Friendships are Complicated

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭

Wise words from my very good friend whilst cutting my hair the other day

Somebody I once used to consider a very good friend dramatically disappeared from my life overnight by moving house with no forwarding address approx 25 years ago

There has never been any contact to say why they left so dramatically

Image Description - A head shot of Eko the Golden Cocker Spaniel and Boris the Black Cocker Spaniel sitting side by side in long grass facing the camera, the weather is warm and they both have their tongues out to cool off after racing around the field 

I had no idea where they'd gone so I couldn't find out if they needed any form of help or if I'd upset them

Unexpected Vet Trip

Poor Boris had an unexpected trip to the emergency vets this afternoon

After racing around on the common with his friends yesterday I fully expected him to be a bit stiff this morning, which is sadly normal with his arthritis when he has a bit too much fun 

Photo Description - Boris the Black Cocker Spaniel in the waiting room at the vets, he's wearing a cooling bandana as it was so hot today and he's holding his painful left front paw off the ground

What I didn't expect was him to be totally non weight bearing on his front leg!  Coupled together with his usual arthritic stiffness poor Boris could barely move

Good Woof

We recently had a fabulous day out at Goodwoof for Dogs which was a lovely birthday surprise from my partner

Photo Description - Eko the Golden Cocker Spaniel and Boris the Black Cocker Spaniel sitting in front of a huge orange sign that says "Welcome to Goodwoof a dog event like no other" in white lettering

It was great to be doing something just for us for a change. I can't remember the last time

Why we Feed Paleo Ridge Raw Dog Food

We've been feeding Paleo Ridge raw dog food for approx 5 years now after our vet reccomended changing Boris onto a raw diet due to his Staph Pseudintermedius skin problem

The Staph Pseudintermedius Bacteria had caused much of Boris's coat to fall out and left him with open sores filled with pus, it was extremely painful for him and for over a year he'd endured daily medicated baths, various steroids and so many different types of antibiotics plus numerous blood and skin tests

Photo Description - Boris the black Cocker Spaniel laying in front of an Ivy covered fence, between his front paws is a red and white box of Beef & Duck from the Paleo Ridge Classic range, Boris has turned his head to face the camera

Nothing seemed to help for long and relief was often short lived, until one day

Jackanory Part 19 - Freedom Day

A couple of weeks ago when walking Boris and Eko in the woods Boris suddenly pulled up lame on his left front leg

I couldn't believe it as Boris hadn't been madly racing around and had only had his Librela injection for pain relief the day before, so it was most unexpected to see he'd gone lame

One minute I was videoing Boris trotting off behind a large bush and when he emerged on the other side he'd gone quite lame, I can only assume he'd probably jumped over something he shouldn't have or put his foot down a rabbit hole, inspection of his paw and nails revealed no injury there

Video Description - Video showing Boris trotting around in woodlands after he emerged from some bushes and was unexpectedly lame on his left front leg

As a result of going lame so