22/09/2022
Happy 13th Birthday to my gorgeous Miss Zeeva … In human years, due to her age and size, Zeeva is now older than me at 68 … However, you wouldn’t know it as Z still do 360’s before her dinner and she has this absolutely wonderful spring in her step when she walks …
Everyone who meets her, loves Miss Z instantly … She knows her way around the hospital and every medical centre we go to like the back of her paw … For over 9 years she has been helping me cope with going out in public, get blood tests, go through chemo and prepare myself for CT Scans, PET Scans or go to the dentist ... When I get too anxious at the dentist, I squeeze my legs and she walks up my chest so I can scratch her and breathe in her fur … She only weighs 2.2kg and many would say that she can’t do DPT (Deep Pressure Therapy) but the fact that she’s there feels like she weighs as much as a 20kg dog, and she calms me with this simple movement … And no the sounds of the drills and everything else don’t worry her while they freak me out immensely …
It is Zeeva who by doing her tasks, such as a tap on my arm/leg, smelling her fur, or looking into her eyes, or so many other things ... Zeeva does what no human can do for me ... Her retirement, when she’s ready, to air-conditioned comfort, Dog TV via YouTube, treats galore and sleeping to her hearts content is all something she gets now, but will be even more deserved … She doesn’t like it if I take Quinzel out for a quick training session because that’s her job I’m swiftly told when I return, as she demands cuddles as I apoligise for leaving her home alone.
Zeeva reminds me to get out of bed in the morning when I don’t want to, and lets me know when it’s bedtime by standing at our bedroom door …
Have a pawtastic 13th Birthday my gorgeous girlfriend Miss Zeeva … Everyday is better simply because you are in it! … Mummy loves you to the moon and back …