week four

week four - 29/7/11


I feel the need to justify this image. It's crap, but it's the best I can do for now. I hope to get another version of this sometime soon.

The Story:
The week my beautiful pooch was diagnosed with osteoarthritis. She's 9. She is a bit of a bugger, escapes out of the yard a lot for no good reason (we have a $180 fine we need to pay because she was picked up by the Ranger last time) and wees inside from time to time. We get cross at her. But when she started limping and I noticed she was losing condition down her spine I thought we had really lost her for good. This photo was taken on Monday morning, she had her vet appointment on Monday night. I honestly thought she might not come home because she was getting paralysed (I lost another dog that way). I thought this might have been the last photo of my Poochie Mama. So I didn't care how crap it was. I feel a bit lucky that I can try again another week, but I'm also glad that I have this one too, to remind me how much we love her even when she is being a turd and her breath smells bad.