Little miss Moon passed away today. She really was a phenominal little dog and I'll miss her a lot. We buried her this evening - with her favorite blanket and a nutrigrain bar (her newest favorite snack) and all I could think was that she'd rather have had the prime rib. You see, when Hubs and I first brought her home, we weren't well prepared for ( Read more... )

Updates first: Moon is home and on the mend, after some interesting days. Surgery went well but her stomach got slightly inflamed. She's definately feeling better and finally eating. The biopsy results came back on the baseball of a tumor and there is NO sign of cancer! Given her history (she lost a leg to cancer about five years ago) this just ( Read more... )

Moon's out of surgery minus one extra large tumor and her spleen. The vet sounds hopeful. My fatherinlaw sounds like someone just told him he's just won the lotto. Much happiness in our houses.

A long time ago, when the hubster and I were just newly moved in together, we got this wee little puppy. She was tiny, even for a boston terrier. Hubster named her Moon and she went everywhere we went. She was a bit of a handful (as most bostons are) and always small. My fatherinlaw hated dogs - he used to say that if it came down to it, he'd ( Read more... )

Wolverine woke up mad as all get out at 5. Which worked out pretty well as that was when hubster was getting up to go hunting. Hopefully he gets one today. BUT - we're trying to get the little one calmed down when suddenly, hubster realizes that Carlos - the Jungle Carpet Python is not in his tank. First place I check is the playpen of course, ( Read more... )