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March 2011 Moms
mrssburnison
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Had to say goodbye to our puppy :(
mrssburnison
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Our dog ( 7 year old black lab) hasn't been doing well for about a month. We thought it was stress from DD being born and getting most of the attention. She started having trouble walking and we thought it was her hips. Took her to the vet at the beginning of June they x-rayed her hips and they were fine, the bigger concern was that in 2 months she lost 20 lbs! Again thought this might be stress, and the vet ran a bunch of bloodwork and observed her for a day. He determined it was an inner ear imbalance and put her on sterroids to getr rid of it. After two rounds of meds she was getting worst, starting to fall down, took a lot of effort to stand up, couldnt go up and down stairs. We took her for a second opinion. This vet said obviously the 1st meds weren't working and gave her a different antibiotic. said to give it a week if it didnt help it was something more like in her brain and the only way to find out would be to have a $1500 MRI done... and that would only show us what was wrong, it would cost another $5000 potentially for a surgery that may or may not work, or we've spent the $1500 to find out she's terminal. So we decided to enjoy the time with her we had. We thought it wouldn't go so fast. this was last week. Monday night we rushed her to the Emergency Animal hospital because she wasn't moving and just laying on the floor shaking and whining, They said she didn't seem to be in pain, just scared and confused. We had been hand feeding her for the past 3 days and giving her water through a siringe. DH had been carrying her in and out to go to the bathroom. Wednesday night she cried all night and was shaking and nothing was comforting her. We put her on the bed and cuddled her all night, knowing in the morning we were going to have to take her in and say goodbye.
This is quite possibly one of the hardest things I've ever had to go through. All the time knowing that our dreams of our little girl growing up best friends with our puppy won't be coming true. It breaks my heart that we lost such a wonderful dog so soon, she was only 7. My husband got her after his father passed away and his brother moved out (his mom died when they were 12) It was the first thing he did on his own. She was his best friend and I am just heart broken to see him so upset about it. I am obviously upset too as over the past 5 years she had become my dog as well, but I never had that bond that he did with her.
In a way I'm glad LO won't remember because it is so difficult to say goodbye to a pet- they become family. And when we decide its time to get another puppy to love she can be part of it, and hopefully by the time that puppy decides to leave us she will be old enough to understand. Everyone who has cats or dogs, please give them an extra hug and belly rub today, because I can't give my puppy any more hugs.
HarLynn's mama
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Re: Had to say goodbye to our puppy :(
awwww. i cried reading this. my doggie is 7 going to be 8 in october and i cant imagine him not being here! it breaks my heart to think that he wont be here one day i cant even think about it without crying.!
im verrry sorry for your loss, all that matters is that she was loved and she knew it.
and i will definetely give my little pup a big hug !
I am soo sorry... I am also in tears reading your post. (HUGS) I once had to put a cat of mine down (she had complications trying to give birth)... it was the hardest thing ever
I'm so sorry, I can't imagine how heartbreaking it must have been to watch her go through that. We also have a 7-year-old lab mix and I would be a wreck. My thoughts are with you guys.
I cried thru your whole post as it is hitting close to home. I have 2 cats. One is 20 years old and the other is 14 years old. Shadow, the oldest, has not being doing well for a while now and losing a lot of weight. The vet said she doesn't seem to be in any pain. She has long hair and lately she hasn't been taking care of it. We realized that the only way to help her with that was to shave her (1st time to ever shave a cat). She didn't fight us and has been doing SOOOO much better since then but I know that she won't have too much longer since she is already so old.
The younger one, Sandy, was my father's cat. When he passed away, I (we) adopted her. I feel a special bond to her because of this. She has been droping drastic weight and puking all over. We don't know what's wrong with her and I don't have a ton of $ to find out. I have been doing my best to comfort her and we've done some minor things at the vet. I have changed her food and she seems to be eating more. Praying to still have time with both of them but more so.....that they pass peacefully when the time comes....no pain or decisions to be made.....
You and your fam are in my T&P's! Bless your sweet puppy!
::sobbing::
I have been there too, and saying goodbye is just so heartwrenching. They are truly family members. I hope doggie heaven is full of belly rubs, squirrels and table scraps! hugs