It's Time For A Molly Post ..
Molly has been in our family for over 13 years. I remember the day we rescued her from a box full of other dogs. I remember her quiet soul as she was being trampled on by the other breeds of dogs rushing over to the edge to greet us. We immediately noticed her and grabbed her out of the box. We placed her on the floor and she ran around like this was the first time she smelled and tasted freedom.
I’ll never forget that day, because it was probably the best day of her life. I say it was the best day of her life because we did not put her back in that box. Instead we purchased her at whatever price they were asking. We fell in love with her, and took her home with us that day. It was a happy day, and one of the best days of our lives as well.
At first Pepper wasn't sure who this new girl was, but he soon grew to Love her beyond words
Molly comes with a lot of baggage. She’s a high maintenance kind of gal. She has allergies to the extreme (she’s allergic to humans of all things), Addison’s disease (her adrenal glands no longer function), a heart murmur, and suffers from something called syncope (where she passes out because her heart stops beating). oh she has a lovely package in the light of day, but we wouldn’t trade it for the world. We know all her ins and outs, everything she needs to survive, and are willing and able to pay for and take care of her in whatever capacity she needs.
We love our Molly!!!
I was thinking that I haven’t really written a Molly post in quite a while. She deserves her own post. Why not today!? Molly is going to have her own post today.
One of Molly‘s favorite past times is heading out into the yard, finding a comfy spot in the lawn, and resting her bones for a while. Molly is way past the stage of running after balls or chasing down rabbits, Although she was never ever into these types of activities. Not because she’s not an active dog, but rather because she’s scared of everything. LOL.
Just a few days ago, when the temperatures had dipped down to bearable temperatures and it felt more like autumn, Molly and I hung out in the backyard for a while. I rattled off several pictures which I will show you below.
She started all sitting in the backyard staring at the neighbors house, enjoying the breeze in her face. She eventually laid down in the grass closing her eyes gently as the sound of birds chirped her to sleep. I caught her head dip down and almost hit the ground before she woke her self up. It was nice to see her enjoying the weather and her moments in the sun. It’s times like these that make me think and ponder on how simple life really is. Life really is as simple as enjoying it in the moment. I suppose we can learn a lot from our furbabies.
Without further delay, here are those pictures I took and no particular order. You won’t find any crazy dog photos here, only a little girl enjoying her time.
Molly simply being Molly.
After spending a good bit of time in the backyard, watching the neighbors, sniffing the air, gently closing our eyes and enjoying the breeze, it was time to go in.
I got up and reached down to pet her and rub her under the chin. I told her it’s time to go in and get something to eat. I would like to say she hesitated for a moment, but that did not happen.
She ran as fast as she could inside knowing her second favorite thing awaits her …
FOOD!
“After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
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Molly is really cute, good job taking her in and looking after her so well for many years.
Very cute! Our dog will not lay in our yard at all. She will lay down in the yard at my inlaws and she will do it while we are camping, but at our house she needs to be right next to us or up on the deck in our face panting the whole time. She has some massive separation anxiety issues. She was a rescue, so it doesn't shock me too much. She just hit 12 years old this year. Molly sound pretty perfect to me!
Awww.. Poor girl. Separation anxiety sucks for both the dog and the human. yikes. Well hopefully at 12 her breath is not so bad yet, since she is panting in your face.. lol. Molly pants in our face (and her breath sucks) whenever there is a thunderstorm. That's always lovely.
Sadly, Jovi has pretty horrible breath too. It's really bad when we have a storm at night because then she jumps on the bed and pants. It feels more like an earthquake than a thunderstorm!
Guess we made the right choice in adopting a 7 pound dog. 😆
Oh no, that sounds terrifying! It must be really scary and stressful to see your loving pet suffer from that.
Haha, hubby's parents have a dog like that. Crazy little thing.
Love the pictures. She looks like a real beauty and must be a lucky dog, having such caring owners!
Oh yeah it's terrible. She also screeches out it terror almost like she broke a leg or something. Then she goes into a seizure like state. When she comes out of it, she sleeps a long long time and then is back to her normal self. Most likely one of these times she will not survive it, so we just give her extra lovin's every day she is with us.
Thank you for swinging by, reading my rant and saying hello 😊 I appreciate the support and time. Give that OTHER (hubby's parents) crazy little dog a pat on the head and a hello from NJ for us!
I hear you. We have a 13-year-old Maltese, allergic to beef, antibiotics, and surgical sutures of all things. Tracheal collapse, two operations to fix a ripped cruciate ligament on his hind leg. First an OP to fix it, then he caught a sepsis (with nary an antibiotic to prescribe), then a second OP to reverse the first one and deal with the sepsis, in January OP #3 coming up.
But he's a happy camper through it all, and of course a family member. So daddy better be sure to always have deep pockets to pay the vets! I know the tracheal collapse is degenerative and I can't give him cartilage-building supplements (allergies) to drag it out. One day soon, he'll have uncontrollable breathing problems and will be gasping for air. On that day, daddy will have to send him home... I dread it!
All we can do is give and do for them what we can and hope they are happy and comfortable. When the time is right, we just know it and yes, it's not a pleasant day at all. After all they ARE our children. We just lost one, our Pepper, a year ago and are not ready for another loss so soon.
Give you buddy boy a pet and hug from us here in NJ. We will keep him in our thoughts and prayers 😊
Yes, I remember following your Pepper story... Not to worry, he's getting all the hugs he can handle. Besides, it stops the coughing spasms better than codeine. For now.
That works! Hug away then and keep those coughs at bay 😊
I never realized how long of a tail Molly has, in that one picture close to the top of the post her tail looks to be as long as her body. She does look like she is enjoying the day, and after she has her food, like me after eating some pizza, I am sure she is going to do like me and take a nap.
It can be pretty long when it's relaxed. Dang near the length of her body. Too bad that with her disease she tends to loose chunks of hair from it without warning. Especially at the very tip.
She's a napper for sure. Pizza and beer get me snoozing as well, so don't feel bad. There's a club for what we have @bashadow .. It's called the old guys sleeping club 😆
Yeh, sometimes I have a hard time passing 5 pm up, it seems to be a nap habit time, or an I ate to much for a pre-dinner snack, nap time. When it comes time for regular sleep though not much stops that from happening.
Before I started taking vitamins on a regular basis, I would doze off around 7pm.. but now I am good for a while after that. Beer, especially IPA's put me out regardless of the time of day. hehe
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It may be a random .gif but it mirrors my reaction while reading Mollys post. It touched me and made me tear up because I am so happy for Molly that she got picked by you guys...and of course I was thinking of my Molly and how I wished she would have had more than 8 years to live. And you are so right, they do show us what life really means but us humans are too stupid to learn from them, instead we circle around our nonsense human issues and make our own lives and that of others often a misery.
Thanks for hinting the post to me, may have helped me to put some recent things in the right perspective.