They wouldn't believe me.
Our dog's getting kind of old and tired. He's nine. His face is turning white. The cats won't die, not the senile one, not the masochist, not the cat-as-fat-as-three-cats. My sister replaced her gerbil with a pair of rats. The bird is still here. I shoulda gotten them a hedgehog for Christmas.
God bless old dogs :~D