Hi there

on August 15th I will be two years post treatment for throat cancer .... Yipeeeee

before I was diagnosed in April 2014 my Labrador just kept coming up to me and resting her head on my knew whilst I sat on the sofa.

this happened for about 4-6 months before I was diagnosed

i kept asking her "what's wrong" not that she was ever going to answe me.

My wife and two teenage kids thought there might be something wrong with her and that she was coming to the pack leader for help (my god, if my lab thought I was the pack leader in my house, then she was vastly mistaken), well that's what I put it down to

she would not do anything when she lay her head on my lap apart from just look up at me with those big brown eyes

she never did this with anyone else, neither had she done it to me in the previous five years from a pup.

she was also very attentive whilst I went through my treatment

she comes up to me still, but now it's for a stroke .... It's more physical and it's what she does to all family members

did she know something? Maybe.

It was certainly strange behaviour that she has not exhibited since .... Thank god

do I believe she knew something was wrong ? ..... I think so

she does put me on edge a bit now days when she put her head on my lap ..... But those eyes that look at me are not the same .... This time it's for love, food, or play .... Not concern

We very recently aquired a new puppy, we waited 2 yrs for her so she was much wanted and loved from day one. Since my husband has been diagnosed she insists on sitting on him at every opportunity, she is usually a nibbler and quite bouncy however now all she wants to do to my husband (Ian) is snuggle and lick him, she insists on laying her head on his opperation site as if she is listening as to what is going on inside, she also knows when ive had a good snivel as she washes my face and covers me with puppy kisses.

I think she knows that its not business as usual  x

We very recently aquired a new puppy, we waited 2 yrs for her so she was much wanted and loved from day one. Since my husband has been diagnosed she insists on sitting on him at every opportunity, she is usually a nibbler and quite bouncy however now all she wants to do to my husband (Ian) is snuggle and lick him, she insists on laying her head on his opperation site as if she is listening as to what is going on inside, she also knows when ive had a good snivel as she washes my face and covers me with puppy kisses.

I think she knows that its not business as usual  x