Strange Wonderful Friends

Leaves are mostly down here in the northeast signaling the start of the holiday season. Yesterday we completed our annual leaf raking and clearing.  Each year Princess enjoys wooshing through the enormous leaf piles.  Most of the day she played in the leaf piles, chased her soccer ball and stayed outside with us enjoying the day. She's very lame in her right hind leg but manages to get around well. Her left "Hopper Leg" is quite strong and she has no trouble jumping onto the bed the minute we leave the house.

That's not leaves!

Hey! Where did the air go?

Syd and Princey

Last week we decided to give Fosamax a try with Princess. It builds bone cells in human osteoporosis patients and studies have also shown that it can  inhibit cancer bone cell growth. The dose for a dog of Princess's size is 10mg once a day. Side effects are possible intestinal troubles. Princess has no negative issues from Navy P, we figure that this is worth a try. We'll share her progress with you in upcoming blogs.



After our visit Thursday, with the long car ride and examination, Princess was exhausted. A few pages back, I mentioned that we have a large rabbit named Buck living in our house. Princess and Buck have been friends for years. Buck has his own house, but is mostly free to roam. With Princess zonked on Rug Island, Buck came out of his house and laid down next to her. She moved and he followed repeating his action. It was very unusual behavior for him. He quit after several attempts when Princess became annoyed. After all, she's a Rottweiler and he's a rabbit. He's not dumb! Later that night, with us all asleep, Buck came into our room ( he's never been there) got onto Princess's bed and laid down with her. Buck's a smart boy. He knows something's wrong with his friend. True friends do strange and wonderful things when least expected and most needed. Thanks for your support Buck, It's been a tough month.

Princess and Friend Buck

Last Thursday, we were disappointed that the cancer in Princess's leg had not decided to give up under our fearsome attack. Cancer is unfortunately, quite a formidable opponent and usually gets its way. The good news continues to be Princess's activities and good spirits. She been spoiled a lifetime"s worth in this last month.  As we move forward in this journey, there's no doubt that we are accomplishing our original mission that was to make Princess as happy and pain free as possible, spoil the heck out of her, and document along the way. Hopefully her story will give hope to other families facing this difficult prognosis.