January 2021 was a rough month for our furry curmudgeon. Linus developed an unremitting nosebleed that left our carpeted staircase looking like a murder had been committed on the landing. The vet said there wasn’t anything to be done, and given his advanced years, we assumed his time was probably up. Years ago, I had read a story somewhere of how when a vet told a dog owner that his dog only had three weeks to live, the dog owner began getting his dog a Burger King cheeseburger each day. He said he figured his dog’s last few weeks ought to be tasty, happy ones. And so day after day, the dog owner would take his dog through the drive through. And guess what? The dog lived for three more years! I never forgot the story, and so when I thought Linus was on his last three weeks, I started cooking up bowls of ground beef for him. And guess what?!? He hasn’t had a nose bleed since I started the “Great American All Beef Diet.” He’s 104 in human years and so I know even with the all beef diet, his time with us is limited. But for now, he seems back to being his barky, curmudgeonly, annoying self. And for that I am very grateful.
January 2021 was a rough month for our furry curmudgeon. Linus developed an unremitting nosebleed that left our carpeted staircase looking like a murder had been committed on the landing. The vet said there wasn’t anything to be done, and given his advanced years, we assumed his time was probably up. Years ago, I had read a story somewhere of how when a vet told a dog owner that his dog only had three weeks to live, the dog owner began getting his dog a Burger King cheeseburger each day. He said he figured his dog’s last few weeks ought to be tasty, happy ones. And so day after day, the dog owner would take his dog through the drive through. And guess what? The dog lived for three more years! I never forgot the story, and so when I thought Linus was on his last three weeks, I started cooking up bowls of ground beef for him. And guess what?!? He hasn’t had a nose bleed since I started the “Great American All Beef Diet.” He’s 104 in human years and so I know even with the all beef diet, his time with us is limited. But for now, he seems back to being his barky, curmudgeonly, annoying self. And for that I am very grateful.
