There's an oak tree right outside the window of the front bedroom...which just happens to be the room the dogs use for their self appointed "guard duty", and in an knothole in that same tree lives a family of squirrels. 15 feet away, and almost at the same height...squirrels! We have to close the shades quite often in that window, but "somehow...someone" (cough, cough) has damaged the shades, and not gently!
This same dog had surgery on her hip (cancerous growth) about a year ago, so we're well-versed on hauling-out the queen size mattress from the spare/guest bedroom and sleeping on the floor with her.
But I can't imagine taking care of a dog, and a spouse, at the same time. That must have been a challenge!
