Since I Had Surgery In January

[Auggie56]

Things have gotten a little strained for me around the house. I took on a project on line and it's not working to expectations. I'm having a new pain associated with the sugery and walking only aggravates it. Tonight to top it off my wife was in a hurry and didn't wait for the garage door to fully open. The lower steel panel is trashed. No loss the door needed replacement anyway. The good part is only a small paint chip in the rear spoiler of the car. This is not the reason for this post to complain or look for sympathy. No, I now have comfort dog. Our elleven year old Yorky has taken on the job without training or being asked to. See the last picture. You can't know just how I feel towards this little guy. You can see below his personality in the pictures even when dad gets grumpy he's there. The last photo shows the reason for this post.

 

[PRND21]

Here’s my comfort dog from my surgeries. Back, both shoulders and then heart surgery last February.



They truly do comfort you.

 

[moparedtn]

Yep, been there and there now. Told the stories on here before.
Suffice to say - I can relate. Still, beats the alternative.
Shi* doesn't work like it used to. Eh...
Some parts are missing, others ain't where they used to be or don't work as well. Eh...
Chronic pain, constant - but still here.
It's amazing how much willpower one can muster if one needs to, least with me.
Eff it, the world ain't waiting on me and I will NOT surrender, so here we go....

Companion dog? Yessir. Posted that story recently as well.
She picked me at the pound....
Sasha the Cairn Terrier:

We're kinda inseparable.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Dogs rule...
My 3 make it difficult to start my day on a bad note, although pre-coffee after a night of broken sleep I can be a f-ing grouch.
But with the 3 dogs, every single morning they are SO HAPPY to see me and/or my wife moving around, waking up, about to get out of bed and get the day going...
We feed them in the morning, so that may have something to do with their enthusiasm.

 

[biomedtechguy]

She picked me at the pound...

RESCUE DOGS RULE!
My 3 Lab mix rescues. The 2 chocolate ones are brother and sister.
Coming home from a beach outing.

 

[Auggie56]

RESCUE DOGS RULE!
My 3 Lab mix rescues. The 2 chocolate ones are brother and sister.
Coming home from a beach outing.
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You, sir, are one lucky man to have a family of Labrador dogs. We lost ours a year ago and after spring vacation we will search for a rescue.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Thanks.
Bud (1990-2003) was my first Lab of my own. His ashes are going in my coffin with me when my time comes. Cocoa passed about 3 years ago and spent a few years with Bud. She was so sweet.
I like dogs in general, but Labradors, Lab mixes and Golden retrievers are just awesome. Smart and driven, and the pack bond with their masters is SO deep, and they can be so sweet, loving, and downright funny!

 

[Auggie56]

Thanks.
Bud (1990-2003) was my first Lab of my own. His ashes are going in my coffin with me when my time comes. Cocoa passed about 3 years ago and spent a few years with Bud. She was so sweet.
I like dogs in general, but Labradors, Lab mixes and Golden retrievers are just awesome. Smart and driven, and the pack bond with their masters is SO deep, and they can be so sweet, loving, and downright funny!

My kids have oders also to put my Skippers ashes in with me when I pass.

 

[moparedtn]

All our past pups are buried up here on the ridge with me. The border collie Lady and the beagle Shorty were both tossed out on the highway down below and they lived out their lives with us. Great dogs, both of them.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Hang in there Ed, it only gets better.

 

[PRND21]

Thanks.
Bud (1990-2003) was my first Lab of my own. His ashes are going in my coffin with me when my time comes. Cocoa passed about 3 years ago and spent a few years with Bud. She was so sweet.
I like dogs in general, but Labradors, Lab mixes and Golden retrievers are just awesome. Smart and driven, and the pack bond with their masters is SO deep, and they can be so sweet, loving, and downright funny!

For the last 30 years we have had Labs and Lab mixes, excellent dogs. My yellow Lab died about a year ago, 13 years old. Circumstances have given us the 2 dogs we have now, abandoned. The Basenji mix is just about always by my side, very sweet. The border collie is a little too hyper for me, but she’s a good dog and she needed a home, she’s more of my wife’s dog. I’ll get another Lab one of these days, don’t know if I have it in me to raise another from a pup, though.

 

[moparedtn]

Hang in there Ed, it only gets better.

I don't know any other way.

 

[moparedtn]

For the last 30 years we have had Labs and Lab mixes, excellent dogs. My yellow Lab died about a year ago, 13 years old. Circumstances have given us the 2 dogs we have now, abandoned. The Basenji mix is just about always by my side, very sweet. The border collie is a little too hyper for me, but she’s a good dog and she needed a home, she’s more of my wife’s dog. I’ll get another Lab one of these days, don’t know if I have it in me to raise another from a pup, though.

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Love 'em.
My best bud Bonzo was a lab/rottie mix. That rascal was a blast - and quite the recruiter.
He'd do the rounds out here every morning and usually returned with something or other he'd found.
Sometimes, that was another dog...
Lady the border collie was tossed out on the highway and would hang in our yard, but wouldn't let anyone
close for months. You could tell she had been abused, apparently by a male, but she was whip smart
and wanted to belong, so my wife worked on her until she gained trust.
When we got a look at her tags, they were from about 2 hours west! Someone wanted her gone, bad...
She was fiercely loyal, yet independent too. Kept watch on the place, our early dog warning system.

Shorty was just a pup when he was dumped on the side of the road. Gorgeous markings, friendly as heck.
Goofy, too. He and Lady formed a friendship and were fiercely defensive of the homestead until they passed.
My wife and I couldn't figure out why anyone would have gotten rid of such a great dog....until the first
time I stepped out back to target shoot a little.
That poor dog headed up the ridge into the woods and we didn't see him for quite a while.
Yep, you guessed it - a hunter dumped him because he hated the sound of gunfire!
People can be such ******** sometimes...

Lady, ever watchful...

Lady, Lil Bit and Shorty.
Lil bit was a terrier mix of some sort that someone abandoned because he had a deformity, namely a heck
of an overbite.
Sweetest little dog ever... he's up here buried on our property, too, right under the tree he loved hanging
out under because of the view.

These critters were all family members and took chunks of my heart when they passed.
I don't know how much more I have left for another; Sasha might be the last, honestly.

 

[Cranky]

My X tried to take out the garage door not once but twice! It shows some damage but it's good enough to not replace it but don't know how lol. Y'all hang in there!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Hang in there Ed

Show the guy some respect. It's................

 

[oldbee]

My daughter’s Golden & Kuchi dog(Afghanistan rescue).

 

[Auggie56]

My daughter’s Golden & Kuchi dog(Afghanistan rescue).

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That was such a great thing to. You raised her right oldbee.

 

[moparedtn]

Show the guy some respect. It's................
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Well, now, I've never heard that one before....

 

[ckessel]

Our current brood occupying their? bed. Both dogs are rescues, cats I got from friend of a friend. Brown dog is Coco, white/black is Neko. Cats are: tabby Dart, black is Cuda. I always give my cats Mopar names.

 

[gary h]

Dogs Rule !