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Category about Dogs.
May 25th Nattai turned 5 years old. I got him some cookie treats and a haul of toys from Pet Smart. A Chuck It flying Squirrel, 3 pack of Chuck It balls and a couple basic toys.
It’s been almost two months with Nattai now. He’s adjusting to his new life very well. I tried to set him up for success and I feel like it is working well. Might have thrown him into the fire in certain instances too soon on some things. It’s hard to not know that he hasn’t experienced things that are normal day to day for me. Or some things that you’d have expected a dog to have already experienced.
Meet my re-homed Australian Cattle Dog Blue Heeler, Nattai.
It was time for another chapter in my life.
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Cobar | 2007-2020
My beautiful, charismatic, loyal and best friend of 13 years Cobar passed away peacefully at my side on October 19th, 2020.
Cobar was an Australian Cattle Dog Red Heeler. He suffered from a a blood disease called Hemophilia. It was of the worst kind. He had 2% clotting factor (his blood didn’t clot). We were together from beginning to end. He lived a good happy life and full filled his job by making people happy and playing as much as he could.
He will be missed greatly.
On February 24th, 2017 I went into the ER because I thought I had really bad heart burn and ended up going down right in front of the ER doctor. I had a heart attack. Chest compression and defibrillator brought me back to life. Within minutes I was rushed into emergency catheter surgery to unblock my heart. Spent five nights in the hospital and have been on the road to recovery.
Needless to say the stump digging project has been on hold for the past two months. I will be restarting that project this month and the goal is to have it out by the end of this month. Not sure how realistic that goal is. There’s a lot more to just the stump itself with this project. There’s a buried wire fence that’s a major issue. I’ll figure it out.
Cobar did exceptionally well during my hospital stay. He managed much better than I have ever expected. Especially with the recent separation which hasn’t been all that good for him. He is managing very good but at times he’s still expecting her to show up. Unfortunately in mid April he injured his right shoulder again which was an issue last year for several months. He’s healing and on track to be better. I now have a better idea of how and what is causing the injury so that I can avoid it in the future.
There wasn’t any pain from the heart attack or surgery itself, but the chest compression and defibrillator was where most of the pain came from. It took a good month and a half for the pain to go away and feel normal. Started back on my exercise routine in April as I couldn’t wait for the cardio rehab which took way too long to start up. I think this ended up being a good thing as the rehab isn’t as much of a chore than it would be if I hadn’t.
This has made my current life a lot more difficult than I had planned for this year. I just am trying to keep positive and continue to move forward.
This is the announcement of the 2017 Poo Grotto Expansion Project #5. It will be commencing on or about the 1st of March. This will be one of the largest expansion projects and stump removals. There are a total of three stumps to be removed, with the largest one in the photo below. Two smaller ones are behind the large stump. The main stump is substantially rotted. Depending on the amount of rot and how large the root system is it may be a quick removal. The other vegetation may cause delays in removal. There will be plenty of campfire wood for the 2017 camping season. Cobar and I are ready for Super Adventure Fun Time.
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Happy Valentines Day
I haven’t posted much about Cobar for a very long time. He has been by my side almost every day since about 2011. He is now 9 years old. Much older than I had ever expected him to live. It has been a long emotional roller coaster. One where I am now suffering from Major Depression. He has been doing very good for the past year or so, but for the latter part of 2016 he injured his front right shoulder that took 4 months to heal. We have now both suffered the loss of our partner in life after she no longer wanted to be in our world and moved out. She had apathy for him and didn’t even say goodbye. So I am now responsible for him.
His leg has healed and I am in the process of healing myself and keeping Cobar safe and happy. I’ve created a new routine of walking him every morning on the weekdays and Saturdays are going to a park day. Which eventually will turn into Saturday Adventure Time when I can afford to drive farther out and go on trail hikes and camping adventures with him.
I will be posting more often on our adventures and what we are doing.
Happy Valentines Day Cobar!
I lost my best friend of 18 years over the past 4 weeks.
Don’t worry, I kept Cobar. He is doing better than I expected with Beckys absence. It was rough for him in the fall of 2016, but he’s healed and we are walking every day. It’s just him and I now and he is my responsibility and I am his world.
Announcing the beginning of the Poo Grotto Expansion Project #4 for the month of April. Prime fence barking, private poo area and access to back area will be hindered during this partial deck removal and stump removal.
