#walkadog

[pugdopamine]

Attention Seeker! When you have a people's dog .... #petmemes #dogmemes #memesdaily #petsofinstaworld #petsofindia #memesindia #pugstuff #puglifestyle #puglifemagazine #pugs #petscorner #pugcorner #pugdayout #dogwalks #walkadog #dogwalker #pugmemes #funnypugs (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiZj8k1uACc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[chenyingart]

若是每個人都能好好吃飯、好好散步、好好睡覺，或許世上荒腔走板的鬧劇會少一些。你覺得呢？

[whisperingwillowssds]

Sweet Murphy is trying to egg on Indi! He bays at her when he wants her to run with him! Such a silly boy! 😂 Don't forget this Saturday is the Walk & Wag event that some of our seniors will be participating in!! Murphy will be there waiting to go on a walk!! If you need a dog to walk make sure you arrive early!! May 5th @11am! Follow link for more info! https://www.orymca.org/bolivar-walk-wag #seniorbeagle #walkandwag #ymca #beaglebay #beaglebros #arrooooooo #rescueseniordogs #seniordogs #whisperingwillowsseniordogsanctuary #freeevent #communityevent #walkadog #loveaseniordog #specialneedsdog #epilepticdog #epilepsy #differentnotless #savethemall#oldisthenewbeautiful #greymuzzle (at Roy Blunt YMCA of Bolivar)

[christinepeloquin]

Walk A Dog McRae Art Studios’s C-Note + / Eight x Ten Inches of Art / A Unique ONLINE AUCTION August 28, 7pm Friday to August 30, 7pm Sunday Don’t miss this opportunity to take home affordable 8 x 10 inch works of original art from McRae Art Studios artists. More than 100- 8x10 inch 2D and 3D works of art available for sale. Art works include paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, ceramics and jewelry. The lively event at Central Florida’s oldest and largest artist collective gives the community a chance to take home a great work of art! As in the previous two years, the event will offer original art works by present McRae artists for sale at $100 each. Online bidders will have a chance to bid on art works in increments of $10, with a buy now option for $250. Free and safe pick up at McRae Art Studios, 1000 Arlington St Orlando, FL 32805 will be available. Schedule: Bidding begins August 28 at 7pm Friday night and ends August 30 at 7pm Sunday night. http://mcraeartstudios.com/ http://mcraeartstudiosauction.com/ #walkadog #doglovers #goldenretrievers #goldendoodles #fineart #artauction #artlovers (at McRae Art Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRRt4LhCo_/?igshid=17u4anb2linnf

[whomovedmytruth]

Morning walk. I’ve missed these. #morningzen #morningwalk #getoutside #findadog #walkadog #walkadogaday (at Sanctuary Waters) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gk5W8gwrJ/?igshid=78zkdm3impe

[readtahenryauthoress]

Kindness Challenge Day 21

Day 21: Offer to take a friend’s dog out for a nice walk. This is awkward. Most of my good friends don’t have a dog. My acquaintances have many dogs. But they live all over the sound, the states, the world. Very awkward to walk one of their dogs this morning. I’m taking a housebound for months friend out for a mani pedi, can we call that good? LOL   If you don’t know what I am talking about with…

[whisperingwillowssds]

Nora Jane is looking pretty sharp today!🌸 She has on her cute bandana from @sircharlesbiscuits! Gotta look cute with her diapeys! She loves to wear any piece of clothing and prances around! Nora will be at the Walk & Wag event!! 🐶 Several of our seniors will be walking with community members that do not have their own doggie! Join us for a free and fun event! May 5th at 11am! Get there early to meet the dogs!! 😎 Visit link for more info! https://www.orymca.org/bolivar-walk-wag #norafromborabora #seniordogs #specialneedsdog #spinabifidadog #iwearcutediapers #ymca #communityevent #savethepitties #pitmix #rescuedandloved #walkandwag #oneweekaway #walkadog #whisperingwillowsseniordogsanctuary #whereloveiswhisperedtothelastbreath #loveaseniordog #adoptdontshop (at Whispering Willows Senior Dog Sanctuary, Inc.)

[usforpaws]

He aquí un hombre rico..... Protegiendo su fortuna @usforpaws #usforpaws #walkadog

[jeromeschamp84]

“Dad, it’s okay to die.”

Author: Beverly & Pack Author URL: https://www.flickr.com/people/walkadog/ Year: 2009 Source URL: https://www.flickr.com License: Creative Commons Attribution License

The death call came early in the morning.  I put on my dress clothes, drove to the funeral home, and scooted out of the funeral home parking lot at around 4:30 AM to the Veteran’s Administration Hospice Center.

A half-hour later I rolled into the VA parking lot, pulled into the ambulance entrance, and hit the buzzer by the door to alert the nursing staff I had arrived.

He was a small guy, no more than 120lbs.  He was 81 years old.  There was a rolled hand towel underneath his chin to keep his mouth closed.  He was in a fresh gown that the nurses had put on him after they cleaned him up for the final time.  A patriotic honor blanket — used by the VA hospice for all deaths — was draped over his abdomen and legs.

I noticed immediately that his hands and feet were wrapped tightly in bandages, which usually means that the deceased has fragile skin that easily rips, or he or she was a diabetic with circulation problems that plague the extremities, especially near the end of life.

This man was going to be cremated.  So, when I got back to the funeral home, I felt his chest area for a pacemaker and found nothing (if he had a pacemaker, I would have had to remove BECAUSE THEY EXPLODE WHEN CREMATED!).  I then unwrapped his hands to check for rings.  What I found surprised me: his fingers were totally necrotic.  I had seen diabetic tissue necrosis, but it’s usually amputated before it gets this bad. His pinky finger was no longer attached to his hand.  And it didn’t look like it had been cut off.  There was no clean incision.  It looked like it had fallen off or broken off.

I took the bandages off the right hand, mainly looking to make sure there weren’t any rings on that hand, but I was also curious to see if that hand was necrotic as well.  It was worse.  Black skin.  Shriveled.  And only two fingers remained on a hand that bore no resemblance to human flesh.  You’ve seen the pictures of the bog bodies?  That.  It looked like that.

Part of me wanted to unwrap his feet, just to see what damage had been done to his toes.  But there was no pragmatic reason to see what was hidden underneath those dressings, so I let them be.  Had he lived any longer, I’m sure his hands and feet would have been removed.  He would have been wheelchair bound and mostly dependent upon the help of others to do his daily tasks: eating, bathing, cleaning, brushing his teeth, combing his hair.

I met with his two daughters at 11 AM the same morning.

As is my custom, I like to ask questions about the deceased’s final days.  It allows me to get to know him a little more, and understand where the family is at both practically and psychologically.  It’s the little details I’m interested in, like:

Have you guys been able to sleep the last couple days?

Was your dad able to communicate with you guys until the end?

Did this all happen quickly, or was it a slow, downhill process?

As we talked, they painted a picture of a man who was a fighter.

This poor guy had it all.

He had developed type 2 diabetes in his late sixties; diabetic kidney disease in his early seventies; he had been on dialysis for years, and soon the heart problems came along.

“I’m going to beat this”, he would tell his daughters time and time again.

As things progressively got worse, he dug in deeper because he vowed “not to quit.”

Just a year early he was diagnosed with a heart problem (I forget what exactly the problem was) that could only be fixed with surgery.  Even though the doctors gave him a 20% chance of making it through the surgery, he decided to do it.  And he made it, but it left him weaker than he was before the surgery.   Soon the necrosis came.  The doctors recommended that his hands and feet be amputated.

“That’s when we had a heart to heart talk with him,” the girls said.

“‘I don’t want to give up’ was his battle cry”, they told me.  “He didn’t want to fail.  He was a vet.  He came from a hard family life.  He worked hard his whole life.  He put us both through college.  He had this mentality that he was going to pull through no matter what life threw at him.”

The girls recounted what they told him:

“Dad, you’re a strong man.  You never gave up.  You’ve loved us until the end.  And Dad, it’s okay to die.  Don’t look at this as a battle lost, look at it as an honorable discharge.”

“I don’t want to fail you girls,” he told us.  Their eyes started to well up with tears as they recounted the conversation.

“We told him that he’s never failed us.  We told him that knowing when enough is enough isn’t the same as giving up.”

“We wanted him to know that coming to the end of the journey isn’t a failure, but a victory.”

They continued by telling me that he found peace, stopped dialysis, and welcomed death towards the end.  Because death isn’t a failure.

Because it’s okay to die.

It’s okay to die.

  *****

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[bazyl87]

Pale cygaro 🐶❄️️ #dog #pies #spacer #walkadog #snow #goldie #cygaro #snow #winter #zima #day71 #365days #365 #poland #lowersilesia #igerspoland #intheforest #forest #lasy_panstwowe #lasypanstwowe #sudety #lewinkłodzki #picoftheday #instamood #instagood #white #iphonesia http://ift.tt/2mHoLRX

[themesparadise]

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Purity: Responsive, Clean, Minimal & Bold WP Theme

Purity is a Clean, Minimal and Responsive WordPress Theme with a ‘BOLD’ feel that can be easily used as a personal portfolio or a business website. With an Extensive Documentation and a Demo Content it’s a matter of minutes to set your page up.

Theme is fully compatible with the latest WordPress 4.7+!

Features:

Fully Responsive & Retina Ready

WooCommerce Support

WPML Support

SEO Optimized

Revolution Slider – $18 value!

Layer Slider – $17 value!

Visual Composer – $25 value!

Clean and Minimalistic Design

One Click Demo Content Installation

Child Theme included

Multiple portfolio support

Boxed and Wide layout

Sticky Header

Extensive Theme Options Panel

Google Font Switcher

Breadcrumbs

Translation Panel

Slider Manager with a ‘draggable’ effect

Custom Widgets (Recent Posts, Recent Portfolio Posts, Flickr, Twitter, Google Maps, YouTube, Vimeo)

Sidebar Manager – Create as many sidebars as you need!

Multiple color and layout variations (color pickers)

20 Page Templates

Dozen of Shortcodes available with a one button click

Flex Slider 2

Filterable Portfolio with a Vimeo and YouTube videos support

PrettyPhoto Lightbox Gallery

Fully working Ajax Contact Form with an easy set-up

11 page elements layered PSDs for an easy customization

Extensive Documentation with an installation screencast and a Font Changing and Cufon Installation guides

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We handle all support requests via our Support Board. It consists of a Knowledge Base where you can find answers to commonly asked questions and a Support Forums where post your inquiries can be posted. We think that it’s a much better solution than the theme commments area because you may find the answer to your question immediately as the forums content is easily searchable and someone could have already posted the same inquiry in the past.

Theme Updates:

8 September 2014

Updated: Revolution Slider

Added: Layer Slider

Minor bug fixes

Files updated: style.css

21 May 2014

FontAwesome 4.1 update. Folder updated: /css/font-awesome/

19 April 2014

TinyMCE 4 bug fixes. File updated: /functions/tinymce/window.php, /functions/tinymce/tinymce4.js

8 March 2014

Minor Bug Fixes

9 February 2014 – Big 3.0 theme update

Update guide: Link

Full list of changes:

WooCommerce Support

WPML Support

Revolution slider included – $15 value!

Contact Form 7 Support

New header designs

Sticky header (easy to disable)

Child theme

Fullwidth Blog Layout

New page layout management system

New post gallery management system

Boxed & Wide layout

FontAwesome Icons

Breadcrumbs Navigation

3 December 2013

Fixes for few retina icons not being displayed properly and filtering menu

Files updated: /js/custom.js, /css/retina.css

8 November 2013

Fixes for portfolio layout nr 2 (items not being resized to equally fit rows if title of one takes more than one line)

Files updated: functions.php

30 October 2013

Fixes for slider issues on mobile devices

Files updated: /includes/slider.php, /functions/purity-shortcodes.php

22 October 2013

Minor bug fixes

Files updated: /functions/purity-shortcodes.php, /includes/slider.php

26 September 2013

Minor bug fixes

File updated: single.php (20th line)

20 September 2013

IE10 portfolio filtering animation issue fix

File updated:/js/jquery.quicksand.js

6 August 2013

WordPress 3.6 Compatibility

Fixed a Vimeo video overlapsing the dropdown menu

Files updated: style.css (.video-container part), header.php (body_class function)

8 July 2013

Added a Google Map to a contact page.

Added a Google Map shortcode.

Added Progress Bar shortcode.

New portfolio post gallery type: image list with lightbox.

Added an ability to display image gallery under the video on a portfolio post

Files updated: single-portfolio.php, template-contact.php, /functions/purity-shortcodes.php, /functions/tinymce/tinymce.js, /admin/classes/class.admin.php, /js/custom.js

After the new files are uploaded, please update the Theme Options panel by clicking the “Update Panel” located at the bottom left.

28 June 2013

Minor bug fixes.

Files updated: /includes/slider.php, “Comments�� section of the style.css file

17 June 2013

Fixed the Twitter plugin styling issues

Fixed the slider animation speed time setting not being reflected.

Files updated: single-portfolio.php, /includes/slider.php, Twitter plugin

14 June 2013

Fixed the Twitter widget issue by including an external Twitter plugin (you may find it in the /Plugins/ folder)

Few minor bug fixes

Files updated: functions.php, /css/responsive.css, /includes/slider.php, single-portfolio.php

Twitter plugin setup guide: http://tauris.ticksy.com/faq/1108

27 May 2013

Fixed the comments section not being displayed properly on mobile devices

Files updated: /css/responsive.css, “Comments” section of the style.css file.

11 May 2013

Minor bug fixes.

Files updated: template-portfolio-four-2.php

13 April 2013

Fixed the lightbox gallery not opening properly on mobile devices

Added Pinterest and LinkedIn social icons

Minor css bug fixes

Files modified: style.css, /css/style-dynamic.php, /css/responsive.css, /img/social/, /admin/classes/class.admin.php

4 April 2013 – Big 2.0 theme update.

Update guide: Link

Full list of changes:

Responsive Design

Retina Display Support

New Gallery types: Slider and Images List

Sidebar Manager

Google Font Switcher

New fullwidth portfolio post layout

Aqua Resizer in a place of the old TimThumb script

Ability to disable the Image-1 from displaying in the post gallery

Homepage Recent Posts thumbnail support

17 January 2013

Fixed an issue when jQuery scripts were not being loaded properly.

Updated files: functions.php, header.php, /js/ folder.

13 October 2012

Updated the Twitter widget script.

Minor bug fixes

14 December 2011

Added a multiple portfolio support

New theme options

Google+ social icon

Minor bug fixes

Replacing all of the files is recommended. After doing that, visit the Theme Options panel and hit the ‘Update Panel’ button located at the bottom and check the ‘5. Creating Portfolio’ section of the Theme Documentation for a new guide of creating a portfolio page.

21 October 2011

Minor bug fixes.

Files changed: functions.php, /includes/page-title.php, template-portfolio.php

19 October 2011

Fixed the Page Tagline not being shown properly

Fixed the Dark Skin path issue

Improved the Portfolio’s Sorting Script functionality

Upgraded the five images limit in portfolio post

Files changed: functions.php, /js/custom.js, /css/skins/Dark.css

14 October 2011

Fixed the incorrect thumbnail sizes on ‘three columns’ portfolio template

Fixed the archive page not displaying the translated terms properly

Added a short guide of how to fix the ‘file_get_conents()’ error, if your server/hosting have that function disabled, to the Theme Documentation.

Credits:

Icons by Yummygum

Background images by Webtreats

Wooden background images by Elemis

Carbon background pattern by Orman Clark

Quicksand by Razorjack

Twitter by Remy Sharp

jQuery easing by Robert Penners

prettyPhoto by Caron Stephane

FlexSlider by WooThemes

Aqua Resizer by Sy4mil

Flickr Photos (under CC license) by: exothermic, jiliba, danielito311, onkel_wart, djsosumi, sir_leif, ensh, jimnix, walkadog.

NOTE: This theme requires a PHP 5+ installed.

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[whisperingwillowssds]

Daisy has something important to tell you!! #listenup Several of the seniors will be at the Bolivar, MO YMCA for the Walk & Wag event on May 5th!! If you need a walking buddy they will be there and available! Get there early if you need a dog to walk! Follow the link for details!! 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶 https://www.orymca.org/bolivar-walk-wag #BOLIVARYMCA #walkandwag #gethealthy #meetfriends #walktogether #supportyourcommunity #whisperingwillowsseniordogsanctuary #whereloveiswhisperedtothelastbreath #seniordogs #walkadog #rescuedogs #communityevent #free #Daisydoodle #seniorgreatdane (at YMCA)

[usforpaws]

RESPETAR A LOS ANIMALES ES UNA OBLIGACIÓN, AMARLOS ES UN PRIVILEGIO. @usforpaws #usforpaws #walkadog

[sisi3131]

飯後溜狗🐶竟是以悲劇收場😂 #bao #mybabygirl #takeawalk #walkadog

[bazyl87]

Flying dog ✈️️🐶❄️️ #dog #pies #spacer #walkadog #snow #goldie #jump #snow #winter #zima #day71 #365days #365 #poland #lowersilesia #igerspoland #intheforest #forest #lasy_panstwowe #lasypanstwowe #sudety #lewinkłodzki #picoftheday #instamood #instagood #white #iphonesia http://ift.tt/2mEjhtg