Reply #43: I live it with [View All]

[Enthusiast]

my little 16 year old dog.

Her arthritis is terrible, her entire face is white with age and she is losing her teeth. She will lie in her basket with her eyes fixed on me for hours at a time just hoping that she can fulfill my needs in some way. When I pet her face she appears to want to crawl right into my skin -she can't get close enough. She wants her front paws on me even though it hurts her hind quarters and back very much to do this. This is love, very tangible and unmistakable.