I haven't seen Rocky and Emma for a couple of weeks, and I found that Rocky was looking bad when I saw him today. He seemed weaker than before, and he definitely lost weight. When I asked, my mother told me that he's not eating well, and that he doesn't like to join them on a walk. Is this the beginning of the end? Remember, he had this extremely enlarged spleen gland (probably cancer), and I thought I could see a mass in his lower abdomen today. Last Christmas, he was already doing very bad and their vet told them to be prepared for the worst. He recovered and enjoyed his life again, especially with baby Emma, but now he seems to relapse...
But his obviously declining health doesn't keep him away from the realization that Emma is a girl, and that she is maturing! The other way around, Emma is also very interested now in his rear end... and she's only four and half months old! How old is a doggie girl when she first comes into heat? Of course she's going to be spayed when it's time, especially as Rocky is still "intact". Emma's just teething, btw.
Here are two pictures of them that I took today, you can see that Emma is almost a teenager now!
Please keep Rocky in your thoughts!
Kirsten
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