My Dog

Update on my fur ball

So i've not written anything since September last year so it seems but a dear friend of mine on wattpad made me think maybe i should write a little,i do enjoy it i just fell out of love with wattpad a little.

So my old boy is ten years old in November this year and oh boy its showing in fact it really upsets me actually the changes im seeing in my buster boy, i think when you have a pet you don't see them gradually ageing i mean they don't get wrinkles or go grey until they are very old so you genuinely don't notice.

I noticed buster boy was slowing down quite a bit and sleeping more,he sits by the window all day every day from morning until night much to my family's amusement when they might visit, he loves watching people go by and looking out for cats or dogs or squirrels he only gets off the sofa to have a drink or go outside very lazy but hey he's an old boy now he's allowed.

He is currently asleep on the sofa and has been for five hours with my other half( see pic above)both snoring there heads off!he sure likes his sleep that's for sure,its midnight here so he will wake up soon he comes alive at such a late hour pretty much like his owner as im a night owl with working mainly late shifts it takes a while to wind down once i get home from a shift so we are well matched buster boy and i.

So buster has arthritis now, i noticed he would cry out a lot i was so worried and he could not lay in the same position too long always roaming about im not going to pretend i wasn't worried i was in fact i was scared as hell,he sleeps on the bed (yes I'm one of those pet owners)but he's not a big dog he's very clean and doesn't malt,so he would wake me in the night crying out,i would jump out of my skin quite literally.

You see this is a dog that's never given me an ounce of trouble, he's made having a dog so easy for me and ive been blessed so this yelping and crying out was not my buster and i was worried sick,i was monitoring him he was still eating and drinking and managing to get about but this pain he was in wasn't right and i wanted it to stop i want him to have a good quality of life.

Long story short he's got arthritis explains a lot!he was awful in the winter as the cold made it even worse every day almost he would cry out, if i took him for a walk he would be very quick doing his business then want to be picked up he would jump up at my legs that was him telling me he was in pain and didn't want to stay on his feet so of course i would carry him back home,i made his life as easy as possible.

When we had snow not long ago he loved running in it even though i knew he would suffer for it later but i let him play in it to make him happy,as i suspected we got in and he cried out a little so i sat him on my knee and got a warm towel and warmed his paws up until he stopped crying then he fell asleep on me bless him.

Thankfully now the weather has changed and its warmer we have had no crying praise the lord he's doing great,he gets his pills for his joints so things are good for him right now,he has got used to me picking him up though when we go for a walk so i've made a rod for my own back there haha he either wants to be picked up or just lies on the floor rather than walking but i'll take that he's an old boy in dog years so you know what i'm gonna take care of him and return the love he's always given me its that simple.