{"id":4026,"date":"2014-12-12T21:06:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T03:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2014-12-12T21:06:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T03:06:14","slug":"old-dogs-and-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2014\/12\/12\/old-dogs-and-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Old dogs and time"},"content":{"rendered":"

My doggy is getting old. We got him in the summer of 2001 and he was maybe a year and a half to two years old. His sight and possibly his hearing are fading, he’s getting sway-backed, his ridiculous tail won’t curl up any more, and both back legs shake almost constantly, often giving out underneath him.<\/p>\n

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Jake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But he still frequently play bows at us and bounces at us (even though his back end goes sideways sometimes) and he still eats like a horse. He comes upstairs with us at night, though he climbs the stairs very hesitantly. He acts like he wants to jump on the bed, but there’s no way I can allow that – even if he could<\/i> jump up on the bed, there’s no way he could safely jump down.<\/p>\n

It’s just a matter of time, but hopefully he’ll be here with us a while longer yet.<\/p>\n