Old

Hi friends, Ojo here!

It seems that I am turning into something called Old. 

Vet says that I have arthritis. This must be why I can't catch bunnies anymore. Vet also says that I have something called lenticular sclerosis. This must be why I Bark birds in the grass. (They look like monsters!)

I have to take new medicines for the arthritis. My person hopes this might make me zoomier again! Keep your paws crossed for me, friends!

In the meantime, know that I still do lots of Walks, and some zoomies, and I still like to chase and climb and roll and play! And I like naps. Naps are good!

Taking breaks

Hi friends, Ojo here!

My person has decided I'm "starting to get up there" in years. She has decided that my body is "getting older".

I have no idea what she's talking about. I feel just the same as I always have! 

Okay, maybe sometimes I feel a little more stiff.

Okay, maybe sometimes I get tired more quickly. 

Okay, maybe sometimes my hip catches and I have to stop for a moment. 

But that's nothing! I am only nine (maybe, the humans aren't sure) years old! I am still very youthful! I am still very spry! I still run very fast!

Despite this, my person is stopping more often on Walks to give me "breaks". 

Okay, maybe I like lying down for a few minutes...

But only so I can get up and start running again!

This break was in a nice, cool spot! There were birds in the trees and lots of smells wafting by on the breeze! It was a good spot for a break!

Am I getting OLD???

 Hi friends! Ojo here!

Today I went bouncing in the snow! 

But when we got back after Walk my hip was sore. Am I getting OLD???

I can't keep track, but the people say I am probably about eight years old. They are not exactly sure because I was already full-sized when I came to live with them. But I'm somewhere around eight. That's not Old, is it??? Surely I have lots of bouncing left in me!

This afternoon the people gave me a little white something in cottage cheese. It tasted funny, but I ate it anyways because it was in cottage cheese. I love cottage cheese! 

A little while later my hip felt better. Surely I am not Old. Surely I can bounce more tomorrow!

Too much fun

Dear friends,

I had a very fun day. But I think I am getting OLD. 

Cobi.

Pee Ess Please send Dinner and bacon into the yard, for I think I will just lie here all day.

Old? ME? Never! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Someone called me OLD yesterday! I am not old! I am six! (-ish!)

And I certainly do not feel old! I caught a BIRD the other day!

Tell me honestly, friends. Do I look old to you???

Old, the Big Mountain, and my person

Today I felt Old.

We climbed the Big Mountain. And I love climbing the Big Mountain! I can smell the whole city from up there! But today my hips were stiff, and my shoulders were stiff, and it took me a very long time. But we made it!

Ojo, on the other hand, did not take a very long time. She went up and down and up and down and up and down, all while my person and I were just slowly going up.

Look at her muzzle. Does she not look older than me? Does she not look greyer than me?

Sadly she is still younger. And I think I am getting Old.

But look at her. She wants to climb again, pretty please, she says. I do not think so. I am done climbing for now.

Thank you, my person, for going slowly with me so I could still climb the Big Mountain. Thank you, my person, for giving me medicine when I got home so I'm not so stiff. (And I will pretend I did not hear you calling Vet to book me an appointment to see if they can help me be less-stiff.)

We will keep Walking together for a long time, right?

Wordless Wednesday 06/10/15 - Old Dog Brody

Hijacked by Brody

Hello friends! Yes, it is me - Brody!

The people call me "old", but I prefer the word "wise". This is very important, because I was wise (and smart, and clever) enough to be able to hijack the Dog Blog. This came after I hijacked Cobi and Ojo's person.

That is correct, I hijacked their person and she took me on a Walk! Just ME! Just Brody. Hah. Who's old now?

We went to the Lake. This is because Nature is making HOT, like summer.

So we strolled (not because I'm old, but because we wanted to stroll) along the flat paths (not because I'm old, but because we felt like walking somewhere flat), and took lots of breaks for sniffing (not because I'm old, but because there were many interesting smells).

Then we turned around and strolled, slowly, back to the car.

I loved the lake! So many smells in the breeze!

But now it is time for my nap. Not because I am old, but because I enjoy naps. That is all.

Old

Dear friends,

Apparently I am turning Old.

Do not worry, I am not sick. But I do have an embarrassing problem. When I fall into a deep, happy sleep - I leak. I wake up and there is pee around me. This feels yucky. And it means my mats get washed lots and smell like enzyme cleaner and yucky dryer sheets.

Today my person is starting me on a medicine that will help me to not leak. I hope this helps quickly, because I leaked on the carpet on the landing last night, and also on the mat by the back door.

Turning Old is not fun. I would recommend that you not do it. (And I am only "middle aged"!!)

- Cobi