Updates Cont'd (read previous entry)

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Updates Cont'd (read previous entry)

I remembered!

Okay More updates

Wedding

So As you may or may not know Pam and I are finally getting hitched. We're going out to Banff and having the ceremony with a small group of people in the rocky mountains. Really, in the mountains. We have to hike to the wedding site. The big day is August 8th. Jeremy is taking me to a Nascar race in the states for my batchelor party.

Pam's Dad

I don't know if I mentioned this awhile back, but Pam's Ddad was in bad shape in the hospital. There were a number of medical conditions and contributing factors, but he's recovered and out now, but has to deal with some serious respiratory illness issues.

Bear

Bear is the dog that we rescued awhile back as a pet for Pam's dad. When we brought her home she had been severly neglected and was covered in feces and was severly urine burnt on the underneath of her entire body. Her ears also has multiple untreated infections.

We took a week to get Bear into home living shape to live with Pam's dad, and then we helped them with her medicines and vet apointments. Her ears are fixed up, the fur has grown back where she was once urine burnt, and her resulting skin infection is almost cleared up, she's in great spirits and smart as hell. After only being at Pam's Dad's for a couple weeks he ended up going into the hospital as mentioned above. So, Bear's been living with us ever since. As a Husky/Border Collie/German Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix she's a big dog. I've become attached, but our house isn't big enough for her and she doesn't get outside enough. It's hard to part with her, but we will probably have to. Since it's technically Dave's dog we may return her there, but that is uncertain because of his respiratory illness. If they can't have her back in the house we may have to find a new home for her. I hate the idea of sending her to a shelter because she's very unlikely to have any hope of adoption, being an older dog with medical issues that need regular attention. I wish we could get a bigger place out of town where she would have more space, but, financially, I just don't think we could seriously consider that right now.

Not for profit

Lately, in part because of our experiences with Bear, I've been thinking about ideas for a charity or non-profit group that would promote proper pet care, responsible ownership, and animal (pet) rights. Or perhaps a non-kill non-profit animal shelter. No idea where to start with that, and definately too big of an egg to add to my already overloaded basket already, but it is something I'll keep stewing in the back of my mind...

Kirk Out.