\n

Robbie-Bobbie, what are you thinking? What are you feeling, my old baby boy?<\/p>\n

\"RobbieOnTheSofa_0811\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That picture is three years old. He’s so much more gray now. Sigh.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

It was an interesting trip down memory lane to visit the archives of the old blog<\/a> (2003 to 2007) looking for Jasmine’s obituary. Once again I have reason to thank Bill St. Clair for being the archive maven.<\/p>\n

And odd how the seventeenth century keeps popping up, lately. In the archives, just a few days from Jasmine’s story, I found lessons for gulchers<\/a> from that century.<\/p>\n

I had partner bloggers back in those days. Not everything in those archives is mine. Ian’s post on tactical hand signals<\/a> was pretty good, too. \ud83d\ude42 So glad that first link still works.<\/p>\n

Now I’ll go and pet the pooches and mourn the lost ones, including so many, so loved that I never knew but who warmed — and broke — somebody else’s heart. And even more, the ones who could have lived and loved but never got the chance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You need a good cry? Here’s your good cry for the day: “Bye, Sweetheart.” (Via the great Borepatch) I know a lot of you have said your own goodbyes to dogs and cats. I still miss my heart-dog Jasmine after nine years. I can’t imagine how it tore Commentariat member Karen up to lose three in the first half of this year. They break your heart. Every damn time. But life without them feels … heartless. —– Robbie went to furrydoc today to see if she could find a physical cause for his nighttime panic attacks. Short version: nope. Everything…<\/p>\n

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