Jake, We Said Goodbye One Year ago today

I loved my sofa

In memory of Jake, Over the rainbow bridge, Sept 26, 2018.

I loved my sunny spot

I  loved my sister, Baby

Sticks were my favorite toy

 I loved my Mama and she loved me, but I LOVED my Daddy, I was Daddy's Boy. if you want to see my life with Mama and Daddy CLICK JAKE

I loved Mamas lap

If daddy sat, I sat, if Daddy moved I moved, Every where he went I WAS THERE

We speak of you often, sweet boy and remember you with tears and laughter. It has been 1 year today, we love you still.

Angel Jake from Archives

Baby and Jake, sharing a Big Stick... Saturday AM I wiped the glass table, no splashes on it, the door had no nose prints, there were no paw prints in my pile of sand I swept up. Big is so good he sleeps while we clean the house. I headed to the bathroom and picked up the Elephant Doorstop and burst into tears.

Bob gave me the What NOW? look.... through my tears I told him Jake walked in my dirt pile, and beat me with his tale, and made nose prints as I wiped off old ones, he always knocked over the elephant door stop. 

I LOVE BIG Boy butt...

I miss Jake! and Baby!

The House Is Empty

The House is Empty. My heart is a hole filled with sadness

I lift the leftover meatloaf from the refrigerator, not one bumps my knee, waiting for a tidbit

I walk into the kitchen, the bowls are gone, the bone jar is no more.

The linens are no longer on ‘his’ chair,

The House is Empty. My heart is  a hole filled with sadness

The sofa is so  big, so empty. gone is the sweet form in ‘his’ spot.

My feet have no paws stumbling over them,

My shins feel no pressure from the body pressed against them.

My ears listen for the dragging footsteps, the pacing and the panting voice.

The House is Empty. My heart is a hole filled with sadness

I open the freezer, and stare with tears in my eyes at Jakes popsicles.

As I wipe the nose smears from the glass door, I know they will still be gone in the morning.

I sit, lonely in my bathroom, no face pressed against my knee.

No greeter at the door when I return from the YMCA, I burst into tears as we step into the empty house

No furry face asking to go out the door and in again.. no one follows me into the backyard

My lamb is not following me, I can’t walk my laps around the pool, my heart chokes me.

No precious face staring at me as I unpack the groceries, waiting to see what I brought him.

The House is Empty. My heart is a hole filled with sadness

I open my kindle to read, the words mean  nothing.

I sit with my legs under the desk top, no warm face lying on my knee and feet on my feet.

The House is Empty. My heart is  a hole filled with sadness

Its 4:30 pm , no furry face peers up into mine and says, it’s time to fix dinner Mama

No sound of feet running to me, when the microwave door opens,

No feet running to me, when the fridge pops open, the range turns on,

No one barks at a fedex knock on the door,

No one leaps from the sofa when the garage door warns daddy’s home.

The leash and the collar lay silent in the drawer.

The House is empty, my heart is broken.

I cry. I cry again.

Jake's Journal Aug 8, 2018

Blinded by Cataracts and a tumor on his left eye, gray faced and beautiful. Jake had a good night, slept from 6 to 3:15.. Had trouble standing when he first got up but after his Carprophen and a few laps around the pool, he is walking better. We have to leave things where they always were, to keep him from bumping into them.

He loves for me to sit on the ottoman and let him stand between my legs and I hold him tight. He loves to be hugged tightly...

Jake's Journal August 7 2017

Jake Friday 8/7/2018

Jake continues to pace and pant, last night he paced/panted his path for 3 hours and 20 minutes. Back and forth until he is exhausted. My heart hurts because he wants to lay on the sofa or in his chair and can't. Even with his Carprohen and calming treats, he just can't lie down. He will lay down for 30 seconds and move to the chair, lay down and move to the sofa, up and down the hall.

He slept well from 8 to 3 with one coughing spell at midnight. When he got me up at 3:15 I walked down the hall and he always follows me to the door to go outside. I got to the door , he was not with me. He was jammed between my beside table and the bed and could not back up. I had to remove the heavy lamp, all the junk and pick the table up to move it. He was barely able to circle and when he followed me was very slow.

This morning I looked up two near by Veterinary ER and found there are 3 with in a 6 minute drive. The numbers are posted on the fridge now....

Jake August 2018

Above is my Jumping Jake Photo from 2007. Jake has been the most active dog we ever had. Full of energy and always ready to play until he drops....Chase a ball until we could throw no longer.

 He gave new meaning to the word Hyper!

Since he can no longer chase his ball, we let him carry it, while he follows me around and around the pool deck.
I walk, he follows. I stroll because it is to hot to move faster, I sing Mama has a little lamb, little lamb, his face is white as snow, he follows mama every where she goes.

I stopped walking and took photos of him strolling with the ball in his mouth. the 4th bloc is a bucket upside down the next to last white cotton at the bottom is Daddy's head, Bob was in the pool watching us.
His sight is so bad, we can't leave him in the yard alone, because he can't swim if he falls in the pool,

Daddy walks him on a leash around the neighborhood, and Mommy walks him round and round the pool,
Our heart is so full of love as we watch our beloved Jake aging more each day.. he will be 14 in January.

Jakes meds are doing great and working well, most of the time. He still has moments of pacing/panting but then I give him a calming treat... it works in about 20 minutes to half hour. some days are good some are not. for all Three of us seniors. When he paces for 3 hours at a time, my heart breaks and we wait.

for all the years of our marriage we have had dogs that bark and let us know if someone strange is here. Now his hearing is gone and he can't hear the knock on the door or see them walk in front of the window.  I don't sleep as well as I used to because I am the only person in the house that can HEAR..

Question: Do you have a pet? or pets? Do you have angel pets in heaven?

We had Max, alone, Baby and Cooper together for 3 years, then 3 and 2 and now 1 sweet boy.

We have 3 in heaven from our 33 years together.

Jake Augurst 2018

As I took photos in the front yard, I turned to see Jake starting at me, like who is that? Should I bark?

I started to wave at him and say It's Mommy, Jake over and over. He could not hear me so I walked closed to the gate and said I'TS MOMMY JAKE,think MegaPhone Loud.. so loud the neighbors may have popped out to see what was going on.

HE came to the fence smiling at me, and turned his head away, looking embarrassed because he did not know me.... Bob was in the pool and when I went through the house Jake was trying to get in side to find out if I was in the house. Bob said when I opened the door. What's wrong with Jake... and when I told him we were heart broken together.

With sight dwindling, hearing almost gone, nose not as good as it used to be, we are helping Jake through his days with Carprohen for pain and calming treats for pacing/panting and he has the start of dementia...

Jake Augurst 2018

Jake, our heart dog

Jake is doing better, he is off an on with the panting/pacing, but has slept 4 nights in a row, letting me sleep until 3:30 am instead of the mid night rides of Jake Revere.... He sometimes get stuck in tight spots and has to be re-routed by mommy.... He grew to 50 pounds by age 1 and has been the same weight for 13 years. He looks younger in black and white, the gray doesn't show. You many never see a color photo of ME again..... Good for Jake Good for ME.

Jake was having a ruff time, he keeps saying "Stop Hounding me with that Camera".  This may sound far-fetched, but he did say to me  "fur-real" mommy?

I am moving to the 'barking' lot if you don't stop following me... Jake says Thanks fur stopping by today.

UPDATE.. I created this post last Thursday for today. The three day week end and today, the panting/pacing is back and he is having trouble getting up and down. Fell off the chair at 2:30 am and I had to lift him up. After a calming treat and a Carprophen, about 40 minutes later, he can walk and get up and down.... the hips are going.. 

Jake, Our Gift

Created in Lunapic... Our sweet boy

Current Pics of Jake 2017 - 2018

Faces of Jake December 2017

Jake is not doing very well at age 13 yrs 5 months, hearing and sight is almost gone and walking is becoming a chore. The face is gray and beloved by both of us. This blog is active but I do not post on it except rarely. It is our history of all our dogs and since Jakes doesn't do much but sleep now, I don't take as many photos. This post is to store his current photos for the future.

Below is Jake May 2018

who says old age can't be handsome?

Jake, my punkin

Where You can find Me.

Where you can find me every day. This blog is not completely retired, but I rarely post on it now. You can find me at Madsnapper, my daily blog.... thanks to all of you who comment on my rare posts. I started this when we had 3 dogs, and now with Jake and his age, the photos are all pretty much the same and he really hates the camera.http://snapperone.blogspot.com/

Jungle Jake- can you find me

When you find Jake in his Jungle, pop over to Madsnapper and see just how many hibiscus he was hiding in. Jake's Mommy is Madsnapper and post on that blog every day, this is a once in a while blog.

Mirror, Mirror On the Floor

Mirror, Mirror, on the floor, who's most precious, plus much more? Jake Is!

Caterday ART-Jakeasaurus

Jakeasaurus

Jake could be called a diner-saur if he gets that lizard off his back.

What is the scariest type of dinosaur (besides Jake of course)?  a Terror-dactyil

Jake today

thank you Doctor Dana, for giving me back my pretty eyes, by removing that tumor. Story in Prior Post of the tumor

Tumor Be Gone Miracle

Photo taken one hour after surgery on 5/3/2017

 Two years ago, Jake had a small size of a BB tumor on lower right lid. It grew and grew, May of 2016 the vet said we need to remove the growth, I will have to take part of the lid. cost 719.00. We refused the surgery not because of cost but Jake is OLD and twice with other dogs his age, they had surgery and were never the same. Max almost died from the anesthesia at 12. Fast forward a year, the thing covered his eye, then he kept pawing at it until it was hanging out and down. At the annual this past Wed. I asked to see the vet we love, he is old school, and saved Jake as a puppy. He is not young and new and by the book.  (see tab Jakes story above)

I said to the vet, we don't want to put him under to do the surgery, Bob says if his dad was alive he would just hold him down and cut it off... The vet said, I can do that. And I will do that. He came back with scissors, put deadening drops in Jakes eye, two assistants held his head, while I tried not to cry, and snip snip snip and it was gone. He had his annual with bloodwork and all his shots and surgery and was done in 15 minutes.

The vet said Jake is amazing. he said the first snip he did not know what was coming, but the 2nd and 3rd he did and he never even flinched.  It gone and will grow back in a year or 2 but vet said, if it grows back I will snip it again.... that was the first miracle. the 2nd was the fact he charged us NOTHING. it was included in the annual exam/shots..... and Jake is so happy, he can see and no big marble hanging out of his eye. It is not a malignant tumor but a common one in older dogs.

Thank you Lord, for answered prayers

Blogville on Spring break

Jake is packing for Spring Break at the Beach with Arty, from Dory's Backyard and with Madi and Mom he will be playing ball in the park...

HIS plan!  camp at the park, play ball and then on to the Beach.  Ready for a Break.. What do you think of his ball team mates? It will be easy to slip out of the hula skirt and PLAY BALL, just wiggle wiggle and it will fall right off.