If we didn't laugh - we'd have to cry



Our oldest dog is not doing well. He has cancer.

He has held on for far longer than we thought he would. Last year we thought we were going to loose him totally. He completely stopped eating for a week - then for no reason what so ever started up again. Mostly he seems to remain fairly happy - but these past couple of days he has taken another turn. He is in some obvious pain now - but being the stoic guy that he is, he tries to hide it from us.

Which brings me to today's story.

Nova has had a bit of a hard time getting around lately. Once he is up he seems to pretty much wonder around for a while, then it takes him some time to lay down again. Now he is sleeping restfully.

Today, while we were away, he apparently was able to squeeze in between one of our other dogs cages (with the dog in it), remove a comfy dog pillow from between the wall and the cage (which was covering an air vent) and take a poo.

Now, since the cancer is in the poor guys bottom - we are always happy when he is able to poo. But, as we were cleaning it up we noticed that the little weasel bombed one right down between the slats of the vent and into the pipe.

It's a good thing we found it - otherwise soon it would be ...... where is that smell coming from?

Anyway - it's good to see that he hasn't lost his sense of humor. If he wasn't able to make us laugh from time to time, we'd probably be in tears of sorrow.

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