Comments on: Keep Chewy in your prayers! http://SheltieTales.com/2009/05/26/keep-chewy-in-your-prayers/ The World Of Rescued Shelties Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:51:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dawn http://SheltieTales.com/2009/05/26/keep-chewy-in-your-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-6852 Dawn Thu, 28 May 2009 17:20:16 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/?p=595#comment-6852 Oh Amanda, I'm just going to keep ALL of you in my prayers, as it seems you have more to handle than any one person should have to bear! Hang tough Chewy! Oh Amanda, I’m just going to keep ALL of you in my prayers, as it seems you have more to handle than any one person should have to bear! Hang tough Chewy!

]]> By: Barbara in Istanbul http://SheltieTales.com/2009/05/26/keep-chewy-in-your-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-6802 Barbara in Istanbul Wed, 27 May 2009 15:18:49 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/?p=595#comment-6802 I'm going to second Marie's comments. In less than 2 weeks Amanda has had to cope with so much...more than most people ever have to deal with in their lives with dogs. More than some long time rescue people have ever had to deal with. Like Jim said...you keep rising to each challenge or crisis as it comes along and you handle it. I don't think retail is for you...Amanda! You have so much real experience with these kids...and real skills at handling them when they're well, cranky, or needing your help. We get back home one week from today...Wednesday. I know whatever happens with Chewy you'll have done everything that could be done. He's lucky and we're lucky that you've been willing to hand feed him and try to find the foods he wanted to eat. You guys don't know it but Chewy's favorite meal for quite a while...that needed to be hand fed to him was either Royal Canin Special 30 kibble (meant for sensitive tummies and picky eaters) mixed with Fat Free Frozen Yogurt. Amanda has been working very hard making him special meals like this and hand-feeding it to him just to get him to eat. Anyway...Jim and I just went to the Hagia Sophia (pronounced Hiyah Sophia), an incredible old structure that was a church and then a mosque. It's so big, so beautiful, and such an incredible structure for the time in which it was built words can't describe it. We're beat. If we get up the energy we'll go to dinner...otherwise we'll just hang out and rest. - Barbara I’m going to second Marie’s comments. In less than 2 weeks Amanda has had to cope with so much…more than most people ever have to deal with in their lives with dogs. More than some long time rescue people have ever had to deal with. Like Jim said…you keep rising to each challenge or crisis as it comes along and you handle it. I don’t think retail is for you…Amanda! You have so much real experience with these kids…and real skills at handling them when they’re well, cranky, or needing your help. We get back home one week from today…Wednesday. I know whatever happens with Chewy you’ll have done everything that could be done. He’s lucky and we’re lucky that you’ve been willing to hand feed him and try to find the foods he wanted to eat.

You guys don’t know it but Chewy’s favorite meal for quite a while…that needed to be hand fed to him was either Royal Canin Special 30 kibble (meant for sensitive tummies and picky eaters) mixed with Fat Free Frozen Yogurt. Amanda has been working very hard making him special meals like this and hand-feeding it to him just to get him to eat.

Anyway…Jim and I just went to the Hagia Sophia (pronounced Hiyah Sophia), an incredible old structure that was a church and then a mosque. It’s so big, so beautiful, and such an incredible structure for the time in which it was built words can’t describe it. We’re beat. If we get up the energy we’ll go to dinner…otherwise we’ll just hang out and rest. – Barbara

]]> By: SheltieJim http://SheltieTales.com/2009/05/26/keep-chewy-in-your-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-6791 SheltieJim Wed, 27 May 2009 09:31:31 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/?p=595#comment-6791 Amanda, OMG! We are SOOOO lucky to have you still petsitting for us. I cannot imagine anybody else who would plow right through all of the stuff that's going on there and just Do The Right Thing! You are incredible, and I can't imagine what things would be like without you there to do what you do. You're amazing. Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOO much for being there for everybody, Ballet, Chewy, Tanner, and even little Zen Cat (sorry about your finger!). I am so anxious about Chewy. I hope beyond hope that he continues to improve and lasts at least until we get home. (Of course, I'll be home about 7 days before I have to leave for two weeks in Korea, but at least Barbara will be staying home for that trip.) But I know that you'll do the right thing for Chewy, no matter what. I'm also very, very grateful to Julene and Kevin for being there to help you and stand by you when you need some support. They're incredible rescue people and absolutely key participants in SRU. The rest of you who help us so much...thanks for everything you are doing, especially your words of encouragement and support to Amanda. I'm not deliberately ignoring any of you, but all of this — Ballet's sudden death, Chewy's crisis — has me really rattled. I don't know that anything would go differently if I/we were there, but at least we wouldn't feel so hopeless by being 10,000 miles away! Hang in there, Amanda, and thanks again for being so fantastic with the kids! Amanda, OMG! We are SOOOO lucky to have you still petsitting for us. I cannot imagine anybody else who would plow right through all of the stuff that’s going on there and just Do The Right Thing! You are incredible, and I can’t imagine what things would be like without you there to do what you do. You’re amazing. Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOO much for being there for everybody, Ballet, Chewy, Tanner, and even little Zen Cat (sorry about your finger!).

I am so anxious about Chewy. I hope beyond hope that he continues to improve and lasts at least until we get home. (Of course, I’ll be home about 7 days before I have to leave for two weeks in Korea, but at least Barbara will be staying home for that trip.) But I know that you’ll do the right thing for Chewy, no matter what.

I’m also very, very grateful to Julene and Kevin for being there to help you and stand by you when you need some support. They’re incredible rescue people and absolutely key participants in SRU.

The rest of you who help us so much…thanks for everything you are doing, especially your words of encouragement and support to Amanda. I’m not deliberately ignoring any of you, but all of this — Ballet’s sudden death, Chewy’s crisis — has me really rattled. I don’t know that anything would go differently if I/we were there, but at least we wouldn’t feel so hopeless by being 10,000 miles away!

Hang in there, Amanda, and thanks again for being so fantastic with the kids!

]]> By: Marie http://SheltieTales.com/2009/05/26/keep-chewy-in-your-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-6776 Marie Tue, 26 May 2009 23:48:23 +0000 http://SheltieTales.com/?p=595#comment-6776 Wow! You've just had more than your share of drama this time around. In fact, you've probably dealt with more serious health issues between Ballet, Chewy, Zen, and Tanner, than most people have in their lifetime. You're really doing a great job! Hang in there and I'll be hoping that Chewy continues recovering, so he's back at home with you soon. Wow! You’ve just had more than your share of drama this time around. In fact, you’ve probably dealt with more serious health issues between Ballet, Chewy, Zen, and Tanner, than most people have in their lifetime. You’re really doing a great job! Hang in there and I’ll be hoping that Chewy continues recovering, so he’s back at home with you soon.

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