LOL about her purple tongue! Funny story... when I got Shelby, she only had spots which led us to think she might be part chow chow. By her senior years, her tongue was 100% purple! In fact, the first couple of months I had Jasper, it was very odd for me to look at a dog with a pink tongue!!! It still throws me sometimes. 

Thank you all for indulging me ... some people think I am a bit nutty when I think or know I hear Spirit Shelby visiting but it doesn't spook me .. it makes me smile!

However... this morning on a walk w/Jasper I had a horrible PTSD attack. So Jasper is smaller than Shelby so when we walk, I always do my best to avoid curbs and use the driveway so Jasper doesn't have to hop up. I did that w/Shelby once she had her amp to make it easier to navigate and I was always worried about injury. I guess old habits die hard since I rarely let Jasper jump a curb and some of the steep ones, I pick her up. So this morning she hopped, what I thought was a lower curb, and she tripped and did a face-plant. I freaked the F out ... grabbed her before she even got up and was hugging and kissing on her, asking her if she was ok. Obviously she cannot speak. She was 100% fine. I put her down and she literally "shook it off". But the whole way home I was watching for a limp or something ... I tell ya... PTSD from when Shelby fell out of that car and broke her leg (also should be noted, I never let Jasper jump in OR out of the car - except once and she went to the floor first so she doesn't try and go seat first which is higher). 

I know I need to not treat Jasper like a china doll but like I said, old habits die hard and Jasper got a cookie since her mama felt guilty for letting her face plant!