Hershey Dog Suffers Reversal after Thriving Four Months After Being Given Only Day(s) to Live
Apr10

Hershey Dog Suffers Reversal after Thriving Four Months After Being Given Only Day(s) to Live

Celebrate National Pet Day by spoiling your dog with Bark Box After many ‘miracle months’ of good health following those trying days when Hershey’s heart disease was showing itself, Hershey once again experienced difficult breathing and panting Thursday night, April 11. He just couldn’t seem to settle down and we finally rushed his to the emergency vet, where the heart and cancer and laryngal (sp) surgeries had...

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Hershey’s Second Life A Lesson in Caring and Sharing – and Savoring Every Moment Creatively
Sep14

Hershey’s Second Life A Lesson in Caring and Sharing – and Savoring Every Moment Creatively

…as we awaited Hershey’s arrival from the back room so we could say our last, tearful goodbyes, something remarkable happened.  Hershey BOUNDED IN with the energy of a puppy. He was smiling to see us and I began to wonder to myself if this was the same dog who would be put to rest in the next minutes.  But , before that fully registered for me, Mindy put into words the same thoughts I was having…   TURNING THE...

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Minutes from being Euthanized, Hershey Dog Bounces Back – Enjoying Quality Bonus Life A Week later
Sep03

Minutes from being Euthanized, Hershey Dog Bounces Back – Enjoying Quality Bonus Life A Week later

f Labor Day, 2018 ANOTHER DAY:  Raising the Dead  or, at least,  Giving the Terminal (Aren’t We All?) Another Chance – aka Hershey The Comeback Dog       You’d never know by his demeanor, but it’s been a tough year for 13 year old Hershey dog.  He had been diagnosed with a heart murmur which developed into full blown heart disease last year. In February it was anal sac cancer  along with elevated kidney and liver levels. Earlier ...

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Juicy Comes Back to Comfort!  Zack in good company with Tony Bennett – Zack Bounced Back(for awhile)  – TRIBUTE TO ZACK: Why Older Pets (or any pets) Can Bring Such Joy sometimes at the expense of ‘normal’ life activities
Jun29

Juicy Comes Back to Comfort! Zack in good company with Tony Bennett – Zack Bounced Back(for awhile) – TRIBUTE TO ZACK: Why Older Pets (or any pets) Can Bring Such Joy sometimes at the expense of ‘normal’ life activities

NEW! Warm up to famous Zack jump and high five smart pet tricks below Zack goes out with his own musical accomplishments like/Same day as Tony Bennett! Burt extra later notes 7-28:Ever since Orange julius passed rather suddenly earlier this year (or was it late year)  I was very confident that Zach wasn’t too far behind with those 3 diseases and I figured it might be summer -he’d be lucky to get through this summer...

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Zippy’s Long ‘Road to Success’ or ‘Living’

ZIPPY showing his unusual, inoperable giant ‘cyst’ which was really synovial fluids that had leaked from other joints into front leg area. It didn’t appear to cause pain as zippy zipped around the house but it did give him a slight limp. Who knows, even though some doctors said it didnt contri b ute to heart issues it certsinly didnt help.we took this video to the top local surgeons who agreed the fluids...

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