Didz's Sixteenth Summer

Didz's Sixteenth Summer ❤️ an old dog's EIGHTEENTH Summer, visiting friends and revisiting his happy, lucky life ❤️

I think my time with this beautiful amazing lad is going to come to an end quite soon. His back legs aren't keeping up w...
19/04/2025

I think my time with this beautiful amazing lad is going to come to an end quite soon. His back legs aren't keeping up with his demand anymore and he's all front wheel drive now - but I wonder if we didn't have stairs or slippery floors, his decline wouldn't have been so noticeable??? He walks a lot better with his non-slippy socks on, and he's still so happy mooching around outside.
His next assessment with the vet is due on Wednesday.
We are using the HHHHHMM scale to measure his quality of life, and he's still scoring way above the threshold because he's still SO HAPPY.
There is blossom on his nose 🫶

number 9 I woz ###
12/04/2025

number 9 I woz ###

I'M 17!all my friends came to celebrate with me 💕 I luv them all
12/04/2025

I'M 17!
all my friends came to celebrate with me 💕 I luv them all

sleepy timeshot towelsenjoying his familyvery wobbly now, but I think if I suddenly took 1 leg away entirely he'd be lik...
30/03/2025

sleepy times
hot towels
enjoying his family
very wobbly now, but I think if I suddenly took 1 leg away entirely he'd be like "right next job please"
determined to live life to the full, every single day 😭💖 he'd been playing with Myrtle yesterday and was absolutely wiped, but still insisted on following me around today while I spring cleaned my van and kitchen and downstairs cupboard and did 3 loads of laundry in the end I had to tell him to go and lay the heck down.
I want him to make this big last decision for us. But he's not gonna. He's gonna be happy and busy till the end! FML. This is so hard. His body is old and weak. His mind is young and happy and wants to be here forever. he's supposed to be with me forever.

DIDZ'S EIGHTEENTH SUMMER ⛱️🌞😎
06/03/2025

DIDZ'S EIGHTEENTH SUMMER ⛱️🌞😎

we now have non slip slipper socks 🥹❤️🐾 the cutest ever His back legs are undeniably getting weaker by the day, due to b...
16/02/2025

we now have non slip slipper socks 🥹❤️🐾 the cutest ever
His back legs are undeniably getting weaker by the day, due to being OLD AS HECK, neurological degeneration, kidney disease, and probably a bit of back ache. These immediately helped him keep his grip on our posh slidey floor.
On the floor is a little path that mark his favourite routes. "didz stepping stones" made of ikea bathmats. But he goes off piste especially when i'm eating pistachios

Lovely boy indeed! ❤️Number 6 Librela today! 6 whole months! I'm so grateful for every month I get with him now.But it's...
18/01/2025

Lovely boy indeed! ❤️
Number 6 Librela today! 6 whole months! I'm so grateful for every month I get with him now.
But it's getting harder.
He's not enjoying the stairs up to our flat now, and I'm carrying him up more often because he refuses and looks up at me as if to say, "I don't wanna." He used to gallop up them in 2 big leaps, then it was plodding steps that have grown more effortful over time, and now he occasionally gets stuck half way and needs a butt boost. Didz is a deep worrier, like his muvva, and so I'm not sure if it's really hurting him to try at all now, or if he's not wanting to try because he's worried he'll get stuck.
The vet said she thinks he has some degeneration (spinal or neurological) that's affecting his proprioception, which could be why he doesn't want to navigate the stairs anymore. His back legs are wobbly, but he wants to walk, he wants to mooch around and slowly make sure his flock are together. He's bright and as the vet said today, "look at that sparkle in his eyes"! Full of enthusiasm for food, for cuddles, and life. Just no stairs please!
But it's okay. I will carry him up. I would carry you all the way to Mount Doom, best boy.
I'm hoping today's Librela will help, anyway.
Every time we go to the vets now I have a big cry because I know we will be there again one day relatively soon and i'm so scared he's in pain all the time and can't tell me. But the kind vet gave him a little check, and I received some reassurance from her and the lovely nurse too, and we laughed at how busy he is and still has his nose into everything and doing his show dog sit to demand treats - so many good signs that he's okay for now.
Some pics of him with his dear friend Myrtle and fam, enjoying our extended Christmas and New Year with all of us in our holiday Devon farm house!

29/11/2024

We've now finished our challenge, we're calling it 20 miles (over 29 days). You might've seen a clip where didz has a little bit of a limp - he's absolutely fine, he's been checked out and has been resting ever since. His Librela is working well. His 6 weeks of antibiotics worked well and his kidney food has been a gamechanger. He'd lost a lot of weight, and has gained muscle and strength again from his gentle walks over the past month.

I hope you know I would have stopped at mile 1, if he had needed to. Didz has been the leader of this. Not once have I had to tempt or encourage him. We mooched. Mooching is what he does, and what he will do for as long as he is physically able!

He's asking to go out for a mooch right now in fact 😂 it's cold and dark!

Got my first real taste of internet hate today on a clip of him where I realised he'd got a limp at the end of our last walk. Doesn't feel good. Please, for the love of dog, if you see anything you don't like on the internet remember there's a real person with real feelings behind it! There is absolutely no need. Nothing achieved by it either, apart from me now just feeling sick and awful for no reason.

So this is all now friends only. People are asshats.

wonder boySometimes I just have a lil cry about how special he is
19/10/2024

wonder boy
Sometimes I just have a lil cry about how special he is

wise..so wise he can eat his way through very finely snipped bits of chicken and tiny kibbles and avoid the 'palatable' ...
18/10/2024

wise..so wise he can eat his way through very finely snipped bits of chicken and tiny kibbles and avoid the 'palatable' antibiotic tablet...

£££££££😭. (He's worth it!)We have now confirmed that he has stage 2 kidney disease, and [something] nephritis (inflammat...
04/10/2024

£££££££😭. (He's worth it!)
We have now confirmed that he has stage 2 kidney disease, and [something] nephritis (inflammation of kidneys). He's got antibiotics coming in the post, and some lovely new food being delivered tomorrow. I hope he likes it because oh my gosh it's so much more expensive 🫰 (he's worth it!)
He also has an extreme case of cuteness disease it's a problem 😍
Speaking of kidneys, we are raising funds for Kidney Research UK in memory of my Grandad and my Uncle Neil who passed away aged just 26 of kidney disease. Click here to donate! https://keith-davison2.muchloved.com/

30/09/2024

His mobility 💕💕💕

None of the children in my life will believe Didz is A Little Bit Bluey.But it's true! His mum was half Australian Cattl...
19/09/2024

None of the children in my life will believe Didz is A Little Bit Bluey.
But it's true! His mum was half Australian Cattle Dog!

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