This blog for pets and pet owners is dedicated to Waldo, a yellow Labrador retriever who has lived long and hard.
If Waldo could talk, he would say, in this order, "Yes, I'm still alive," "what, no biscuits?" and "where did I leave that tennis ball?"
I wrote about Waldo last March in The Gazette. At that time, my family was trying to get used to the idea that this vibrant animal was reaching the end of his life. He was deaf and blind, had lost his sense of smell, and was becoming increasingly arthritic. Hundreds of readers responded to that story of love and loss, of aging pets and realizations that life, especially a life with a dog, is fleeting.
Eight months later, Waldo is still alive. He is in a slow decline, but with that decline has come a kind of peace. Waldo exists because he chooses to. We're letting him hang around as long as he wants to. Each day, he is a little slower. Each night, he sleeps a little deeper.
But his spirit remains strong.
With this blog, let's celebrate that spirit. Let's talk about our cats and dogs, our gerbils and our lizards. And yes, even our rats. Send your stories and pictures to deb.acord@gazette.com or bill.radford@gazette.com
and we'll post them here.
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