[Dailydrool] wasted worries

[Suzabells]

Dear Daily Drool and Droolers themselves,
I am thinking back today on all the spring and summer days i worried about what was going to happen with Daisy and i come the cold winter. i worked feverishly with her, loved her up day after day ( some days i could have rung her neck!) trained her not to potty in the house, not to chew the furniture, not to bite and on and on.  she is  9 months old now and ....well, winter is here in the Rockies and she is a dream companion! we take our regular morning walk, she cares not that i am bundled as though i were on top of Mt McKinley, she trots along in her ( dreaded and disliked) sweater, she stays warm just by walking i guess.  

the sweater i bought her last spring in February when she was but 2 months old is now the perfect head gear for when it is too cold for her ears. the sweater fits over her head and she cant shake it off but oh boy, do i get the dirty looks!  in afternoons we wrestle and  play on the floor for at least two hours, it tires us both out and we are ready for bed at the usual 7pm time. that floor play time wipes away any anxiety i am dealing with, fears for things in my life that look bad at noon  seem to disappear after wrestling time. i am very fortunate that i am home all the time, it would have been inpossible to reach this stage were i gone to work all day. 

my daughter sent me this site on bloat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloat and other problems and it is the best site i have seen so far. i fear bloating, i don't have money for surgeries etc and i am praying nightly it doesn't happen to Daisy. but reading DD and this site, it is probably going to at some point. i do keep the bloat meds on hand, as suggested on DD and she eats a small (1 cup) breakfast, a smaller lunch and another small dinner so gas doesn't build up. she is on Purina's Little Bites adult dog food and a half can of Mighty dog steak/gravy sirloin tips. so far so good. other breeds are also subject to bloat and i must have been very lucky all my life with all the dogs we had, we never encountered it. check out the site, see what you think. 

to the young couple who lost their little dog, they were sitting on the sofa and sobbing, my heart goes out to you and all others who have lost their great little dogs. it is so painful, i do know how you feel, i have been there many times over the years. you will come to a time when you are ready for another puppy or rescue dog but take your time, be sure you truly know that no dog can "replace" the one you lost. they are all so sweet but different so they deserve their own identity and you deserve  your grief time as well. 

thank you to all droolers who help us all learn from one another , this is such a unique group of folks, it is wonderful to read the Drool every day .  Sue and Daisy/Colorado
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