{"id":15311,"date":"2023-11-09T22:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/?p=15311"},"modified":"2023-11-11T07:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T12:20:44","slug":"the-cupcake-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2023\/11\/09\/the-cupcake-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cupcake Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  id=\"jtg-15323\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-creative-gallery\" data-config=\"{&quot;height&quot;:350,&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:350,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:300,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:350,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;creative-gallery&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:5,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:1,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:3,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:5,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:1,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:false,&quot;PageDown&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:false},&quot;touch&quot;:false,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:false,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. 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Therefore, to have a healthy relationship, humans have to learn to speak dog. That\u2019s just the way it is. I was lucky. I had a great teacher in Banjo, our late Border Collie\/Australian Shepherd rescue. Banjo touched the hearts of everyone he didn\u2019t bite, and even then managed to charm his victims. Throughout his life Banjo taught me about dominance and submission in the dog world, how to wrestle like a dog and that dogs smile and even dream.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not anthropomorphizing here. Dogs really do smile when they\u2019re happy, especially if there\u2019s the chance of getting a tidbit of food. <a href=\"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2018\/07\/19\/annie-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie <\/a>did it, but then Labradors generally smile all the time. Marlon smiles when he\u2019s trying to ingratiate himself, particularly after a surprise midnight poop on the carpet. The one thing dogs don\u2019t do well is communicate pain. Our vet reminded us they don\u2019t really have a means of expressing it other than by resting more as they get older. They don\u2019t whine or complain or understand where to put their paws on a pain scale of frowning to smiling emojis.<\/p>\n<h6>Cupcakes<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?resize=520%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?resize=520%2C347&amp;ssl=1 520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?resize=215%2C143&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?w=1208&amp;ssl=1 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aleta.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cupcake.jpg?w=1812&amp;ssl=1 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a>Nor do dogs want to grow old any faster than the rest of us. Their desire for companionship and getting out for long walks on the beach doesn\u2019t flag as they age, just their ability to do so. Joints get creaky, backs get painful and generally they slip quietly into what we call the \u2018cupcake years\u2019. Those final years, or more realistically months, when a dog can\u2019t walk much, spends most of its time sleeping and breaking wind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a time of life when they want to be made comfortable and will often slow down or even stop eating. We humans respond by getting them to eat whatever the heck it is we think they\u2019ll keep down &#8211; even cupcakes. After all, what\u2019s the downside risk to the dog? A couple of weeks less of life in pain? The upside is smiles and engagement.<\/p>\n<p>If you think your dog is entering their cupcake years be warned. There\u2019s a phase they go through which is really a con. It\u2019s when they\u2019re pretending to be lame to garner a cupcake. Just understand, once the genie is out of the bottle there\u2019s no way to put it back in. And if you really want your puppy back, toss them a pain killer like Tramadol wrapped in a slice of chicken. Once that kicks in the pain eases and all of a sudden your puppy returns, if only for the half hour before Morpheus rocks your drugged up doggie to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Do people have cupcake years? Undoubtedly, but doctors tend to fill humans up with so many drugs your grandmother may pass into the next life without ever knowing that all she really needed was a tot of rum and a lemon vanilla cupcake at teatime.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong>: This blog originally appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redthreadadventures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Thread Adventures<\/a> in October, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communications Dogs don\u2019t speak human. 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