Me So Corgi

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The 2021 calendar is ready to go! It is digital only and available in three formats: a PDF suitable for printing, a PDF designed for computer viewing, and a set of JPGs for a desktop wallpaper version. Everyone that orders gets all three!

Since there aren’t any printing or shipping costs the calendar is available on a “Pay What You Can” model. To order please visit www.JasperIslington.com and click on the “Donate Now” button near the bottom of the page. A donation of ANY amount is an order.

Everyone that donates will get a manually sent e-mail with the calendar files that we’ll get out as quickly as possible.

If you have any questions at all, please let me know!

Just for today, I am comfortable, smiling and able to get around with help from my friends and an amazing set of wheels. Today is what is most important. 

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Sometimes you just have to try and bite the peanut butter on the wall.

Good morning everyone! I had my first hydrotherapy session yesterday and it went very well. To get me started they used one of my favorite foods to help keep me motivated. It worked like a charm.

In addition to the exercises I’m doing at home, I'll have a hydrotherapy session once a week. This will help keep my back legs as fit as possible to slow the progression of DM.

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you again for all of your support!

Just for today, I am comfortable, smiling, and able to get around all by myself. Today is what is most important.

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Good morning everyone! I wanted to provide another health update after my vet appointment on Tuesday. I had a full battery of tests including specialized bloodwork, MRIs, x-rays, and a spinal tap.  They were able to rule out any tumors, inflammatory disease, severe spinal cord compression, protruding discs, or disc herniation. Given my symptoms and their progression, the most likely diagnosis is degenerative myelopathy (DM). While it’s not possible to definitively test for DM, with everything else ruled out, it’s the consensus of the neurologist, radiologist, and orthopedist that this is the cause of my caboose challenges. The Uprights and I are now putting a plan together.  While there is no cure for DM, we’re focusing on supportive options to keep me mobile and comfortable for as long as possible. I do have some muscle loss from all the crate rest and steroids so I’ll start with some hydrotherapy to help build things back up as a first step. Just for today, I am comfortable, smiling, and able to get around all by myself. Today is what is most important. As always the love, prayers, and support each of you provide is profoundly appreciated. Thank you!

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Health Update: Hello everyone! While slogging along in semi-hiatus mode, the Uprights and I noticed I was having some movement challenges in my caboose. I’m able to go up and down stairs, hop on and off the couch, etc, but it’s taking me a bit longer than it used to and my back legs seemed a bit, “sloppy.” We took a trip to the vet and after a few tests confirmed I’m suffering from ataxia in one rear leg due to age related disc degeneration. The hope is that it’s episodic ataxia meaning that it can be treated and is not permanent. As a first step, we’re trying six weeks of crate rest and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) to reduce the inflammation that is suspected of causing the problem. I’ll continue to post when I can, and will of course provide updates on my progress. While I understand that this comes with the territory of being an Elder Statesmen, I strongly disapprove of crate rest!

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2019 is shaping up to be a wonderful year for all of us in the House of Islington. That said there are some changes (all for the good) that are keeping us very busy. Unfortunately this means we’ll need to go on a semi-hiatus for a bit. We’ll still post as often as possible, but it won’t be daily. We’ll be back to our regular schedule as soon as possible!

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I’m an Autumn.

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Introducing the very first Outsider Art of 2019, Corgvice Circle

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There have been whispers of a Paper Product uprising today. Good luck with that.

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TBT to performing quality control for the Level Floor Division 

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This is Kitchen Adjacent Patrol

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So you’re telling me this is yet another Monday I don’t get second breakfast?

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Are these two bowls which I see before me, The rim toward my snout? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I smell thee still. Art thou not, famished vision, sensible To smelling as to sight? or art thou but Two bowls of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the hunger-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw.

With limited apologies to William Shakespeare

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Here’s the thing We started out fine It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah, yeah Since I’ve been fed

You’re dedicated, you took the time Wasn’t long till I called you Mum Yeah, yeah Since I’ve been fed

And all you’d ever hear me say Is how I picture treats and food That’s all you’d ever hear me say

But since I’ve been fed I feel full for the first time I’m so loving this Yeah, yeah Thanks to you Now I get what I want Since I’ve been fed

With limited apologies to Kelly Clarkson

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Here’s the thing We started out fine It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah, yeah Since I’ve been fed

You’re dedicated, you took the time Wasn’t long till I called you Mum Yeah, yeah Since I’ve been fed

And all you’d ever hear me say Is how I picture treats and food That’s all you’d ever hear me say

But since I’ve been fed I feel full for the first time I’m so loving this Yeah, yeah Thanks to you Now I get what I want Since I’ve been fed

With limited apologies to Kelly Clarkson

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Reach out and touch food

My own personal Sous Chef Someone to fill my bowls Someone who knows

My own personal Sous Chef Someone to feed me treats Someone with meats

Feeling famished And I’m so starved Flesh and bone By the kitchen stove Mum’s an achiever She’ll make you a believer Take second best Put her to the test Naught in my bowl She needs to redress

Mum will deliver I know she’s a savior  

Reach out and touch food

She’s my own personal Sous Chef Reach out and touch food

With limited apologies to Depeche Mode

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I’ve been alone with treats inside my mind And in my dreams I’ve chewed your food a thousand times I sometimes see you pass right by my bowl Hello, is it me you’re looking for?

I can see it in your eyes I can see it in your smile Food’s all I’ve ever wanted and my mouth is open wide Cause you know just what to say and you know just what to do And I want to tell you so much, let me chew

With limited apologies to Lionel Richie

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Cover me with kibble, mummy Cover me with treats Watch me fight with paper tubes I’ll never get enough Hunger comes, I don’t know why Cover up Da’s alibi

Feed me (feed me) on the line Feed me, feed me any, anytime Feed me (feed me) oh yeah When you’re ready we can share the verts Feed me

Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any day-ay

Feed me (feed me) oh Mum Feed me, feed me any, anytime Feed me (feed me) for a ride Feed me, feed me to be sublime Feed me (feed me) oh Da Feed me, feed me with some sweet bovine Feed me (feed me), feed me to fix my hunger’s dark dark side Feed me (feed me) on the line Feed me, feed me any, anytime Feed me (feed me) Oh, feed me, oh, oh, ah Feed me (feed me) oh Mum Feed me, feed me any, anytime

With limited apologies to Blondie

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