Pets.

[Dr. Medulla]

My mother in law's dog was put to sleep yesterday, at an impressive 15.5 years old. It's sad but her body was giving out so it wasn't exactly unexpected and was a pretty obviously correct cll to make. Although it wasn't our dog, James saw sassy regularly enough that he came to think of sassy as "his" pet. This will be his first real experience with loss. We've talked with him a couple times now about it and I think he's trying to work out what it all really means. I suspect in a few weeks it'll hit a little harder when "grammie" starts showing up without sassy around.

I'm always surprised and a little in awe that kids deal with death better than adults. Or at least their initial reaction. Which I assume is related to their brains not fully developing and socializing. That said, I'm sorry for your MIL's loss and hope Son of Flex absorbs the experience without being devastated by it.

[Mimi]

My mother in law's dog was put to sleep yesterday, at an impressive 15.5 years old. It's sad but her body was giving out so it wasn't exactly unexpected and was a pretty obviously correct cll to make. Although it wasn't our dog, James saw sassy regularly enough that he came to think of sassy as "his" pet. This will be his first real experience with loss. We've talked with him a couple times now about it and I think he's trying to work out what it all really means. I suspect in a few weeks it'll hit a little harder when "grammie" starts showing up without sassy around.

Awww. Poor little duder and my condolences to your MIL.

[JennyB]

My mother in law's dog was put to sleep yesterday, at an impressive 15.5 years old. It's sad but her body was giving out so it wasn't exactly unexpected and was a pretty obviously correct cll to make. Although it wasn't our dog, James saw sassy regularly enough that he came to think of sassy as "his" pet. This will be his first real experience with loss. We've talked with him a couple times now about it and I think he's trying to work out what it all really means. I suspect in a few weeks it'll hit a little harder when "grammie" starts showing up without sassy around.

I'm so sorry. I hope Duder is OK.

[Sparky]

My mother in law's dog was put to sleep yesterday, at an impressive 15.5 years old. It's sad but her body was giving out so it wasn't exactly unexpected and was a pretty obviously correct cll to make. Although it wasn't our dog, James saw sassy regularly enough that he came to think of sassy as "his" pet. This will be his first real experience with loss. We've talked with him a couple times now about it and I think he's trying to work out what it all really means. I suspect in a few weeks it'll hit a little harder when "grammie" starts showing up without sassy around.

Sorry your families loss of a cherished pet, hope you little guy is OK.

[Dr. Medulla]

[JennyB]

Ha! Reminds me of the guinea pigs. All of the fancy toys i bought them at first were ignored in favor of the empty toilet paper roll stuffed with hay.

[Dr. Medulla]

Ha! Reminds me of the guinea pigs. All of the fancy toys i bought them at first were ignored in favor of the empty toilet paper roll stuffed with hay.

We have a bunch of various cat beds that we've acquired. Sometimes it takes literal years for one of the bozos to "discover" them and start using. There's one enclosed bed that has sat empty for about five years—a friend gave it to us—and then after one of C's recent vet visits she's decided she likes it and spend all her time in there now.

[JennyB]

Ha! Reminds me of the guinea pigs. All of the fancy toys i bought them at first were ignored in favor of the empty toilet paper roll stuffed with hay.

We have a bunch of various cat beds that we've acquired. Sometimes it takes literal years for one of the bozos to "discover" them and start using. There's one enclosed bed that has sat empty for about five years—a friend gave it to us—and then after one of C's recent vet visits she's decided she likes it and spend all her time in there now.

They do this on purpose.

[Dr. Medulla]

Ha! Reminds me of the guinea pigs. All of the fancy toys i bought them at first were ignored in favor of the empty toilet paper roll stuffed with hay.

We have a bunch of various cat beds that we've acquired. Sometimes it takes literal years for one of the bozos to "discover" them and start using. There's one enclosed bed that has sat empty for about five years—a friend gave it to us—and then after one of C's recent vet visits she's decided she likes it and spend all her time in there now.

They do this on purpose.

To test how close they are to being evicted?

[JennyB]

Ha! Reminds me of the guinea pigs. All of the fancy toys i bought them at first were ignored in favor of the empty toilet paper roll stuffed with hay.

We have a bunch of various cat beds that we've acquired. Sometimes it takes literal years for one of the bozos to "discover" them and start using. There's one enclosed bed that has sat empty for about five years—a friend gave it to us—and then after one of C's recent vet visits she's decided she likes it and spend all her time in there now.

They do this on purpose.

To test how close they are to being evicted?

No, because they are diabolical.

[Dr. Medulla]

Ha! Reminds me of the guinea pigs. All of the fancy toys i bought them at first were ignored in favor of the empty toilet paper roll stuffed with hay.

We have a bunch of various cat beds that we've acquired. Sometimes it takes literal years for one of the bozos to "discover" them and start using. There's one enclosed bed that has sat empty for about five years—a friend gave it to us—and then after one of C's recent vet visits she's decided she likes it and spend all her time in there now.

They do this on purpose.

To test how close they are to being evicted?

No, because they are diabolical.

Yeah, that, too. Yesterday was the girls' adoption day—14 years ago—and C celebrated by once again peeing on a couch (we have pee pads in place because of that habit). Yes, make us question our past choices …

[JennyB]

We have a bunch of various cat beds that we've acquired. Sometimes it takes literal years for one of the bozos to "discover" them and start using. There's one enclosed bed that has sat empty for about five years—a friend gave it to us—and then after one of C's recent vet visits she's decided she likes it and spend all her time in there now.

They do this on purpose.

To test how close they are to being evicted?

No, because they are diabolical.

Yeah, that, too. Yesterday was the girls' adoption day—14 years ago—and C celebrated by once again peeing on a couch (we have pee pads in place because of that habit). Yes, make us question our past choices …

[Sparky]

Oh yeah! When we get boxes from shopping at Costco, we give the boxes to our cats to play in. But we've discovered that 2 boxes and 3 cats is the magic number, with 3 boxes, it's boring, when there's 2 boxes to be shared amongst 3 cats, it's desirable again. Go figure.

[Mimi]

Oh yeah! When we get boxes from shopping at Costco, we give the boxes to our cats to play in. But we've discovered that 2 boxes and 3 cats is the magic number, with 3 boxes, it's boring, when there's 2 boxes to be shared amongst 3 cats, it's desirable again. Go figure.

Cat math.

[Dr. Medulla]

Oh yeah! When we get boxes from shopping at Costco, we give the boxes to our cats to play in. But we've discovered that 2 boxes and 3 cats is the magic number, with 3 boxes, it's boring, when there's 2 boxes to be shared amongst 3 cats, it's desirable again. Go figure.

Same. If we get a delivery with a cat sized box, it gets dumped on the floor for a week or so (they tend to get bored after a week).