Dear Alessa:

You are very welcome and thank you 🙏✨😊

Alessa the librarian- for some reason it makes me smile affectionately 🤍✨😊

You put your best into everything, Alessa. I admire that about you. 🙌 ✨

About money and anything else that makes me anxious- I avoid, postpone and I take it one day at a time, literally. I also repeat to myself every day a mantra that includes accepting situations I cannot change (radical acceptance) as well as radically accepting my emotions (no longer suppressing, no longer resisting what-is within me and without. This gives me access to energy otherwise wasted in futile resistance.

I had been distrustful of people- expecting people to be like my mother, to catch me off guard with accusations and insults and put downs 😔- much more than I am now. Progress has been made 😊

I am hoping to visit the local taproom for some socialization this afternoon. I hope you are sleeping restfully at this time 😴💤

🤍Anita

@Anita,

My advice for Bogart is to remain in a happy mood. Bogart will take his cue from you. If you are full of tension then Bogart will have tension. Sadness and there will be sadness in Bogarts eyes. So, please remain in good spirits to show Bogart what he should be doing.

@Alessa,

Savings? What is that? I barely get enough to cover month to month. Now, they are going to take out medicare part B. Property tax is one big bill at the beginning of the year and then another big bill for school tax in September. I have applied for Senior discount on the property taxes. Still there is no savings. I am now regretting buying those tools. The tools just sit in the garage. Could have use that money for food. Well hopefully they will come in handy in the near future.

Everyone,

It seems Japan and China are selling off their notes and bonds. It might mean higher interest rates. Inflation. Maybe? Don’t know yet. Every other country seems to want to get off the US reserve dollar. Brics wants to take over as the world’s reserve currency. Looks like 2026 is going to be an interesting year. Don’t the Chinese have a curse about having an interesting life??

Dear Thomas:

Thank you for the advice in regard to Bogart, it’s a wise advice. Actually, it’s wise to apply it with people as well.

Elaborating on it, the scientific term for it is Emotional Contagion. It means one individual’s emotional state automatically triggers a similar state in another without conscious intention, and without verbal communication

Humans do it. Dogs do it. Even babies do it. It’s the most basic form of empathy.

There are such things as Mirror Neurons: if someone looks tense, the other person’s mirror neurons simulate that tension. If someone is relaxed, the other person mirrors that too. Dogs have a similar system, which is why they’re so attuned to human emotions.

People and dogs pick up on micro‑expressions, muscle tension, breathing rate, posture, eye movements, tone of voice and scent changes (dogs smell stress hormones, so I am reading).

🙏 🤍 Anita

Dear Alessa:

You write so well.. Just a perfect 👌 reply in every way. I think that you’re talented.

Thank you for the calm 🙏 And for the information, encouragement and support. I am feeling much better about the procedure this coming Tuesday.

And I had no idea people neuteror spay (is that the word? Can’t check because I am using my phone) their cats. Just never thought about it and it didn’t occur to me.

Yes, I am making progress. One thing I noticed most recently is that I am not taking people’s behavior or misbehavior personally like I did before.

I am about to take Bogart on a tiny walk. It’s already dark here. I hope 🙏 that you and your son have a restful night 💤

🤍 Anita

Dear Alessa:

You are welcome and thank you 🙏 🤍

Last evening I prepared a turkey lunch meat sandwich for myself, with lots of turkey, had it at the edge of the kitchen counter for a moment. Bogart managed to get to it and eat it all before I could stop him. After that, later at night, he went number 2 in the bathroom, diarrhea style. Is it because of the turkey lunch meat?

I’ve been sharing with him (voluntarily) a bit of my lunches, human food, every day, mixed it with his dog food for flavor. I didn’t today because I’m wondering if it’s unhealthy for him.. ?

Up to 6 months, at the breeder’s where he was raised), he nursed on his mother’s milk and then on dry dog food, that and nothing else. So, I am wondering if human food is unhealthy for him?

I agree with what you said. The principle of Do-No-Harm comes to mind.

I hope you have a good night. It’s just after noon here, raining, but have to take Bogart on a longer walk (than this morning’s tiny walk).

🤍 Anita

Dear Alessa:

Thank you so much for your detailed (and humorous 😃) reply, as well as for looking up things online.

I had no idea about 🍇, 🌰 and 🍅 and didn’t know about beagles being prone to digestive problems.

Strange thing he loves to eat is banana 🍌 peels. Not that I gave him any. It’s that on our walks he comes across banana peels (people obviously eat them while driving (under the influence of banana, lol) and throw the peels out the windows. Last night and this morning he threw up a bit. Could be the peels.

And then, he’s been chewing on his dog bed and stuffed toys 🧸, maybe swallowing some of the filling ((I got the stuff out of his mouth repeatedly.. but not all, I am guessing).

I enjoy your humor and stories about your dogs. I feel that I am fortunate to have (I just removed more filling out of his mouth, for crying out loud!).

Anyway, I am fortunate to have your mentoring input, an experienced, knowledgeable and compassionate dog mom.

I am looking forward to stories about your new cat 🐈 to be.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🤍 🤍 🤍 Anita

Dear Alessa:

Thank you for the acidophilus pills/ yogurt advice. You’re like a library on dogs — full of knowledge, clarity, and guidance that I genuinely value 🙏 🙂

I never thought of giving him banana. I try to give him as little human food as possible. The other day I removed another banana peel out of his mouth during a walk. This morning, he vomited a bit of stuffed toy fuzz 😢

And guess where he’s at now? At the vet for his surgery (as well as cleaning the inside of his cute, fluffy ears and trimming his nails. I am concerned, hoping the vet doesn’t call with any problems and that all goes well 🙏

Yes, I do like your sense of humor, having successfully acquired it 😂, and I loved your 💨 🤢 🤮 on the other thread!

🤍✨🌿Anita