Thanks for your update, Cinders. You & your Dad are doing a fine job in helping Stray Dog recover from his delicate op.

For a fire-related name...how about Ashley or Ashdog? Goes with your name...cinders & ashes. Also Ashley was a leading character in Gone With the Wind...& Stray Dog has a few problems with the other kind of wind.

Keep up this great diary. It will become a classic animal tale...& the big screen will beckon & you all will become even more famous. I hope so.