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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Three months ago, we adopted Jedi who was promptly renamed Ziggy. Here he is, on the day we adopted him, while we were filling out the paperwork. We were told he was probably two years old1, and his slight limp was probably from his horrible maltreatment or a previous injury. He was treated incredibly badly, […]

Posted on 2015/05/29 by dominic in personal | Tagged dog rescue, pooch, ziggy | 1 Comment

Happy Muttville Senior Dog Rescue Day

It’s Muttville Senior Dog Rescue Day in the City of San Francisco. As a failed foster parent of a Muttville rescue 1 I can’t recommend or praise Muttville highly enough for the work they do with senior dogs who have been abandoned by their families. Rescuing a senior dog can be fraught with difficulty as […]

Posted on 2011/05/10 by dominic in personal | Tagged dog rescue, muttville, pooch | Leave a comment

Goodnight Eddie

When I last wrote about Eddie, it ended up being the day that I let him go. It had been a rough two weeks for him, and as much as I wanted to believe that he was going to get better any day, he wasn’t. I saw the x-ray images. I saw how much he […]

Posted on 2010/09/29 by dominic in personal | Tagged eddie, pooch | Leave a comment

The Big Blue C

I was fine when he said it was cancer. I was still fine when we discussed different types of cancer and the prognosis for each. I was even fine when we discussed the relative merits of compassionate euthanasia. What got me was this line in the printed client instructions: Indulge him in whatever he wants. […]

Posted on 2010/08/24 by dominic in personal | Tagged eddie, pooch | 1 Comment

What a guy! Makes you cry. Und I did.

Eddie is ill. This should not be a surprise; he is, after all, fifteen years old which is a fair stretch for a dog. What is a surprise is the suddenness with which his illness has affected him. We always knew about the swollen liver, the heart murmour, the chronic ear infection, and the hardening […]

Posted on 2010/08/12 by dominic in personal | Tagged eddie, oliver, pooch | Leave a comment

The dog police, part 3

Part 1 here, and 2 here. It was during the recent hearing that I realised how important it is to me that the system works. I had to trust that the process would result in a positive outcome for my family and show the complainant up for what he is: A bombastic thug. It wasn’t easy to […]

Posted on 2010/04/17 by dominic in personal | Tagged drama, oliver, pooch | Leave a comment

The dog police, part 2

Part 1 here. And as I said at the end of that, it’s not over yet. After the last incident, I sent a friendly letter to our neighbourhood git suggesting politely that we might be adult about things and have a conversation about his issues with living next to Oliver. Failing that, perhaps we could reach […]

Posted on 2010/02/19 by dominic in personal | Tagged drama, oliver, pooch | Leave a comment

The dog police

It’s been a while since I’ve had any juicy stories to post, and this is a doozy. First, as always, a little background. In the first week in this new apartment, I had an interaction with my new neighbour. He was halfway down the corridor outside my apartment, I was at the door. We were a […]

Posted on 2010/02/04 by dominic in personal | Tagged drama, oliver, pooch | Leave a comment

Homeward bound part 2

[A continuation of Homeward bound] We pick Eddie up tomorrow morning.

Posted on 2009/03/08 by dominic in personal | Tagged pooch | 1 Comment

Homeward bound

After a late night with the Watchmen last night (I won’t bore you with another review, but it was everything I hoped it would be) we woke late in a mad panic to get to the vet appointment we’d booked foolishly early. Oliver’s all good, but has an ear infection that needs to be monitored. […]

Posted on 2009/03/07 by dominic in personal | Tagged pooch | Leave a comment