Rainbow Bridge

Elwood crossed the Rainbow Bridge on May 9, 2009. While he was only moderately ill, he simply gave up and willed himself to die. I think he was tired of fighting his physical and mental illnesses all his life. Elwood is seriously missed by myself and the rest of the pack. The house seems too quiet without a coonhound bellowing hello every night.

Thunderstorms and other phobias

It seems that, no matter what, I always have at least one dog who is phobic about thunder. This one is Miranda. Thunder starts rumbling and she forgets all her other phobias so that she can crawl up next to a human for comfort and safety. Meanwhile Harley barks. I think he believes that the thunder is another huge dog who is challenging him - so he yells a challenge back.

Sally? She sleeps through everything these days.