The Day After Diagnosis
The vet wouldn't be drawn on any timescales for the progression of Kato's illness. He mentioned one of his patients had lived for a year after diagnosis and another where the deterioration accelerated rapidly over a couple of weeks. We do wonder, or is it hope, she will do "an Abe" and spend the next couple of years playing knock & run on the Pearly Gate.
All our other dogs have been over 16 when they left us and spent a good 2/3 years indulging in eccentric elderliness. Kato still feels like a puppy. Today she has refused to wear the cone-of-shame or the inflatable version, removing it in seconds and then throwng it down the stairs. Frodi spent the morning barking at the glazier man. He's had a furtive inspection of Kato's stitches but I doubt he's brave enough to get too close to them. And Kato did wake up, smack him in the snooter (he likes it - don't write in!) and turn on her side.
All our other dogs have been over 16 when they left us and spent a good 2/3 years indulging in eccentric elderliness. Kato still feels like a puppy. Today she has refused to wear the cone-of-shame or the inflatable version, removing it in seconds and then throwng it down the stairs. Frodi spent the morning barking at the glazier man. He's had a furtive inspection of Kato's stitches but I doubt he's brave enough to get too close to them. And Kato did wake up, smack him in the snooter (he likes it - don't write in!) and turn on her side.