Help with dogs

We are very grateful to my mother-in-law who stepped up to care for our dogs for over a month when John and I went to Boston for my surgery. We had very little time to plan ahead, and we appreciate she could take them on such short notice.

This time we have more time to plan ahead – although our future is uncertain. My cancer could come back, and if so, I would be a lot sicker than last time. In anticipation of that possibility, we would like to try to do some traveling soon – while I know I still can. Either way – whether it’s cancer reoccurrence or bucket list fun stuff, we could use longish-term help with our dogs.

They are both old and very well-behaved. They just lay around all day. They don’t need walks if they have a yard. They’re friendly, cuddly and tend to do fine with other pets.

We’re looking for some sort of long-term pet-sitting arrangement or even adoption if you’re interested, with the caveat that this offer is only open to people we know or people known to them. We want to stay in contact with our pups; we feel like they are ultimately our responsibility. We are happy to offer a monthly payment as well as supply food and cover the cost of grooming (needed about every 6 weeks).

Here’s Kai in his natural habitat, chilling out on the couch (or your lap if you let him).

Rosie prefers to spend her lazy days sleeping on the floor.

She’s looking at me, like, “What? I was napping.”

If you’ve been feeling a little lonely lately, I have two sweet old pups for loan.

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