Zhaboo

Some sad news in our world -- my parents had to have Zhaboo put to sleep last week. Zhaboo was my sister's dog in college, but had been living with my parents since then (Zhaboo was not much for travelling -- she was so nervous in the car that she would shake and then go catatonic.)

She had been having a lot of medical problems and treatments over the past several years, including a surgery to remove a swelling/tumor behind her eye. (This was apparently an unusual problem that the vet school hadn't seen before, so she did her part to further veterinary education!) The most recent problem was an intestinal tumor that was causing her a lot of pain, and that the vet couldn't treat.

Boo was a great little dog. She used to chase the golf carts around the college campus, and her best friend there was a Rottweiler (they met when they were puppies, and about the same size). Even in her older years she liked to play with stuffed animals. But she especially liked to have my sister around -- even though she lived with my parents most of her life, she was still Nora's dog.

She was a sweet girl, and we'll miss her.