~:~:~:The Doggie Thread!!:~:~:~

pandora

PJaddicted wrote:

Good vibes and prayers for a fellow Dobe lover friend of mine....Janna lost her beloved boy Khep yesterday to DCM, he died suddenly. She found him in the backyard already gone. She is devastated. He was diagnosed less then a year ago and was not as advanced as Petey. I am thankful for every moment I get with my beautiful boy....I know he is on borrowed time.

This is a terrible disease. I am so sorry for your friend and for what you are going through

unlost dogs

haffajappa wrote:

Austicman wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

on guard!

Man thats one awesome looking Dog!!!

thanks :oops:
she's much less fierce looking with her ears back:

Gorgeous! Boy, that's a lot of fur she's got going on.

haffajappa

PJaddicted wrote:

Good vibes and prayers for a fellow Dobe lover friend of mine....Janna lost her beloved boy Khep yesterday to DCM, he died suddenly. She found him in the backyard already gone. She is devastated. He was diagnosed less then a year ago and was not as advanced as Petey. I am thankful for every moment I get with my beautiful boy....I know he is on borrowed time.

Def sending some good vibes...
I know someone who walked into the backyard and had the same horrible thing happen.

Poor boy, and your poor friend.
Thoughts going out to you all!!

haffajappa

unlost dogs wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

she's much less fierce looking with her ears back:

Gorgeous! Boy, that's a lot of fur she's got going on.

Yeah...summers not exactly the easiest time of year for her :(
Its hard to take her anywhere because she gets so heat-exhausted

unlost dogs

Woke up to a "THUMP" at 12:45 a.m.

Little Tessie had rolled over in her sleep, right off our bed onto the floor. She was standing there, bleary-eyed and looking embarrassed.

Sailor and Sweet Pea didn't even lift their heads up.

The Late, Great Seamus used to do occasionally in the last year of his life. We actually surrounded our bed with dog beds so when he fell off, he'd land on something soft. Since Tessie is only 2 I'm a little reluctant to start doing that again...

phillyfan

PJaddicted wrote:

Good vibes and prayers for a fellow Dobe lover friend of mine....Janna lost her beloved boy Khep yesterday to DCM, he died suddenly. She found him in the backyard already gone. She is devastated. He was diagnosed less then a year ago and was not as advanced as Petey. I am thankful for every moment I get with my beautiful boy....I know he is on borrowed time.

Sending good vibes to you and your friend

Wobbie

haffajappa wrote:

what breed is sammi? i'm sure I should know.....but I don't. :?

unlost dogs wrote:

Woke up to a "THUMP" at 12:45 a.m.

Little Tessie had rolled over in her sleep, right off our bed onto the floor. She was standing there, bleary-eyed and looking embarrassed.

you are just full of funny stories! I'm laughing just imagining it.

unlost dogs

imalive wrote:

you are just full of funny stories! I'm laughing just imagining it.

I'm really just an observer who documents. They are the funny ones!

Wobbie

unlost dogs wrote:

imalive wrote:

you are just full of funny stories! I'm laughing just imagining it.

I'm really just an observer who documents. They are the funny ones!

maybe....but i know plenty of people who couldn't tell a funny story to save their ass!

Phantom Pain

haffajappa wrote:

Austicman wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

on guard!

Man thats one awesome looking Dog!!!

thanks :oops:
she's much less fierce looking with her ears back:

Wow..Beautiful dog !

haffajappa

imalive wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

what breed is sammi? i'm sure I should know.....but I don't. :?

unlost dogs wrote:

Woke up to a "THUMP" at 12:45 a.m.

Little Tessie had rolled over in her sleep, right off our bed onto the floor. She was standing there, bleary-eyed and looking embarrassed.

you are just full of funny stories! I'm laughing just imagining it.

She's husky/german shepherd cross but we have suspicions she's got a third or 4th breed... maybe border collie? she's unbelievably fluffy.

haffajappa

Tonight i put a glass down on the floor, a glass of milk, so that I could put something down elsewhere.
WELL... with my back turned i hear "LOP LOP LOP LOP LOP LOP"

Had to friggin march back upstairs and pour myself a new glass of milk...
...and dump the old milk in a dish so princess Sammi could finish it off. :x

Wobbie

haffajappa wrote:

Tonight i put a glass down on the floor, a glass of milk, so that I could put something down elsewhere.
WELL... with my back turned i hear "LOP LOP LOP LOP LOP LOP"

Had to friggin march back upstairs and pour myself a new glass of milk...
...and dump the old milk in a dish so princess Sammi could finish it off. :x

sometimes, not always, gracie is like a maniac, trying to slurp at my beer bottle . i have not yet succumbed to her charm.

PJ_ROCKS

imalive wrote:

sometimes, not always, gracie is like a maniac, trying to slurp at my beer bottle . i have not yet succumbed to her charm.

Like you would give up your beer :!:

Wobbie

PJ_ROCKS wrote:

imalive wrote:

sometimes, not always, gracie is like a maniac, trying to slurp at my beer bottle . i have not yet succumbed to her charm.

Like you would give up your beer :!:

good point :shifty:

PJ_ROCKS

Sorry to those that have been wondering about Trix. It is just hard to write about the fact she is not improving, even as I write this it chokes me up knowing that she is just not getting better. She is not sleeping all that good, she will get about 2-3 hrs of sleep at a time which wakes me up cause im worried about her. Mentally she is good, but her body is not doing so good. She has a hard time getting up,walking and even going to the bathroom. It is like a struggle for her to do the daily things, and at times I can see the pain in her eyes. It kills me knowing what I must do, but how do I justify that when she is mentally sound, that will be the toughest thing for me. I just don't know if I can forgive myself when I do lay her to rest. How can I do this knowing she is mentally ok..... I just don't know if I can deal with that.. I am confused,sad and feel guilty!!!
My brain is on overload...

phillyfan

PJ_ROCKS wrote:

Sorry to those that have been wondering about Trix. It is just hard to write about the fact she is not improving, even as I write this it chokes me up knowing that she is just not getting better. She is not sleeping all that good, she will get about 2-3 hrs of sleep at a time which wakes me up cause im worried about her. Mentally she is good, but her body is not doing so good. She has a hard time getting up,walking and even going to the bathroom. It is like a struggle for her to do the daily things, and at times I can see the pain in her eyes. It kills me knowing what I must do, but how do I justify that when she is mentally sound, that will be the toughest thing for me. I just don't know if I can forgive myself when I do lay her to rest. How can I do this knowing she is mentally ok..... I just don't know if I can deal with that.. I am confused,sad and feel guilty!!!
My brain is on overload...

It is one of the hardest things to do.I had to do it twice in one year.I know it is hard to justify it,but you know deep down it will be for the better.If you every need to chat about it send me a pm,I know what you are going through.Stay strong!!!

PJaddicted

PJ Rocks. You will know when it is time. Don't beat yourself up, it is the kindest thing you can do for your best friend. Thinking about you.

unlost dogs

PJ_ROCKS wrote:

Sorry to those that have been wondering about Trix. It is just hard to write about the fact she is not improving, even as I write this it chokes me up knowing that she is just not getting better. She is not sleeping all that good, she will get about 2-3 hrs of sleep at a time which wakes me up cause im worried about her. Mentally she is good, but her body is not doing so good. She has a hard time getting up,walking and even going to the bathroom. It is like a struggle for her to do the daily things, and at times I can see the pain in her eyes. It kills me knowing what I must do, but how do I justify that when she is mentally sound, that will be the toughest thing for me. I just don't know if I can forgive myself when I do lay her to rest. How can I do this knowing she is mentally ok..... I just don't know if I can deal with that.. I am confused,sad and feel guilty!!!
My brain is on overload...

I'm so sorry... the decision definitely isn't easy especially when Trix is still so alert.
It sounds like the time is approaching much faster than you could ever be prepared for, though.
I haven't been in your situation yet, thank God, but I think if I was, I'd be factoring in the mental discomfort as much as the physical pain. I know you're doing that, but still no easy answers.
Try to think of it like this... what would you want for you if the roles were reversed? Would you want to be released while you were still mentally acute? Think of a person in hospice, who has a peaceful death surrounded by the ones they love. It's the most awful, yet beautiful, thing that you can do.
I hope you're all right, I'm so sorry you're going through this. Please give Trix a gentle hug from her friends unmet. And one for you, too.

Yellow Ledbelly

Enkidu wrote:

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

A friend and I were just crusing around, wasting time last night out in the boondocks when we rounded a curve to see three small puppies sitting, hunched together, in the middle of the road. We stopped scooped them up and pulled up to the nearby house to see if that is where they belonged.
No one was home but there was another pup out in the yard so we left them there in spite of the seemingly bad conditions under which they were living...not being taken care of very well at all.
Well, we left and my friend started crying, blaming me because I told her we shouldn't take them like she was wanting to because of the bad situation they were in.
Anyways, we rode back by (by this time she was wanting to steal all of them) and there was a car there. I stopped, we told the woman about the dogs being in the road and said we just wanted to be sure that is where they belonged. In the end, my friend, who lost a dog just a few months back and told me yesterday morning she was ready for another one, got a dog out of the deal and felt like we saved at least one of the puppies.
It's a damn shame someone has dogs and won't take care of them....I really would like to go back and get the rest of them tonight in a way

What an awful story, but thank goodness your friend got a puppy. How can people be so cruel to pets? It sort of makes me insane. Our dog Keiko (who died last year) was a rescue and she'd been locked in a garage all day long and the owner got rid of her because she was chewing things, including the car's bumper. I mean - give me a break. (Keiko was about a year when we got her and lived a good, long, very happy life.)

I look out at our big empty back yard and wonder how many dogs we could fit there (if my husband knew I typed that he'd go crazy).

Just to update....I didn't mention it originally but after we got the dog we immediately went to get food, dishes and doggie shampoo. The poor little fella was so flea-ridden we spent an hour washing him and picking them of...it was terrible.
But, on a much happier note, he rebounded very quickly and when I saw him Wednesday evening he was clean and shiny, running around having a good time like a little pup should.
I have been thinking about going back to get all the other dogs all week though.
It really does make you insane.