My Freddie Life
Welcome! I’m Christy. Here you’ll find musings on daily life with my special needs pup + his six furry siblings, running an online eyewear shop, going from vegan to carnivore, and more.
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An introduction to My Freddie Life
2022. What a year it was. It was the beginning of a new me. An introduction, of sorts. The end of 2021 brought much unexpected change. Gone was the…
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Immobile in a Mobile World: Tips and Tools for Transporting a Special Needs Pup
It didn’t all happen at once; Freddie shifted from walking without issue to immobile over a period of almost a year. First, it was hind-leg sagging followed by a…
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I Found A Dog All Alone On The Street-What Now?
On my way to my next stop, I passed a white and brown blur. It looked like something was jumping up and down, trying to gain attention. Unfortunately, dogs…
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My Freddie Fitness: Staying Strong and How You Can Too
Caring for Freddie has many, many perks. One is that I get to “lift weights” daily! A few days ago, I got curious about how many times a day…
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CKD: The Far Too Common Disease Diagnosis
What started as a routine dental for Elbee became a working diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease. Let’s start with the story of Elbee. Our girl Elbee, aka Sweet Belbert,…
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My Ultimate Special Needs Dog Mom Stroller Set Up
Freddie, Abhi, and I go for two daily walks. When Freddie could still walk, he wasn’t really super excited about going for strolls. I asked if he wanted to…
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Looking for Community While Easily Annoyed and Feeling Defeated
Our first trip to the vet after Freddie started showing some odd symptoms was in June 2022. One year and three months after we adopted our energetic and playful…
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Vegan to Carnivore: Could there be a more enormous shift?
Sid and I decided to stop eating meat. We love animals, have multiple animal family members, and had recently watched The Game Changers, which made a pretty good case…
