“Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.” – Sydney Smith
Saturday, January 31, 2004
We Lost Mira This Week
We lost Miracle this week. She had been doing so well lately—very energetic and happy. Then starting last Saturday, she “crashed”. She wouldn’t eat, she kept throwing up, she wouldn’t drink anything and she had a hard time getting around. We had a vet appointment for her on Monday scheduled, but we went in a couple of hours early. After some x-rays and an examination, it became clear that she had a particularly aggressive form of cancer—not uncommon in Bernese Mountain Dogs.
We almost put her down at the vet’s, but she seemed to be doing okay and she made it clear to us that she wanted to come home. So, they gave her some fluids and some shots to calm her nausea and we brought her home. She was so happy she tried to jump out of the truck! She wouldn’t let me carry her, so she walked to the door. But, she couldn’t make it any further. I carried her to a favorite place in our hearth room where she slept comfortably for a couple of hours. Then, she got uncomfortable and tried to move around some. Finally, she stopped breathing and quietly passed on.
Mira is the third dog we’ve lost to cancer in the past year. It has not been a good year for us.
She was born in France on April 5, 1996—so she was not quite 8 years old.
I have a friend that has a theory about why animals do so well for so long and then “crash” so quickly. Click “more” to read it.
Posted under: Dog Stuff • by Rick on 01/31/2004 at 02:59 PM
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Sunday, January 18, 2004
A Cat Show Comes to Town
Most of you know that we show Bernese Mountain Dogs, and have been in the dog show world for 10 years or so. But, this weekend, we decided to attend a cat show being held at the county fair grounds. Cat shows are run very differently from dog shows and seem to be a lot of fun. We walked around and looked at all the different cats (over 200 representing over 30 breeds), and we watched some judging.
A local breeder with his Maine Coon Cat
I took a few more photos which you can see by clicking on “more…”
Posted under: Cat Stuff • by Rick on 01/18/2004 at 01:22 PM
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Friday, January 09, 2004
People Over 25 Should be Dead!
I got this message by email the other day. I can sure identify with it. Thought I’d pass it along…
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 01/09/2004 at 02:22 PM
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Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Cheese, Cheese, Cheese
Okay, I admit I’ve posted several messages on home made cheese and no one has been very excited about them. But, I am having a blast making my own cheeses! However, to avoid the pain of anymore cheese postings to the main site, I have create a “forum” where I am keeping track of my cheese exploits. People who are truly interested in cheese can learn a lot at the new forum site:
For you who are not interested…no more “cheesey” postings here!
Posted under: Cheesemaking • by Rick on 01/07/2004 at 09:46 PM
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Monday, December 08, 2003
Natural Pet Repellent
Lynne sent along the following information the other day. We have a need to keep the dogs out of the garden, so we’ll be trying this next year!
Posted under: Dog Stuff • Cat Stuff • by Rick on 12/08/2003 at 02:50 PM
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