Dalton Update, And The Dogust Selfies On Sunday

 Thank you all for the pawyers, purrs, woofs wags and POTP. Dalton is a lot better the past couple of days. Not 100% but still, it is good to see him eating somewhat on his own, and he was even playing with Benji on Saturday afternoon. He still will not eat his regular food, (Freeze dried coated kibble with freeze dried 'patties' crumbled over that), and he disdains the treats he used to gobble up excitedly.  But he scarfed down a few bowls of so called doggy junk food by himself, which I guess is better than not eating at all. It was pate food. He also took some crunchy treats.

Saturday he got a bowl of more proper wet food, which was slices in gravy, with a few veggies mixed in, he ate it all up and licked the bowl clean.  However my timing was bad...

We went away for about 2 1/2 hours to have dinner with our sons...when we got back the dogs were excited to see us...but...um...near the front door, (which they never use to go outside), there were all kinds of pees...it seemed to me judging by the other marks on the carpet that those two had been playing excitedly and one or the other took a whizz and then the over marking began, which is what they do outside a lot...Dalton and Benji do drink a lot, because several weeks ago we got a big stainless steel fountain for them, which it seems they are drinking about 4  - 5 cups a day between them.

So out came the towels and the urine remover for the carpet stains...note to self...do not feed before going away...oops! I do not think it was incontinence on Dalton's part, because of the placement of the spots. The incontinence was happening where he likes to lay. These were in the main area...far away from the door they use to go in & out. We will see what happens today when we have to leave for three hours to attend our church service. Maybe we need to corral them in the carpetless kitchen.

Anyways, last week Saturday we had attended a Dogust party at our local petshop. So our selfies today are from that outing. Dalton had on his birthday bandana, and they both got pawrty hats for a photo op.

 I asked AI to add back the pompom to the top of Benji's hat, (I cut it off while taking the picture...oops!), and they did, but they took off his leash, too...maybe they thought it would be fun for hime to run all around the store, BOL!

Then it was time to go home again...

It's so much fun to join all the Sunday Selfies at The Cat On My Head, who are the ever faithful hosts of this feature each week.

In Memory Of Casey

 Casey from Easy Farm Life/Keeper Of The Farm recently left for the Rainbow Bridge to be with those who went on before him...He is sadly missed by his Mom , and his furblings, Pepper and Sven.

Casey ~ you can visit here to leave your messages of comfort.

I don't have any way to send this to Casey's mom. If anyone knows her email could you message me? Thanks!

This artwork./Memorial is going to be joining up with Athena's Catuday Art.

Happy Tenth Birthday, Dalton!

 Dalton turns 10 today...or more, but he won't tell us, so we'll never know! We, the vet, Pawppy and I all realize he's likely a lot older, than what his rescuers told us. back in 2017.

Anyways, we'll celebrate today, that is the important thing, right?!

He is still not 100%, mostly not eating, and acting very anxious at times. Sometimes he'll eat a bit on his own, or he will lick the juices off a bowl of wet food, otherwise even most treats are shunned. even the ones he loved in the past. 

If in the course of a day he hasn't eaten anything much, he gets hand fed...

At least he no longer need a belly band for incontinence issues, and he does normal #2's.

Thanks to all of you for your POTP, care and concern, it helps so much to know others are rooting for him.

I have the fixings for a doggy cake, but I think I might hold off on that until his gotcha day, at the end of September. Hopefully by then he will be able to enjoy it.

Here is his 'card', the image was taken last Saturday at the Dogust pawrty at the pet store. We'll show the others on Selfie Sunday!

Dalton is  thankful that he was found and rescued, and that soon afterwards he found his forever home.

Petcretary and Pawppy are thankful to have this little dude with us, even though he has a lot of issues, due to whatever happened to him in his 'before' life...and Benji, we presume is happy to have this (little) big brother in his life!

We are thankful to be able to join up with all the others, full of thankfulness, at Brian's Home Forever.

Time For Sunday Selfies

Wow, the week went by quickly! And all of a sudden it's Sunday! Which means, it's time for Sunday Selfies! Yesterday we got packed into the car and off to the pet shop we went. They had a Dogust Pawrty going on...we got pup cups, other treats and a bag full of swag...we let petcretary carry the bag, BOL!

For some reason we just gave our pup cups a cursory lick, and then walked away...other times we licked them clean. In a few days it will be Dalton's birthday, a given one, because he couldn't tell us when he was rescued what his real BD was. So 'Dogust 'works well for him.

Dalton could use some POTP and pawyers, as he isn't feeling 100% the past few days.

Last week, Petcretary found a dead and mauled tree rat in some tall grass...not sure when exactly it was 'deaded', and the next day, Dalton began to shiver, pant, not wanting to eat, and he began dribbling too. He seems quite almost disoriented at times., and wouldn't use the doggy doors at all. VERY slowly he is getting better, he will take a few bites of his noms, then *she* has to feed him with a spoon. He accepts it, and doesn't vomit afterwards. Yesterday he took several bites of his regular food...and he even scarfed down a large treat at the pet store. After several doses of a homeopathic remedy for 'tinkles', and another for UTI's, he isn't incontinent anymore, and he is even using the doggy doors again. Phew. Now to get him to eat properly on his own again.

If this continues for much longer, he'll have to visit the vet again, where we'd been on July 27th...

Benji is fine, so if anything happened from that dead tree rat, he was not affected. Of course he is a lot younger and larger than Dalton.

Anyways here are our selfies for this week:

I'm walking back to the stairs to go inside...after I did my doggy business.

I'm feeling sad, because Dalton won't play with me...I want him all better.  (Petcretary used AI to remove the very ugly background in the original of this image...)

Our Ussie, when we got home from the Dogust pawrty.

We're hopping along in the Sunday Selfies! We've been doing selfies for 12 years...well, that is to say we and those before us...Have fun and join in! The Kitties Blue are our wonderful hosts, each week.

Update: 

Update: The folks at the POTP blog sent us this image, how kind!

In Loving Memory Of Seal

 This past Friday, Seal, a well known and much loved kitty from Brian's Home Forever, made it know to her Mom and Dad, that she wanted to join Brian and all the other angels in her family...

She sure was a most beautiful kitty, and she will be terribly missed, not the least of those missing her will be Simon, her brother who was rescued with her, as wee kittens back in 2026.

Here is a memento made to honor her memory.

Seal, please visit here and leave your message of comfort, if you have not already done so.

This artwork will be joining Caturday Art...

In Loving Memory Of Katie Isabella

 On Saturday, the well known and much loved by all, Katie Isabella, could no longer endure the pain and other health concerns, and she gained beautiful wings as a new angel at the Rainbow Bridge.

This was rather unexpected, as her mom and all of us thought she was improving, and none of us, let alone her Mom saw this coming. Of course her Mom Carole is devastated, and needs our support, the support that Blogville gives its members when they are feeling sad, (and yes, even in the good times).

So if you can please visit her blog, and leave your comforting messages, if you have not already done so.

These mementos were made to honor Katie's Memory.

Katie Isabella

Donkey was one of Katie's favorite toys, and so it is included in this image...

Katie was most aww-worthy, so we are joing the Aww Monday blog hop.

Looking Back Selfies...

Yup, we are 'resorting' to some looking back into the past selfies. Petcretary's camera was quite idle this week, therefore no new selfies.

There are quite a few, some were taken at about this time over the years.

Mr Jack Freckles (MJF):

Minko:

Pipo:

Pipo & Minko Ussies:

Dalton:

Benji:

An Early Ussie:

We hope you enjoyed our peek into the past. (Petcretary forgot to include the dates of all of these images...oopsie! They are mostly from 2017 onwards.)

Now we will join the Sunday Selfies Blog hop! This fun weekly feature is hosted by The Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head.