Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

[ShrekDawg]

She's 8 1/2 weeks. The pictures make her look bigger than she is. Here she is me t to the Australian shepherd.
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She is tiny lol so adorable

 

[jvls1942]

Yeah Lisa, that's more like what I had in mind.
too bad they can't stay little and cute.
i am finished with the driveway . not 100 percent
but it will do.
need some rain to see if there will be puddles.

 

[Callender Girl]

Congrats on the driveway project, Jim.

I hope Trixie is finding her place in the pack and making you smile, Lisa.

One of my dogs has always made it her chore to keep Goo's face clean. Last night, Dinah was licking and licking the cat's face. When she stopped, I spotted blood on the sofa cushion. A close look into his long fur revealed a hard mass on the right side of Goo's jaw.

I will make an appointment with the vet, but I will be surprised if it's not a squamous cell carcinoma. They're fairly common in cats; I've lost four to them already.

Goo has, for many reasons, always been special. More than 15 years ago, he was born, eyeless, in my backyard, the only one of three kittens in the litter to live more than two days. Losing him is going to be gut-wrenching.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

So sorry Barb. Hoping it's nothing, but at 15 years I guess it's not unexpected. Still heartbreaking. I know how much you love your critters.

I'm thoroughly exhausted. I keep telling myself in 2 weeks it will all be easy. Trixie is doing steps now, so once she's a bit more confident she can just be let out with the others instead of me picking her up. She looks to have doubled in size in 2 days, and feels double the weight. She went to bed last night without a sqeak. She tried at 6:30 this morning, but I said something like "really this early, I'm not doing it", and she went back to sleep. A few more squeaks along the way, and I got up at 8 am. Most of my dogs are accepting her. In 2 weeks it will be like she's always been here.