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So what I am being told is that cooking calf liver, letting it cool, slicing it into tiny pieces, and hand feeding it to your dog, making sure she goes to the bathroom, and then tucking her into bed is a bit over the top?

I THINK NOT!

Truth be told, the last picture looks like a hostage video and she might be blinking “SAVE ME FROM THIS CRAZY PERSON.”

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  1. 1.

    PIGL

    No, it is not.

    I just realised why I like this place. It’s like soc.singles 30 years on; more mellow, like, and with dogs and cats.

    ETA: but I bet she would have liked raw, bleeding calf-liver even more.

  3. 3.

    dlwchico

    Last year I was running raw meat through the food processor so I could syringe feed it to my cat, so you’ll get no argument from me.

  7. 7.

    Jude

    Please be certain about liver. That’s hellla Vit A and one can have too much. Also too: God, she’s a doll.

  9. 9.

    CaseyL

    Little tiny dog in a great big bed.

    You’ll be sleeping next to her, right?

    The rest of the menagerie is gonna go on strike when they hear about “specially-cooked liver hand-fed until sated.”

  10. 10.

    Manxome Bromide

    eeeeeeeee those ears

    eeeeeeeee

    the tiny little bends have destroyed me

    Edit: eeeee

  11. 11.

    rikyrah

    I am done, Cole.
    Simply done.
    I can’t take it.
    She’s not just in the bed…
    She’s TUCKED IN!
    BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA ??
    Looking as cute as she wants to be.
    Night, Lily.

  12. 12.

    Amir Khalid

    Those big brown eyes … She has you hypnotised, John Cole. I just had to scroll down to keep those eyes of hers from hypnotising me.

  13. 13.

    Yutsano

    “John Cole gets closer to Lily.”

    “The camera creeps in…”

    *Lily licks the phone*

  14. 14.

    Drunkenhausfrau

    So happy to see her home. Love every moment of her. (Btw, how did the rest of the pack react to her being back and getting liver?)

  18. 18.

    trollhattan

    Giant eyes. Check. Goofy ears. Check. Shiny wet nose. Check. Tiny doggie all tucked in. Check.

    Night all.

  20. 20.

    sukabi

    So what I am being told is that cooking calf liver, letting it cool, slicing it into tiny pieces, and hand feeding it to your dog, making sure she goes to the bathroom, and then tucking her into bed is a bit over the top?

    Don’t know John. You’re not done tucking her in if you forgot to kiss her forehead and tell her she’s a good girl.

  28. 28.

    Xytiel

    She is so incredibly cute. And you really feel her sweet gentle personality in these pictures.

  31. 31.

    Grover Gardner

    Okay, John Cole, my wife and daughter and I just howled over these photos. -) If you did nothing else today (besides fussing over Lily) you brightened our lives.

  32. 32.

    jl

    It’s liver, so not fit for human consumption. But if Lily likes it, why not? No accounting for tastes, and I give dogs wide latitude on what to eat without any criticism.
    Tomorrow, get her some steak.

    Thanks for very cute and adorable Lilypix.

  36. 36.

    Suzanne

    Can I snark on the fact that you have a striped sheet, solid pillowcase, and weird patterned duvet?

  37. 37.

    Suzanne

    @sukabi: Mine matches all the time. I buy multiple sets of plain solids that coordinate with each other. Makes matching easy!

  38. 38.

    Manyakitty

    Oh, those ears! There is no possible way to spoil Lily too much.

    For some reason, pictures of pets tucked in like that make me giggle/cry. I walked in the house one day and found Manya tucked into the middle of the bed, blanket pulled up to her tiny kitty chin. Cutest thing ever.

  41. 41.

    Mel

    A woman who has cooked ham flavored egg custard for and pre-chewed chicken for a 21 year old toothless kitteh can throw no shade at the liver hand-feeder.

    Feed that darling doggy whatever her little heart desires!

  42. 42.

    opiejeanne

    Who could resist that sweet doggy face? Of course you fed her tidbits of liver and tucked her into your bed.

    For two years I cooked a special diet for a darling kitty with stomach issues, and she slept every night under the covers snuggled up against my husband every night, with her head on his pillow, so I can not criticize anyone else for such behavior .

    Vickie’s impression of Chessie

  44. 44.

    Juju

    You can never have too many dog posts.
    You’re adorable.
    Lily looks happy to me.
    I would and have done almost the exact same stuff for a recovering dogger.

    I have a bad right sided migraine. I usually get them on the left side of my head. I smelled imaginary cigarettes and a hand lotion that I hate the smell of this afternoon. I should have seen this one coming. Night.

  46. 46.

    worn

    OMFG – at a bar and just guffawed out loud when I saw the last picture.

    You go Cole!

    +1

  48. 48.

    Matt Smith

    I’m not normally sentimental. But I hereby second the motion for an all Lily calendar. (Whose idea was that? It was in the last few days.) One month should definitely feature the last pic here… plus maybe the second pic alongside it. For perspective.

  49. 49.

    Mary G

    Her brows are getting the tiniest bit furrowed as you come in closer and closer, like “Daddy’s acting really strange, but I’ll play along.”

    I fell asleep early and a horrible nightmare and cramps in my calves just woke me up, so I love that you did just one more dog post. I needed it more than I knew. Love to Lily.

    @Adam L Silverman: I disagree. Patterns can be combined if they are at very different scales, which these are, and they are both in neutral colors, so it looks OK to me.

  50. 50.

    Aleta

    Liver — great idea for her.

    I think I’ll try it for my cat, who is manic about eating but is losing muscle around his spine. He’s almost hyperthyroid by the numbers, and also has a growth. Because of that, they finally agreed to test his blood.

    So now he’s right under what’s considered the high number, and they say keep testing every 3-5 months. But I wonder if his behavior and weight loss and growth might be enough for a more specialist vet to recommend treatment earlier.

    I’m at a loss about traveling 8 hours to consult a specialist. It feels like the right thing to do, to not wait, because I feel like he’s changing fast. Lately I feel adrift when I spend a lot time on the road; and it’s distorting (of optimism I guess) to feel so alienated. Actually painful.

    The dog is in Gloucester this week for the birthday of a late 90s yo relative who enjoys him. (When he arrives, he walks in the door, goes right over to her and lays his head down on her feet.) He loves it there, has his own couch, and even has beach friends.

    The first two-three days after he leaves, I’m constantly assuming he’s around somewhere. He leaves a true hole exactly his size cut out of the picture when he goes. So now I’ve become the dog who doesn’t feel right when separated from the pack. He did this to me, turned me into a piece of his pack.

  51. 51.

    Aleta

    @Mary G: One of the worst ways to wake up–bad nightmare AND that pain from cramps. I just looked at the sheets and I see what you mean. It looks cool actually. I’ve never understood how patterns can be combined to look good, so thanks for explaining about scale. Any other tips?

  52. 52.

    Gelfling 545

    I have been known to hand feed minced chicken to a sick pup with a baby spoon. And both Flora, the current incumbent and the late Snarla of blessed memory always slept under blankets. Nothing OTT about it at all, right?

  53. 53.

    Isobel

    Nothing wrong with giving Lily a little extra after a rough week. She is adorable in the bed. I say this as someone who has 4 different brands of wet cat food on the dryer and two bowls of different dry cat food down at all times for my easily bored picky eater. I also switched from flannel to satin sheets a month earlier this year per the cat’s request, so I won’t roll my eyes at a home cooked meal for Lily.

  54. 54.

    SFAW

    Aaiieeeeeeee! The Cuteness!! It BURNZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!

    She’s a lucky puppy, and her owner is lucky, too.

  56. 56.

    donnah

    She’s so adorable that I would just carry her around like a baby all day. So, no, you aren’t going overboard. Besides, she’s your baby and no one tells you how to take care of her.

  57. 57.

    Geeno

    Too much?!?! Good God, man, it’s the least you could do.
    Those eyes – she’s the hypno-dog.

  58. 58.

    NorthLeft12

    No John, you are definitely not going overboard. This is what we do for those we love, and it seems so easy in return for all they have given to us.

  60. 60.

    kindness

    That last pic is more like ‘Hey why are you hitting me with that flashy thingy? I’m trying to sleep here. Turn out the light please.”

  61. 61.

    Jerry

    What a sweet li’l pup.

    My old grandma of a dog can’t up into beds or couches anymore and I’m afraid that her time may be running out. She’s still such a sweet a lady.

  66. 66.

    Sis

    Nothing is too much for Princess Lily!!!! I’m so glad this doll-baby is home being spoiled. :)

  67. 67.

    J R in WV

    We have boiled chicken and rice for doggers with upset tummies, and cats getting old, too. She’s so cute! You go John… good boy!!

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