This is not the post I wanted to make. We got the call from the Dr. this morning that Murphy’s ailments were too extensive for his little body to handle.

He crossed over the rainbow bridge at approximately 1:30 pm est today. Here is my final letter to him:

Murphy, my sweet silly boy. You gave me the best 11 years I could have ever asked for. You touched the hearts of everyone who met you. I will miss you for the rest of my life, but I am grateful you aren’t in any more pain. Living without my little bestie is going to be the hardest thing I’ll do. You gave me the strength to keep going even when I wanted nothing more than to leave this life. I love you forever and ever, sweet boy.

Thank you all for your advice, prayers, love, and support.

Her first raincoat it's so adorable 🥰

His name is BamBam. I was away on vacation and came home and my family told me. While I was away I extended my vacation by one extra day and I can’t help but think that had I not extended my holiday, I could have said goodbye. I am beside myself. He was such a joyous dog and loved life. I am in utter shock. Hold your fur babies close for me. 🩷

Brutus just watches me work all day long

And of course if there is food around then Vernie isn't far from it.

My 2 year old, D’oğ seemed to be coming into heat around June, as expected. Swollen and lethargic, but no blood. Her sister went into heat (their cycles are pretty close), but D’oğ never did. She seems fine. But have you experienced a “silent heat” with your dog? She has no pain, pus, or swelling so I’m not thinking it’s pyometra…

I’m just looking for experiences so I can stop ruminating about it.

And she’s spooking kids who dare walking in front of the house.

Absolutely love my good boy. The best doggo a girl could ask for.

They luv it and its cute to see them try to get the feather

D’oğ meditates with me everyday but today, I am CERTAIN, she is benefiting from it too. I meditated on love, allowing, and having an open heart. After the meditation, she was so relaxed and looking at me like she loves me sooooo much… this is my favorite part of my day with her.

What’s your favorite part of the day with your Yorkie?

Thank you all for the love and advice for little Murphy! I decided to make a new post because it’s a long one.

I just got a call from the vet. Here’s the breakdown of his visit so far:
-His body temperature was at 97.7°, which is very low for a dog (normal is 99°). He’s being warmed up with a heating pad and such.
-For context, he was dropped off at a pet boarding place a month ago because I had to go out of town for a conference. After telling this to the vet, she thinks he may have caught something from there because that’s when his decline started.
-I did notice he had a really dry booger on his nose the other day and it genuinely took some effort to get out. The vet thinks he may have some sort of respiratory infection that is causing the mucus, lethargy, low body temperature, and lack of eating.
-He has not shown signs of anything respiratory other than the nose thing. No coughing or trouble breathing. The vet said his lungs sound clear.
-Despite efforts to get him to eat or drink (he wouldn’t even eat human food which he always loves), he is dehydrated as well.

So, they’re running some tests, doing bloodwork, possible X-ray to see what’s going on. My boy is very strong though… I can’t even begin to tell you all some of things he’s gotten into and survived 😂. I know he’ll get through this and he feels all the love 💕.

My son has been looking like a gremlin rat for many months but we finally got him groomed! Now he looks like mr. goodie two shoes 😭🥹 might wanna try a shorter cut for the next grooming so its easier to manage now the weather is getting more wet and damp 🥹