R.I.P Shiloh

Shiloh is now with her brothers Bandit and Hero


Our first baby, before the kids were born

So I'm really not a glass-half-empty kind of guy so I'm going to try and make this short. Shiloh girl, rest in peace. You are loved and are already missed.

All our love to you.
RIP 3:55pm

The Gonzos

Shiloh's back

Shiloh came home to an amazing reception. Well, mostly amazing. Jayden kept hugging her and hanging all over her and wouldn't let go. Juicy just kept squealing excited that her playmate came home. I'm sure she missed pulling on Shiloh's tail all week long. JJ on the otherhand was lukewarm in his reception. I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps he's bracing himself for what he feels might be the inevitable? Don't get me wrong, he was happy to see her, but barely gave her a pat on the head. I hope he's ok. Jayden's been asking alot of questions about where Shiloh's been and how she's feeling. JJ hasn't said much and barely pays her any attention.

Shiloh has been a real trooper about it. She's been letting the kids smother her with attention. Maybe she's just too tired to runaway like she normally would. But she just sits there and takes it even when Juicy has 2 fistfuls of scruff and grabs on for dear life.

I think we are all glad she's home. We just hope that she's as glad as we are.

Shiloh's AIHA

It’s been a couple months since I last blogged, so I hate to blog about this, but I think it is yet another learning experience for the kids. Our dog Shiloh has been sick She has AIHA-auto immune hemolytic anemia. We are all still learning about it and what it does, but that’s a whole other story.

This blog is about the kids and how they took to it. I have to say it was hard. We all expected the worst. The vet told us to expect the worst. So we prepped the kids to expect the worst. Well, that was 3 days ago. Fortunately the kids didn’t see what I saw. I was up at 3 am keeping an eye on Shiloh when saw her flat out collapse. That was a long night and a long story and lots of time later we took the kids to go see her… in my wife’s words, “to go say goodbye, just in case.” Well, when we took them in the afternoon, she was a completely different dog. She wasn’t 100%, but much better nonetheless. Doctor says she’s not ready to come home and needs to stay a little longer. The kids were sad. JJ understands a little better about being sick, but Jayden found it difficult to leave Shiloh at the vet. He said that he didn’t even want to see her if he can’t bring her home. We talked him into changing his mind, but he was trying really hard to understand.

The next day came and we checked on her again, again she was better than the day before. Jayden this time was less hesitant to visit. The feeling of excitement was mutual between Shiloh and the kids. Jayden was happy to see her and Shiloh wagged her tail for the first time in a couple of days. I saw her this morning, and even more so. Matter of fact, today I heard her whimper for the first time. You see, when I took her to the vet 3 days ago, she was so weak she couldn’t even make a noise. The doctor poked her with needles and she didn’t even look up. So when I heard her whimper this morning, I knew she was better. And I knew she wanted to come home.

I can’t wait to see her running around with the kids again. I’m sure Lucy misses being able to plop on Shiloh’s bed and pull on her tail.

Good job my CuriousGonzos showing me how truly resilient you are. I'm proud of you.... maybe the next blog will be about happier stuff, like the boys' soccer games, Lucy and her shoes, our pending trip to the Polar Express!