The Weekly Bleat: Maud Update #2

Many of you have been interested in our dog, Maud, and her recovery since she became ill a few weeks ago.  After being rushed to the emergency vet due to bleeding from her mouth, etc. and spending nearly a week at the vet clinic secondary to very, very low platelet levels and red blood cell count, she was diagnosed with immune-mediated […]

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Hope

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers ~Emily Dickinson Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I’ve  heard it in the […]

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Hope and a Howl

I haven’t heard a howl in over a week now, and I miss it.  I wouldn’t have thought I’d say it, but I do.  Most of the time, I’m busy saying, “TOO LOUD, Maud–SSHHH!” Maud is our 10-year-old, bluetick hound dog.  She is quite a character:  comical, loving, determined, sweet, uncouth, whimsical, loyal, charming….. and LOUD.  Maud is a hound, […]

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