Posted by Poet on December 15, 2005, at 13:03:44
In reply to Feeling very depressed today, posted by crushedout on December 15, 2005, at 12:46:09
Hi Crushedout,
I'm mommy to cats, not dogs, but having cared for many elderly cats, I think weight gain is better than weight loss. The dog isn't wasting away- since you've been caring for him, he has energy he didn't have before.
I understand that weight gain is harder on arthritic legs, but so is being rail thin like so many elderly animals (and humans!) are.
Are you more depressed? In other words is there anything else going on besides dogsitting that has you feeling low? Or PMS making you feel low?
The holidays are getting to me bigtime and I don't normally have seasonal depression.
Poet
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