A Healthy Dog is a Happy Dog

I'm aware that I've been remiss in my duties lately - looking at the calendar, I realize that I haven't put anything up here in three weeks! That is really just completely unacceptable. However, I regret to inform you that this is because I have been somewhat under the weather recently. Apparently, getting old has its disadvantages.

I haven't been feeling well for several days now, and my tummy is occasionally upset with me. I have lots of grumblings and rumblings down in my gut, and trust me, it's not flattering. Sometimes I burp, usually in somebody's face if I can, to see if they can diagnose what's going on inside me. Sometimes, the burps are very sneaky, and creep out the other end. I tend to ignore those - especially the smelly ones. My humans hide their noses when this happens, like they're ashamed. Not of me, of course. So when I don't feel well, I usually keep my distance from food. My humans try to get me interested, adding rice (which I usually like), chicken broth (which I really like!), and/or Parmesan cheese (which I got hooked on last winter - boy is that stuff tasty!). However, there are times when you just don't feel like eating. My humans tend to get very worried when this happens, and I try to tell them not to be so hard on themselves. At the same time, I try to explain what's going on, but they never seem to understand.

So the end result of all of this is that I'm headed to The Vet later today, to get checked out and hopefully cured of this stomach bug-virus-disease-thing that's got ahold of me. We'll just have to wait and see - keep your claws crossed for me!

Oh, and here is your quote for the day, with a fair amount of truth in it too, I might add:

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult." ~Rita Rudner