While digging in the yard today, we found a number of artifacts. A lambchop bone. A big marble. A plastic ballpoint pen (Shaggy and Scooby up a tree molded into it, I think). And a soft Nylabone ( Read more... )

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Note to self:

C'mon, Larry.

You KNOW you have to do it. You have to retire the Oliver icons. It's
getting to be time, now. He's been gone over a YEAR.

"I just miss him so much. He was SUCH a good boy."

He knew that. He knew you thought that. He knew you loved him. How many
people can say that?

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A note to everyone else:Tell the people ( Read more... )

Today is October 25th.

This was Oliver's birthday, three years ago. Last year at this time, I put a reminder in my PDA so I wouldn't forget to give him a treat on this day, like I did two years ago.

Rest in peace, little buddy.

You were a good boy, and your life was too short.


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Things are not going well for Oliver. He has been getting thinner and thinner. Monday night we took him to the vet for his biweekly check-up, and his calcium level has started to climb again. The climbing calcium level is what first tipped us off that he has lymphoma ( Read more... )

A certain Boy has been extra-happy lately, because he's getting bigger meals in attempt to keep his weight up.

Unfortunately, this is making him extra-gassy. Phreeow.

Oliver only woke me up ONCE last night ( Read more... )

Oliver is a happy dog!

Not only did he get to go SWIMMING on Friday, but he now gets to eat ALL THE FOOD HE WANTS TO.

He's been losing weight, so we have to increase his food intake. He's got an appetite, so it shouldn't be a problem. He lost weight while in the hospital two weeks ago, and since we'd had him on a bit of a diet before that and ( Read more... )

We got results back from Oliver's spleenic and lymph node cell examinations ( Read more... )