UTMC

today is the tenth day from pujo's exposure to parvo. sure he is immunized. sure he is an adult dog. but still there was a chance...

he is still well.

spoiled to no end, but well. i really won't breathe completely easy till a week or so more has passed. just in case...

you know, i was going to go to houston and galveston last weekend. but i didn't. because i just couldn't bear the what-ifs. and now that it's all said and done, i'm glad i stayed. i have no regrets. i don't care if perhaps some people might be miffed that i put my worry about my dog above all else. (not saying anyone is, only saying i don't care if anyone is).

i don't care that i didn't get a well-deserved break that i had been looking forward to. i'd rather stay and watch over one of the few beings on this planet that have given me unconditional love, than spend the time with people who will judge me, and have judged me this way or that way, whose love is determined by my behavior, by my words, by my ability to do for them. of course, as humans we all judge people based on these things. not saying it is wrong, per se, just that such expectations get tiresome.

but gods, it sure is nice to have a little 8 pound someone who loves me only because i exist and feed him, who doesn't turn and hate me because i said the wrong thing, or something equally stupid. and so i treat pujo with the same consideration i would want for myself were our places reversed.

and no, i don't believe for one fucking moment that humans are a superior species. opposable thumbs do not make one superior, only more able. but that's just me, i know.

when it all comes down to it, the only thing that really matters on this fucked up planet is love. after all, what other reason could there possibly be to live?

and now, i am off to cuddle my little dog.

woof

Hey there SunRat - I'm so sorry to hear your sweet little furkid was exposed to Parvo, but I'm very gald to hear that he's out of the woods.
Pujo looks like such a sweet little guy.
I don't think you were awful to blow off humans instead of taking care of your furkid by any means!
I almost backed out of going to the 4th of July in the Appalachians trip because we almost couldn't find a sitter for our dog - I didn't want to put her in a kennel because she would have had a nervous breakdown. Fortunately, a good friend of ours was able to watch her, when we dropped her off at his house, she made herself right at home. It was harder to drop our dog off than it was to send our daughter to Michigan to visit her grandparents. I mean, how do you get your dog to understand "I'll be back in 4 days, you're just staying with Jordan until we come home because you don't fit on the back of a motorcycle."?

sun rat wrote:and no, i don't believe for one fucking moment that humans are a superior species. opposable thumbs do not make one superior, only more able. but that's just me, i know.

+1
Being an animal rescue volunteer, I see far too animals that are abused and neglected and emails about abused animals that attest to this fact. If humans were truly the superior species, we'd love unconditionally like the doggies do, and we'd be a lot nicer to other people and the planet.

Please give Pujo a cuddle for me too

Your dog has a mohawk. How awesome is that?
Glad to hear he's ok.

I just got an email update about my dogs, who I had to find a new home for, and it took me 15 minutes to read cause I kept balling. I sure miss them.

Give him a squeeze for me!!

Glad to hear he's ok...I'm a bit attached to my pooch too.

There have been days when this little guy was the only reason I got out of bed.


He's at least 12 years old, maybe more, I love him.

thanks for all the well wishes. i worried myself pretty sick there.

mg, his hawk is pretty stringy, but his mane is still pretty full. i'll try to get a decent pick of his whiskery-ness and the mane. and no, we don't cut his hair, he's just a chihuahua-mutt and his hair can't decide if it wants to grow.

Our goggy....

As you can see, we neglect her severely and treat her very poorly - she has no blankie in this photo. Poor dog.