Sunday, May 08, 2005
Wishing for this Essence Again... Our dog, an Australian Shepard now eleven, was as spry as this picture just days ago. Now she has become afflicted with vestibular disease. The condition comes on suddenly and is common amongst dogs ten and over. Basically it is a malfunction of the inner/middle ear and brain which causes the animal to lose all sense of balance. My research would seem to indicate that the condition improves in a few weeks as the animal re-adjusts. But this fact doesn't make it any easier to watch her stumble and struggle. On our now very slow walks around the block to get her re-acquainted with balance, she sometimes turns and puts her head between my knees as if to say, "What the hell is going on...?" Damn these animals get to you.
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