Two years without Manuel - today This will be the last blog-post about Manuel at Akita Unleashed. As you can read 2016 was "hell" and in order to write about it I had to read through his medical journal. It brought up a lot of pain but reading it again has also been...
Happy pictures - Gallery 3 As this blog has been showing a lot of "sad" pictures, I want to publish three blog posts filled of happy pictures and love. Below you will find some of the (more than 13 000) pictures we have taken of Manuel.
Happy pictures - Gallery 2 As this blog has been showing a lot of "sad" pictures, I want to publish three blog posts filled of happy pictures and love. Below you will find some of the (more than 13 000) pictures we have taken of Manuel.
Happy pictures - Gallery 1 As this blog has been showing a lot of "sad" pictures, I want to publish three blog posts filled of happy pictures and love. Below you will find some of the (more than 13 000) pictures we have taken of Manuel.
Our last walk together It had been grey and cloudy weather for many days. When I woke up that morning, the sun was shining, but in my heart there was just darkness. We went on a walk, Manuel's favourite walk at the summer house. First the beach, and then the woods...
Planning the remaing days of his life I know that this sounds harsh to some. But to us, this is the only option. We owe that to Manuel. Becoming old having different kinds of issues is not, and will never be a reason for us to let a family member go. However, when the...
When is it time to let go? Then all of a sudden - they turn "100". This is what we excepted and prepared for, and this is also what happened. SA & Kidneys Still under control. Still treating only locally when needed. Still good results when testing urine and...
Oct/Nov 2018 - For many years he was "60" My experience is that the dogs I have lived with have been "middle-age" for many many years. General impression Manuel slowly shows that he is older, older in his body - but not his mind. SA Still under control. Still treating...
A very warm Spring and Summer 2018 Status Kidneys All tests still show good results (urine- and blood samples), and Manuel confirms that. Status SA The lack of a perfect coat exposes Manuel for the cold weather, but it also exposes him to warm weather. The thing is...
SA-flare/attack and cold outside - could work just fine It is all up to us humans to adapt different situations to the situation. Manuel is warm-blooded but have some bald spots. So we need to be flexible. When on walks and being active - no coat When on slow walks,...
The numbers say it all! So we will now regularly make test for the rest of his life in order to monitor the status of his kidneys: Urine samples Blood tests The good thing is that the urine samples we will collect ourselves, and the blood tests will be made by his...
Even more medicines? NO!!! So Manuel became apathetic from the first medication, and then when we swopped to another, he became nauseous. When the discussion even came to suggesting yet another medication in order to stop the the nausea that another medication was...