Dogster. As I understand it, it's like Facebook for dogs. Social networking for canines. You create a profile for your pet in order to meet people with dogs that your dog might like to play with. I'm pretty naive about these things. Maybe it's a ruse and it's really just a dating sight for people who like dogs (is that what you call a red herring?). But I don't think so. I read about it in Bottom Line Personal, a legitimate publication. My 84-year-old father-in-law gives me a subscription to it every Christmas, for crying out loud, and he's a pretty reputable guy. The layout sucks, but if you dig enough you can usually find a few interesting tidbits buried in its pages. Like what to do about stinky wet clothes that you've left in the washing machine too long. Hmmm... Don't you just wash them again?
So, I'd do just about anything, even sign Carmen up for Dogster, if it meant that she'd be okay. She had surgery today to remove a large growth that appeared on her left front leg a few weeks ago. She also developed another lump near her haunches a few days ago, but the vet thinks it may just be a reaction to a rabies shot.
We love our dogs passionately. Carmen and Olivia. Carmen arrived first, a four-month-old mutt rescued from a shelter in Tennessee. She had ringworm and a possible heart murmur but D fell in love with her the moment he saw her. He says her soulful eyes (thus her middle name of Aretha) pulled him right in. She's an energetic, super smart, beautiful girl, and she's only seven.
Olivia is a bit more of a pop star than Carmen, so her middle name is Beyonce. She arrived on New Year's Day 2008 when she was two years old. Her previous owner, no longer able to afford her, gave her up for adoption down in Atlanta. She spent months in a pound there and was scheduled for euthanasia when a rescue organization saved her just in the nick of time. She eventually ended up in a foster home in Philadelphia, which is when we learned about her. She came for a visit, jumped out of the truck and straight into my arms and heart. I was smitten.
Adopting these two dogs is one of the very best things that has happened to our family. When someone is feeling down, or angry, or there's tension in the house, cuddling with a dog makes it all seem better. They are such loves. They are our fifth and sixth children.
I have to leave now to pick up Carmen from the vet's office. I pray he has good news for me. Look for her profile on Dogster.
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