Echo and I could use some good vibes right now

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

Well first of all, glad Echo is doing better! Totally sucks and I just had to take one of my cats to the vet on an emergency visit 2 days ago ($618 trip to vet with no real solution or prognosis) ;~(( Before I go muzzle or treats, I might change the name ;~)) I mean, if you keep calling him Echo, he is likely to try and live up to his name, echoing previous behavior (just kidding of course)!! Power to the heel for Mr. Echo!!! Here are some pix of my cat Lyle from Monday (the only cool thing I got for that money).

 

[DrewJD82]

We played some of his favorite game today; kitchen hockey, and he had quite a bit more energy than previous days. My friend who watches him occasionally came over and it was the happiest I’ve seen him yet, he jumped right into her arms to give her a hug and was probably saying in doggie speak “Get me out of here! Dadda isn’t letting me do ANYTHING!”

Pretty sure I know how a lot of parents feel when dealing with their sick kids or anytime they need to put their foot down for the kid’s own good. It’s like being a helpless meanie who doesn’t want any fun to occur.

 

[la szum]

Yeah, pain is absolutely not anything I’ll use to train any dog.

I’ll give this a shot but that muzzle is still going to get used. He did it again today, the second I turned my head he dove for a piece of paper like his life depended on it. It’s dumbfounding how intelligent he is in some areas and then just a lunatic in others.

Probably trauma tied to survival. That kind of shit has been shown to alter how our
genes work as humans in our development, and then those changes can be passed onto our
descendants. Crazy shit! 7 generations and all that jazz.

So many messed up coping mechanisms that have served their purpose (we survived!), and are no
longer necessary still get reenacted because, "We can't help ourselves."

Epigenetics is fascinating stuff. The great news is those genetic changes can be altered and undone ----you
guessed it, through positive environments.