For my 3000th post, I thought I'd share a few pics of Aneko. Yes, I said Aneko! She's getting better with the camera and it helps that I've gotten sneakier so that she doesn't always see me taking her pic.

These are pics of her when we first got her and pics from today. She's put on several pounds and even though she didn't look thin in her first pictures, she was. She just had much longer hair than she does now. She was all hair, saggy skin, and bones. Her hips & ribs protruded to the point that I felt the need to explain her situation to the groomer the first time we took her in. I was afraid they would think we were starving her.

I can barely find her hips and ribs now. Her skin still sags, but hey, we all have to face that! She only has a few teeth so her lip sags due to bone loss. She does take medication for alzheimer's every day and it's made a huge difference in her behavior and especially her response to me. I've grown to deeply love this little old lady.

This is her when she came to us in June of last year:


This is her today:


Last year:


Today:


More coming...