Introduction to Carrie Bradshaw and Nina.. and Kim

If any of you have an aging pet, you know what it's like. Period. Enough said, right? You simply know what  it is like. Life can be challenging with an older furry family member. Especially when they seem to have an attitude. And especially when there is more than one, and they egg-each other on.
Allow me to introduce you to my two:  Meet Carrie Bradshaw (and yes, she goes by her full name). She is five years old. And fluffy.

And then there is Nina, my fifteen year old jack russell. A good listener, she's gone a mite deaf in her years.

As you read their scripts, and mind you I am just the transcriber- I just type it as it happens- it might help to know what their voices sound like.
I'll do my best to 'splain:

Carrie Bradshaw's voice is very little-girl- like and airy. Not too high pitched you understand, just light.

Nina is definitely a nasal speaker.

Many of my friends (non-dog) as well as the dogs have been asking for a blog of this nature. I tend to post what are now referred to as my "dog scripts" on my Facebook page. However for a blog, I wanted to wait till I felt I could articulate the reasons for allowing the dogs to have their own blog. The goal here is to reach out to pet owners- especially owners of older pets and let them know they are not alone in their anxieties. It's hard to watch a pet get sick and not know what to do. Granted, the first thing I would ALWAYS say is GET TO THE VET! THAT goes without being said. But here's the thing: what do you tell the vet when you get there, right? Somewhere along the line in my journey with Nina I started to cope with it all by writing little dog scripts. I simply listened to what it was the dogs were trying to tell me. And if I listened hard enough, I could then articulate to the vet what it was that he needed to know (our real vet is a man- more on the "real vet" comment later). Now, I'm a writer, and I have a background in comedy. Somewhere along the line as well I realized how important it was to keep a sense of humor about the situation. It seemed to ease the dogs' anxieties as well. And I could hear them more clearly, as they were more at ease about what they would say in front of me. 

Let's recap: 

So the point of this  little ongoing experiment is to remind pet owners...

1.  They/You are not alone.

2.  Listen. Observe. Be in tune with your pet. Chances are you'll pick up on what it is they need or are trying to tell you.

3.  Keep a sense of focus and humor. If you're not worried, neither will your pet be. You'll be surprised how easily and quickly they start to mimic us.

Again, I am not a vet and don't represent myself to be. I always go to my vet if I think my dog needs to go. But I am also a writer and a performer. This is the only way I know how to share my experiences with other pet owners in the spirit that maybe they can learn from my experiences. Keep in mind, the scenes I will write and add are in no particular order, ....And  if only I had started listening sooner...

Enjoy the show!