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We have an elder dog (small) who travels well but we can’t always take her places. I’ve written her a song recently; one of the verses is:

“I don’t like rainy days or cold temperatures, visits to the vet or pedicures

Or being left behind, are they EVER coming home?

I’m sure it’s been a week that I’ve been all alone!”

(In reality, it’s been two hours.)

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May 22, 2023Liked by Liza Donnelly

This is adorable!

I’m petless, and happy for that, so I can work long days at the office without feeling guilty and travel without having to arrange care.

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We're between dogs right now, and may stay that way for a while as we catch up on travel and other freedoms. Meanwhile, we're enjoying other people's dogs. If my wife's away, though, I really notice the emptiness of the house. A friend used to say "if anything ever happens to my husband, I'm going straight down to the pound to get another dog." And when he passed, she did. My wife - or I - will do the same.

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Love this!

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May 22, 2023Liked by Liza Donnelly

We have two cats now, but we used to have dogs. We used to have five dogs and we fostered dogs too. Our pack of five help socialize the fosters. Most of our fosters were weaned puppies. We’d get them house trained, which made them easier to adopt. Right now, there are some life issues that argue against getting a dog. I miss dogs.

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May 22, 2023Liked by Liza Donnelly

We have two cats, one of which might pass for a brontosaurus -- he’s very long, and lives in the past. We don’t travel a lot, yet when we go, we trade sitting services with our daughter, who lives nearby and has a kitty, too.

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May 22, 2023Liked by Liza Donnelly

How would one keep a brontosaurus on a lead/leash🤞?

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May 23, 2023Liked by Liza Donnelly

We don't have any brontosaurus either. Maybe someday....

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we have a dog who loves it that we work from home. After our kids grew up and moved out the dog we had then was old and didn't mind being home alone as much. Now we have a small 4 yr old rescue who would spend all-day every day napping in the lap of whoever's available.

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