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April R. Holmes's avatar

Wonderful. Happy anniversary

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you so much, April!

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Lois Thomson Bowersock's avatar

Hello JoJo, this is Emily from the Hounds and Cats at Hound Hollow. I hope you and the Critters have had a memorable 3rd Anniversary week! We at Hound Hollow wish you many more years of incredible adventures and companionship.

JoJo, I wanted to tell you that I visited my vet, Dr. Tamara, today. I really like Dr. Tamara because she specializes in Hounds like us. Actually, my brothers, Travis the Pup, Tommy the Cat, and I visited her earlier this week. Tommy had some cat stuff, and Travis and I received predicures. Today was far more serious for me.

Mom discovered some nasty-looking lumps near my tail, and Dr. Tamara diagnosed them as cancer. Dr. Tamara is going to remove them next Wednesday morning. She says I have a good prognosis, and I will only be under anesthesia for a "very short" time.

JoJo, will you, the Critters, and Miss Heidi please pray for me? I'm a brave girl, and I have been a really good hound and a therapy dog all my life.

Thank you, JoJo. Blessings to all of you,

Emily Dog

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you very much for your kind thoughts to every Critter at the Bowersock Hound & Cats at Hound Hollow. First, we are so grateful for your support of CwC and are very happy to have met you here along the way. We look forward to sharing a lot more adventures with you. Most of all, we want to wish Emily the very best of health and our prayers and luvluvluv are with you. Jojo is especially reaching out a supportive paw for the upcoming veterinary procedure. Did you know that in addition to helping us write, our Hooman, the H Person, also worked for many years as a veterinary surgical nurse? Emily you will be in good hands with Dr. Tamara. Take it easy post op, it's a chance to be a pampered pet. Please keep us posted. Jojo also got a pedicure at home and got his monthly arthritis injection at the vet last week. Take good care and we're here for you, your friends at Critters.🐾🐾

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Lois Thomson Bowersock's avatar

Thank you, Miss Heidi. Dr. Tamara takes very good care of all of us, so we trust her. I will be careful to follow my post op procedures. My mom always insists on we hounds and cats follow through on Dr. Tamara’s instructions. The critters are very fortunate that you worked with a vet. If I worked with a vet I’d like to do what I did when I worked at my mom’s office. My job was to greet everyone and help them feel comfortable. It was fun.

Have a good weekend, Miss Heidi, Critters and my special friend, JoJo.

Hugs and tail wags,

Emily of the Hounds and Cats of Hound Hollow

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Emily, you are a natural born therapist. We are sending healing vibes to you for a speedy recovery.:)

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MamaCarole's avatar

Happy anniversary week CwC!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, MamaCarole!

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Louise Haynes's avatar

Happy anniversary, Heidi, Jasper, Jojo, and Chris. Here’s to another wonderful year ahead!🐾💕

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you so much, Louise! It’s great to have you with us.:)

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Débora Figueiredo's avatar

Happy anniversary! Looking forward for more Conversations 💚

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you so much Debora! We are looking forward to sharing more with you!

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Kristin Swan's avatar

Happy belated anniversary to our very first Substack friends. We luvluvluv you the mostest! Always!!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Kristin! So good to see you here with us, my friend. Hope you've had a good summer.:) We luvluvluv you back.

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Kristin Swan's avatar

You’re welcome Heidi. It’s great to be here. I’m way behind on my reading, have been super busy with a new job (again) and getting the hoomans back to school. I hope you’re doing well!!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

We'll have to catch up! It's great to see you here, my friend.:)

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Mary B's avatar

"For this upcoming CwC year, I’m planning on more unconditional canine luvluvluv." and "That’s what significance does. It takes time." are so good, especially coming from such wise and loving critters. Congrats again on the milestone! Can't wait for more. Love smiling, you know? 😁

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you Mary and we do plan on more smiles in this new CwC year! So wonderful to have you here with us.

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Mary B's avatar

Hooray!! It's wonderful to be here, or as my dad used to say, "It's wonderful being had". 😁

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

We luv that!

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Mary B's avatar

😁

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Trudi Nicola's avatar

Yes to sleep then food! Great plan! 😏

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you Trudi! Chris will see you in his dreams! Enjoy the weekend.:)

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Trudi Nicola's avatar

You too!🤗

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Congratulations on your three year anniversary, Heidi and critters, and for sharing your aspirations. You've got this!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Diana! We look forward to sharing new adventures with you.:) Have a good weekend in the mountains.

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Neil Barker's avatar

Looking forward to reading more CwC prose and poetry, Heidi. I enjoy reading your Poetry with Pets haiku at the end of each post. I have not really written many haiku and like to read them. Nice to see Jojo coming up on his Furever Home anniversary as well in October!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Neil, I always enjoy hearing your feedback. Perhaps I should try writing sijo and you can write haiku, then we'll compare notes. Shall we try a collab sometime for CwC's new year?

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Neil Barker's avatar

Sounds like a plan!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Let's think about it and come up with a post.:) You'll need to teach me the structure for sijo.

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Clee Images's avatar

Fab!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you Clee! Hope you are doing great.:)

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Clee Images's avatar

I am and I hope you are as well. I haven't forgotten a second collab. It just has been a bit crazy.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Any time you'd like to team up again, please feel free to reach out. Take good care!

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