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It’s Probably Nothing
Social Media has been around a while now, but it seems over the last couple years there’s been a surge in … I hesitate to use the word “diagnostics” because I doubt the majority are clinical, maybe we’ll use the generic blanket “discussions” of assorted conditions. Through these posts I’ve learned that not everyone sees splotches of color when they…
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But At Home, He’s a Lover
We went to the vet this morning… my body still hurts. We left the house intact. The vet pored over every inch of both Maybe and Brick for their semiannual wellness check. Things were going well, we talked about Maybe – if not more mobile, definitely happier now that she’s back on carprofen. We talked about Brick’s rumbly belly, exploding butt…
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1200 Pound Dog with a Funny Bone
When it comes to dares, I’m short on smarts …and shorter on skill.
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Dogs: From Couch to Campsite
Two months ago we made a half assed effort to test the dogs in the travel trailer. We only went 15 minutes from home, took two cars and I brought the dogs home to take a nap midday, we had full hookups… Overall, it was ok, Brick hated outside but we were content to leave him watching cartoons inside while…
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The Deck Box Affair
By Bricklock Holmes The scent is fresh. Male. Approximately three ounces in weight. Well-fed. Nervous. Smells of discarded peanut. Old nemesis. His mistake: lingering too long in my Spotland Yard. Reluctantly, I enlist the help of my sidekick, Chief Inspector Thumbs. I’ve frequently made clear my genius, but I am cursed with nothing but legs. I require the physical capabilities…
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Lunch with a Ringwraith
For all of their lives I have used my midday work break to go home and let the dogs out. I have one hour to travel the 11 miles to Mordor and back, dodging feral Teslas on autopilot like they’re the orcs of Sauron. If I’m lucky, the goblins of Moria go right out to potty without tossing a sword…
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The Plotz Thickens
Way back, in the ‘80s, everyone walked home from school; the soft-footed kids of today just don’t know… My walk home included crossing a pretty busy street. There was a crosswalk, and I did use it, but you really felt what that frog was going through trying to get to the other side before a log squished you! There are…
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Foxtails; Detri-mental health
Earlier this evening, I took John and Yoko for a post-dinner stroll. We didn’t make it one house length before Dumb and Dumber plunged their pilfering faces into a cluster of dead weeds. Almost instantly, Brick started sneezing. violently. spraying everything in a ten-snoot radius with blood spatter. After an hour, my parental panic took precedence, and I rushed him…
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Absolutely Maybe
It’s been an expensive year as far as vet bills are concerned, we’ve just passed the low five figure mark as Maybe’s gone and busted the remaining hip. When her right hip was dislocated, I had no idea. I saw the weakness but she is also positive for Cushing’s and muscle weakness is a symptom of the disease. When I…
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