Yesterday marked the 1 year anniversary of our summer snow party with Charleston. In honor of his memory I’m re-posting this. We did it! We got 600 lbs of crushed ice for Charleston. To catch you up, our 5 year Lab, Charleston, has an inoperable tumor called a Fibrosarcoma in his mouth. He will likelyRead more
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Hank vs. Snow
Yesterday evening was my first real opportunity to see what Hank thinks of snow. I let him out in our front gated area to play and just watched to see what he’d do. It turns out he loves snow. Loves to eat it, that is! Every bit of fresh snow ended up with his tongueRead more
Pet Insurance
After everything we went through with Charleston, Vinny and I decided that we should really get Pet Insurance for Hank. If we’d had insurance for Charlie, we’d have a much bigger savings right now. When it came time to wade through the different insurance companies and plans, I was pretty overwhelmed. There are lots ofRead more
Article on DoggieFun.com
Melody Belle, a sweet Doxie that owns our good friend Rebecca, just published an article on DoggieFun.com and sent it to me. I’m not going to repost the article here, but it is about Charleston and needless to say it made me cry. If you want to read a great re-telling of his story, pleaseRead more
The Good Dog Foundation
As many of you know, Charleston and I were a therapy team for The Good Dog Foundation. The Trainer/Coordinator for Brooklyn & Queens, Annie Angell, has sent me her sympathies and recently said this in a Good Dog newsletter: Before I get into the Good Dog news I want to extend Good Dog’s deepest sympathiesRead more
Charleston’s First Snow
When my computer hard drive crashed last fall I thought I lost my video clips of Charleston’s first snow day. While searching my old backup disks for totally unrelated photos, I stumbled on all my old Charlie photos and videos!!! You’ve seen Charlie in the snow we gave him, now check out our motivation forRead more
G’Nite Charleston
I have to look at the positives in this situation (even though it’s tough). Charleston passed peacefully and he is no longer suffering. He left me the same way he entered my life… with his head in my lap. I don’t think I’ve told that story here, so here’s a brief re-cap. When he wasRead more
Tomorrow’s the Day
I’ve made Charleston’s appointment to be euthanized. We are taking him in tomorrow afternoon. I know it’s time because he’s miserable but I have moments where I try to convince myself that we don’t have to do it yet. “He ate a full meal today, maybe he’s not as bad as I thought.” “He’s actingRead more
Tasks to Avoid
Number one on my list of tasks to avoid is euthanizing my dog. Here’s where I’m at with it: in my head I know it needs to be done. I know that I will never be ready so I just need to do it. However, I also have to make sure that I do itRead more