I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Orcas. Humpbacks. Greys. Huge geographical span.
In the U.S.: Northern Oregon coast. Washington coast. San Juan Islands.
In Canada/B.C.: A handful of spots along the ocean side of Vancouver Island. Several notable sites along the eastern (bay/channel) side of Vancouver Island: Campbell River. Quadra Island. Telegraph Cove. PortMcNeill. Port Hardy.
I live in New Orleans. I have always wanted to do a whale watching trip.
All of those areas sound fantastic. Maybe one day.
Do you remember when the whale was lost in the bay in California? Oh gosh, years ago. We were visiting friends in San Francisco and we took a cruise ride in the bay hoping to see him. We didn’t get to view him. Can’t recall what happened to that particular whale.
My favorite whale is the orca. I just think they are beautiful. I think it’s horrible that whales and dolphins are placed in captivity. They belong in the ocean. We do have dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico near us.
I hear you. My mom has Parkinson’s too. I pray that I never get it.
I would be upset too. I hate losing privacy with my mom living with us. We rarely get to go out but it’s important to have time alone.
My daughter’s dog does not know he’s a dog! He thinks he’s human. Hahaha.
Little dog with a big personality! He’s the cutest little thing. My daughter is such a good momma to her fur baby that she rescued. I love that she brings him over to visit with us.
My mother does the same thing to my sig other's cat Sam. She keeps giving him human food and it makes him sick. Sam will eat anything that is put in front of him, but he is 16 yrs old and just can not digest food like he use to. Therefore he is on a special diet. But my mother still gives him food.
Just the other day, we had NY strips and here comes Sam down the stairs with a piece of it. We had to chase that dam cat all over this house to get that piece of steak from him. It was to big for him to chew it, but small enough for him to run with it! Sam did finally gave it up! Lol
(As you can see I'm on a break now. Maybe I've had enough for now)
cw - I hear you. I have been reducing the"things to get to later" and yesterday sorted some possibly useful/needed in the future business stuff and put it away, It isn't easy but, for me, getting easier. Most of the heirlooms I still have are things I want to keep for me.
What really upsets me though, is when he flops down on the floor! This is a very new behavior. He’s never ever laid on the wood floors! The other night he was in the recliner with me and he jumped down and laid out on the floor like he was giving up on life! I also found him lying on the floor in front of our door. It is upsetting because it’s not a new behavior and my beloved cat Toby (RIP) did something similar when he was having a heart episode! It’s like we’re at the time in Spikes life where every other day I’m observing these changes and thinking dammnit it’s time to send him over the rainbow bridge. Then he snaps out of it and all is well...for a day or two and then rinse, lather & repeat!
I am really not cut out to be a caregiver of elderly humans or dogs. I don’t know how some of you do it! You obviously can’t compare the two but if I can hardly handle a dog, I know I can’t handle a human. I just wish people AND dogs AND cats didn’t get like this when they are old.
It's so difficult. I would say get the vet to check him over, but then again you really don't want to turn into one of those owners whose dog's prescription runs to four or five pages of medications that most populations in the world can't afford for humans. Take him in just for a sitrep, perhaps, and to find out where you are?
Our first rescue dog got to sixteen. Looking back, I thought I'd kept her going a bit beyond fair, if you see what I mean - her last eighteen months can't have been much fun. But then last year, keeping Cindy in mind, and seeing as my Staffy's spinal column seemed to be deteriorating and he was getting terribly tired, I let him go and ever since I've wished I hadn't.
It is an absolute bummer and you can't win. Hugs to Spike - all dogs are the world's best dogs.
Spike acts fine after he plops down, there’s absolutely no distress or anything and he’ll get right up if I go over and ask him if he’s ok. I just need to remind myself when it happens that he’s old and his body is tired :-)
I probably will take him in to the vet for a senior exam but will decline any and all testing. Don’t know how the vets in the UK operate but ours like to give multiple vaccines, run every blood test under the sun and do xrays and clean their teeth! Spike is 15, I’m not going to pay $400 to have him put under while they clean what few teeth he has left. I actually think they’ll want to pull all his teeth and well, i’m Not gonna do that either because he’s 15! They aren’t hurting him and he’s not suffering. I’ve had cats and dogs all my life so I know it’s just age related decline. I’ll get him a rabies vaccine but nothing else. I just really hate this part of pet ownership!
I've heard of those little libraries WC but I've never seen any - there are a couple of second hand shops I could take them to.