NBR: Our fur baby is a fur angel

returning_bump_member · February 2012

Our little 8 week old puppy died last night due to some medical issues that happened very suddenly. He was fine all yesterday, playing and running around. Around 9pm his breathing got very quick and shallow and yelped anytime DH would pick him up. He was rushed to the vet where he was given morphine, had some x-rays taken and then put into surgery. He made it though that okay, but his intestines weren't working correctly. He was given more morphine for the pain through the night until his little body couldn't take it anymore and he died around 4am this morning.

The rest of the litter (and the mom) is still living with us as they are just becoming able to live without their mother. My MIL was supposed to get one of the puppies and now she is insisting we keep hers. I'm so reluctant to say yes since I don't want this nice thing she is doing for us to become something she'll hold over our head in the future, as she's been known to do.

Sorry for the downer post, but I need to get this out now so I'll hopefully stop crying by lunch time. What a bad time to be a big ball of hormones.

Oem617 · February 2012

I am so sorry for your loss!

Discordia1030 · February 2012

I'm so sorry Sad

HuskerBabyB · February 2012

Awww, poor puppy! Sorry for your loss!

rayne779 · February 2012

How sad. I am very sorry for your loss.

jen812 · February 2012

That's terrible. Poor thing. So what happened? You have the mom & whole litter at your house? The mom doesn't belong to you? What about the other puppies? Was this a planned litter?

georgi611 · February 2012

I'm very sorry for your loss.

kaybee10 · February 2012

Aww so sad

Josie22 · February 2012

I'm sorry for your loss. I would get the whole family into the vet. If one puppy has it, more might. He could end up saving a siblings life.

Karrotelle · February 2012

Oh no

This breaks my heart. I'm so sorry for your loss. Loosing them is like loosing a child. You did everything you could though to help him, you were a fantastic puppy parent and he was lucky to have you there with him. Hang in there! **HUGS!**

Heartcease · February 2012

Josie22:
I'm sorry for your loss. I would get the whole family into the vet. If one puppy has it, more might. He could end up saving a siblings life.

I was thinking this too. I know you said it was his intestines, and parvo jumped into my mind. I hope all the rest are ok.

returning_bump_member · February 2012

jen812:
That's terrible. Poor thing. So what happened? You have the mom & whole litter at your house? The mom doesn't belong to you? What about the other puppies? Was this a planned litter?

It was a rare condition that some dogs develop. His intestines weren't moving food through them and it was getting backed up in his stomach. The vet said the other puppies will be fine, as this isn't a contagious disease or anything. She made it sound like a genetic condition, and since he was the only one in the litter that got the rottie genes as the dominant gene, we think it had to do with that.

Our good friend owns the dog but couldn't keep her in his apartment so we are looking after her until he gets a new place. Luckily, he has a condo that allows dogs so she'l be going back with him and the rest of the puppies are getting picked up in the next week or two by their owners.

I know this litter wasn't planned, at least not by the owner. The people the mother was staying with before she came to us were not very interested in watching over her or the other dogs staying with them. She isn't fixed, but was asked that she be kept away from the one male dog that wasn't fixed while she was in heat. They, of course, didn't care to separate them and she came to us pregnant.

allisonmarie22 · February 2012

I'm so sorry to hear you lost your furbaby. My pets are precious to me and I would be devastated if something happened to them. (((hugs)))

JessieCupcake · February 2012

I'm so sorry : (

HeyThereGoodLookin · February 2012

Oh no, I'm so sorry! Left Hug

returning_bump_member · February 2012

Heartcease:
Josie22:
I'm sorry for your loss. I would get the whole family into the vet. If one puppy has it, more might. He could end up saving a siblings life.
I was thinking this too. I know you said it was his intestines, and parvo jumped into my mind. I hope all the rest are ok.

We're telling the rest of the owners what happened and letting them decide if they would like us to have them checked out. Hopefully it was only little Rocky that had it.

Thank you all for your kind words, I never realized losing a pet I've known for such a short period of time would have this effect on me.

MissButters · February 2012

I'm so sorry for your loss.

seansgirl2006 · February 2012

Oh I am so sorry to hear this! We just lost one of our dogs a few weeks ago but he was 12 years old. How sad to lose an 8 week old puppy. I know what you mean about pregnancy hormones not helping any. Hugs

Jessibel1 · February 2012

Sad I'm sorry for your loss, the bond between a pet and their owner is something special. My childhood dogs both were put down this past year, and when ever I hear about someone's pet passing away, it always makes me think of them.