Ladywolf had a very good day. No &%^ysis necessary!

Ladywolf
That is the best news. Just getting ready now for another 'Pixie' hike. Have a good day and love to you and your dear Ladywolf.
Hugs Jan and Pixie and My Angels x

Too exy?, Jan?

Margi and the Wolf

Margi, I am so glad that Lady has improved and glad someone has shown such great kindness to you. Lady is absolutely gorgeous by the way, she looks so very huggable. Take care, Irene. x

Hi, Margi, I'm finally being able to get caught up on posts, and am SO O O O glad Jan was able to help you with your pictures. They are F A B U L O U S!!!! I am so o o o glad Ladywolf is doing better on her increased pain meds. Sometimes that's all it takes - - as long as the pain is managed that does provide a continued good quality of life. And I hope this continues for many many many many . . . . . more months to come.

I agree with you that wolves are very much maligned, and it just makes me heart sick to know what has happened to them here in the States. Thank goodness for the National Wildlife Federation and other similar groups who are working to bring them back to our wilderness and preserve their rights to live. The same plight and fight for survival faces our wildlife cats as well.

Margi, it's always good hearing from you and getting caught up on your news. Please know you and Ladywolf are always close in my thoughts and prayers.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Hi all-

Ladywolf had a bad, stumbly sort of day. I can't decide whether it's better to rest her or walk her a little on these kinds of days. Logic says rest, but her lifelong history says walk her a bit. It feels terrible not being able to take a real walk with her anymore. I feel the loss horribly. I have yet to leave her home while I go out for a walk, but I guess that that day is coming, any day now. I can't get fat and lazy just because Lady can't go hiking anymore!

I'm rambling--it was just a hard day.

Margi and the Wolf

Margi, I'm so sorry. I had those kind of up and down days with Charlie too. One day I'd be rejoicing because he had a little more energy and had even eaten a bit without throwing up. The next he'd be so weak he could barely walk and I'd feel my stomach twist into knots. Those are the times when you wish they could talk so they could tell you how they're really feeling and maybe give you some advice about what the heck to do. It's such a helpless feeling. I'll be sending you lots of positive energy. Take care.

Barbara

Thanks, Barbara, I really appreciate it. Her stumblyness today colored my whole day--I couldn't do ANYTHING right!

So sorry about Charlie too.

Hugs--Margi and the Wolf

I hope Lady has a better day today. Thinking of you both,

Barbara

Hi, Margi, just want to add whatever comfort I can to you and Ladywolf in this new "transition" phase in your journey together. Days like this bring to heart the "quality of life" questions and concerns. Just take one day at a time, Margi, for both you and Ladywolf. Please know both of you are always close in my thoughts and prayers, and please let us know how you both are doing.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Hi Margi
Just want you to know i am thinking of you and Ladywolf even though I dont post as much. I am sure you understand how I am feeling. I do try to write my feeling and thoughts in poems and hope that they help those who read them because I know we are all feeling the same way. Hope Ladywolf has better days ahead.

Thinking of you both
Hugs
Anna

I hope Ladywolf has picked up since your last post Margi. I may be the other side of the world, but you and your beautiful Lady are never far from my thoughts.
Irene.

Ladywolf is beautiful. Thinking of you, Margi and Ladywolf.

Hugs,
Sonya

Thanks, Ladies. We are having a string of bad days right now, with Lady stumbling and falling a lot. I wish she could just TELL me how much pain she is in. She looks so pathetic when she falls, and since she weighs 115 pounds, I can't really pick her up and help her a lot. On top of that, I have been "betrayed" (my perception) by my closest woman friend, who fell in love a few months ago and forgot me, and by my ex, who reestablished contact some time ago, and now seems to be seeing other women too. No one has really "betrayed" me, of course--it just FEELS like that, while Lady is ailing. Old abandonment issues are coming up big time...

Thanks for listening! Lady is still perky and eating really well--she just can't WALK very well!

Hugs--

Margi and the Wolf

Hi Margi,

I am so sorry Lady is having a problem walking. Callaway was like that too toward the end and he weighed 80 pounds.

I say if Lady is still perky and eating that she isn't in much pain. Callaway was eating up until the very end but he wasn't at all interested in anything and he was clearly in pain, so I had to make the decision.

I understand what you mean by feeling that you've been betrayed. Your Lady is ailing and the people you thought you could depend on aren't there to help you thru. On the upside, we are here to help you and totally understand what you are going thru.

BTW... Lady is just so beautiful! Her eyes remind me of my Callaway's eyes. I am looking to adopt a big dog, maybe a German Shepherd or Alaskan Malamute. I would love to have a wolf but have been told it's not legal in Michigan.

Take care Margi and remember we are all here for you.

Rhapsedy

Thanks Rhapsedy, for all the moral support.

A wolf/malamute MIX might be legal in Michigan, and you won't find a better animal! That's the tiny bit of mix in Lady, a little malamute.

If I do get another dog, it will probably be a Great Dane. I used to raise them, and I adore them, short as their life-spans are. (Although my last dane lived to be 13.5--almost Guinness book of world records, which is 14!)

Yeah, it's been a disappointing, abandonment-feeling couple of days. Lady seems a little perkier, though, today. My at-home support system is very small, so when I lose some of it, I feel it keenly.

God bless this wonderful Forum!!!

Hugs--Margi and Ladywolf

Hi, Margi, I'm checking in on you and see that life is treating you kind of rough with feeling deserted by folks you thought you could count on. Well, you know you can count on us, Margi - - we will ALWAYS be on YOUR side. As others have shared with you, my Oslo developed degenerative neuropathy in his rear legs - - I think it was part of the degenerative process from the Laryngeal Paralysis in part - - and he did have mobility problems, too, but his appetite was excellent up to the Sunday morning on Thanksgiving weekend when I knew he had suffered a stroke - - and then I knew he couldn't eat anything. I tried giving him some water out of my hand but he could barely lick and swallow that. And you know from my post that was the day he joined the angels.

Just take it slow and easy with your precious Ladywolf - - no fast or sudden moves.

I do know what you're feeling about "abandonment." I have been going through that as well with a couple of folks local to me who I thought I could count on, but - - no surprise really - - but it still doesn't stop the hurt feelings. But I do know I have the most wonderful support here in this forum, and I feel blessed to have each of you.

Margi, please know you and Ladywolf are in my thoughts and prayers, please know you are never alone for each of us are here for you, and please keep us posted as to how things are going for you and your precious beautiful Ladywolf.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Hey Margi
Always thinking about you and beautiful Ladywolf -- hope things are okay.
Sharon

Dear Margi and Ladywolf

Hope today is 'good' for you both. It's great that Ladywolf has perked up again. I'm so sorry that you have been hurt and let down Margi. Unfortunately some humans have the ability to 'hurt' us so easlily. Not so with our fur babies, that's why we all love them so on this forum.
As others have said, you know that we are all here for you. Please don't feel that you are alone.
Hug that dear Ladywolf for me, and I'm sending one to you too.
Thinking of you.

Love Jan and Pixie and my darling Angels xx

I'm going to check into that, I would love a wolf/malamute MIX.

I love Great Danes too, well come to think of it I love all dogs. The only reason I haven't gotten a Great Dane is because their life span is so short. WOW! A 13 1/2 year old Great Dane, that is AMAZING!

It is very disappointing when people let you down, especially people that you always thought would be there for you. I think that's why I would rather be around animals then most people, animals don't let you down and they are always there for you. I think we are very fortunate to know the love of animals, some people don't know that love and they have no idea what they are missing.

I am so glad that Lady is feeling a bit perkier. Give her a big hug for me. Callaway had the same type of hair that Lady has and I so miss hugging him, but I can still remember how it feels and that gives me comfort.

Love to you and Ladywolf,
Rhapsedy