Awareness of the outside world. “The donors are people who need pacemaker upgrades but whose previous implants still work.” AARP: Donate Your Pacemaker…to a Dog, University program helps canines lead longer, healthier lives. Fiedler, 2020. A tidbit about donating pacemakers has been making the rounds on Facebook. The links I found are all dated 2019/2020 and the individuals discussed seemed to have moved on to other jobs. Do they still do it? Pacemakers in dogs, yes. CanPacers, Companion Animal Pacemaker Repository. Donations? At least one in 2023, People: Dedicated Dog Owner Gets 12-Year-Old Canine Friend a Pacemaker to Save Pup from ‘Scary’ Disease, Bender, July 28, 2023. Hat tip to M, to A, and to my lovely research assistant.
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Year ago last Friday, we came up driveway with Jasmine & Rose in the back seat. [Jasmine and Rose Have A Big Basset Adventure]
It’s been both hard & easy.
Hard. Old age is not for sissies of any species.
Easy. Everyone is happy. Everyone eats well. [Asking The Questions That Need To Be Asked, Dog Version, (don’t worry, the answers are good)]
After some adjustment, everyone has good bathroom habits. Rose will stand at the door, crossing her doggie legs while I put my shoes on/get my coat/open the door/do whatever mysterious things people insist on doing. Jas does well most of the time and tries really, really hard. We’ll leave it at that.
For everything else, they are easy keepers. Maybe too easy. They would like more kibble. We would prefer they didn’t look like overstuffed sausages. Rose will go for short walks to the barn. Both dogs will hang out in the sun on pleasant days. Rose will promptly trot out and back in when informed it is time for her to do so. Compared to the constant supervision of a puppy, they are pieces of cake.
This is clearly a doggy house. With big dogs. With big, old dogs. A fastidious, non-dog person would be appalled.
Honestly, that was true before ladies arrived.
Happy one year anniversary in Alabama, Jasmine & Rose.
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Onwards!
Katherine
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Hard to believe that it’s been only a year. Mom
We miss our dogs and the cats so very much. We oriented our entire lives around them for most of our lives. Easier now, less trouble, less love.
AAwwwww geee … they have a great home …..
How has it been a year already? 🙃 Thanks for being their retirement home. AV
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