A few weeks ago, a visitor to my home met Rags  and looked into his eyes and said 'oh he has cataracts" and my heart sank. Rags is now 10 years old and the unexpected can occur. Everyday, I looked into his eyes not quite seeing the usual graying cloudiness signs of this condition but I did see something. With a deep breathe I made an appointment with Rags' veterinarian.  Anticipating the worst  while waiting for the vet to arrive in the room taps a unique place of character strength in myself and I assume all of us as we go through these feelings. It's good to talk about it because being their voice is our primary job in these tenuous vet visits. Doesn't your inner voice say " well I will do whatever it takes to help him or her. Anything and everything". It surely is the returned unconditional love that they give us so freely. Rags shaking and his looks of  "there is the door let's go" and my calming words filled the time until the doctor came in. Her calm analysis exclaimed that he didn't have cataracts but the condition of a dogs aging. He has Lenticular Sclorosis. As dogs age the nucleus of the lens becomes denser, harder and somewhat cloudy in appearance. ah! that was great news and made for a happy long walk afterwards with treats returning home. 

One of the aspects of meeting people as I travel  is hearing about their pets. The depth of care and love is a joy to hear. So today was the day to start a blog from Music for Pets and People website for blogging.

OK here we go! Janet