Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for January 06, 2025

just hope the cat didn’t see that

Yeah, and not being able to be taught new tricks.

That bites.

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Money.

You too old doggie. Time to retires and leaves the treecks for young doggies

Memory is the first to go, wait, didn’t I already post that earlier??

I think the dog is right.

I forgot!

Comes to show that the easiest way to tell when a nonhuman animal is elderly is to observe their movements.

Still got my reflexes and my grip, just not sure I still have my grip on reality….

nope… remembering words and NAMES is the first thing to go

And it’s totally involuntary.

If a 14-year-old dog with great reflexes is unusual, then I have a rarity here in my beagle. I had to teach her recently (old dogs can learn new tricks) that food dropped is no longer free food. She needs my OK. We had a free-for-all rush to grab something that isn’t good for dogs. I won, but not due to reflexes. I was LOUD with my NO and the accompanying hand signal. Now we are back to “leave it” status until I tap my toe near it.

I laughed at the dog’s mouth opening long after (in dog time) the food had already bounced off his/her nose.

In his case, the Milk Bone is the first thing to go.

My Boston terrier is going blind because of cataracts. :( This hits home.