Mischa: January 13, 2007 - November 30, 2015

What a day!

Each day seems to get a little harder for me - I haven't eaten much at all, and aside from a few nibbles of treats here and there, and some ice chips, I'm down to almost eating nothing at all. So Richie decided it was time for some waffles and bacon for breakfast... 

It didn't work, as I wasn't interested in either the waffles or bacon, much to Toba's delight, as she wolfed down anything that I was offered, and snubbed my nose at. But after they had breakfast, we went out into the cold morning air for our walk.

There's something about this brisk winter air that I like, and we slowly walked around our block, sniffing every few steps, and rolling around on the frosty grass at every opportunity. Toba was keeping a keen eye out for squirrels, but I don't find that interesting anymore.

Later this morning, we went out onto the front lawn to watch the humans pass by. With my new puffy vest, I can spend over an hour (or so they tell me) in the cold without too much trouble. Then our friend Charlie Brown and her humans came by, and we all had a cookie!

We went back in the house to warm up for a little bit, and then we all got into the car and went to the place where Paisley had her last supper. Richie and Christine had the "Legendary combo", but I still wasn't interested. Toba, of course, had her fill of hamburger and fries.

After they finished lunch, we continued on to the dog park at Spanish Banks. It was way too cold to go swimming of course, but a week's worth of frost had accumulated on the grass there - it was almost like snow! I even played a little "keep away" - well as much as I could with my bad leg. We didn't stay too long, as we were all getting a little cold (except Toba), so we went home.

We all hung out in the sunny living room, and Toba decided to snuggle with Christine on the daybed. Richie then made us all turkey dinner - apparently it is US Thanksgiving weekend, but they said this is also my Christmas dinner. I didn't eat any of it, but I licked a little gravy up and then drank some water, which made them really happy. Anyhow, I think I'm off to see Paisley soon - I've been giving Richie and Christine all the hints that I'm ready to move on. Thanks for a great day Toba, Christine and Richie.

Mischa

My new puffy vest

I've been spending a lot of time outside lately, as my leg is still bugging me, and it feels good to be outside in the cool air. But apparently it's so cold these days, it makes me shiver! So the other evening, Richie and Christine came home with this thing:

It's a little snug, but when I wear it, I don't get the shivers when I spend an hour or so outside. Sure it looks a little macho with the camo look, but it serves it's purpose!

Here we are, sitting in the sun today, watching Richie and Christine put up those things called "Christmas lights". Does this mean I am getting some turkey soon?

Despite not having much of an appetite, I am getting lots of ice chippies to munch on. Funny how Toba didn't used to like them up until just recently. Here we are sharing some cool treats on the lawn.

Mischa

Something isn't feeling right...

Sorry for the delay posting, but Christine and Richie went away for a long time, and left his niece, Sarah, in charge of Toba and me. During that time, I have found that I've been feeling strange, and not up to eating all of my food, not even the special dinners that Richie has been making for me.

So apparently I have lost something like 10 lbs., whatever that means. But now I am getting all sorts of new things to try eating, like the four different kinds of cookies that Richie got for me the other day. I had quite a few, and liked the chicken ones...

But the cheese ones, not so much. The liver ones weren't bad either, but I still left lots of crumbs on the floor.

Not to worry however, as Toba is only too happy to clean up after me! Anyhow, I'm really happy that Christine and Richie are home again, even though I am not feeling very good.

Mischa