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

Fifthelement

RIP Charlie.  You were a good and a handsome boy.  I’m glad that you were able to spend your last days surrounded by love.  Condolences to you and your family smellyman.

Wobbie

Sorry for your loss, smellymam

that last picture is great!

wasa1971

What a beautiful dog! So sorry for your loss.

Who Princess

Very sorry to hear that Smellyman.  Charlie looks like a wise and happy dog.  Nobody could have loved him as much as you did.   

njnancy

Hey guys - my dog died about an hour ago. She couldn't breathe and I was holding her for hours on my bed and she just stopped breathing. I tried o give her CPR, but she was dead.

She was fine and 2 days ago started limping and acting weird and she slept on my bed the last 2 days but tonight she just was panting and not responding and I was hoping she'd be okay till the vet opened tomorrow. But no.

I posted video of her on her awhile ago. She was 12, her name was Chelsea and she was the sweetest dog. She's wrapped in a blanket on her doggy bed right now. I guess I take her to the vet tomorrow. When I was carrying her into the living room a large amount of blood came out of her mouth, so something was going on. My poor little girl. 

i am really sad and I wish I could have fixed her. It happened so quick. 

Hope you don't mind me stopping by. 

Smellyman, I'm sorry for your loss. The house just isn't the same without your dog.  

njnancy

Wobbie

aw, nancy, that is terrible! at least you were there for her. losing a dog is the worst.

Fifthelement

njnancy said:

Hey guys - my dog died about an hour ago. She couldn't breathe and I was holding her for hours on my bed and she just stopped breathing. I tried o give her CPR, but she was dead.

She was fine and 2 days ago started limping and acting weird and she slept on my bed the last 2 days but tonight she just was panting and not responding and I was hoping she'd be okay till the vet opened tomorrow. But no.

I posted video of her on her awhile ago. She was 12, her name was Chelsea and she was the sweetest dog. She's wrapped in a blanket on her doggy bed right now. I guess I take her to the vet tomorrow. When I was carrying her into the living room a large amount of blood came out of her mouth, so something was going on. My poor little girl. 

i am really sad and I wish I could have fixed her. It happened so quick. 

Hope you don't mind me stopping by. 

Smellyman, I'm sorry for your loss. The house just isn't the same without your dog.  

njnancy said:

Aww, Nancy, that’s awful.  Sending you massive hugs.  It’s devastating when it happens so fast.  There’s no time to process, just holding them and telling them how much you love them.  RIP Chelsea, you were a good and beautiful girl.

Smellyman

njnancy said:

Hey guys - my dog died about an hour ago. She couldn't breathe and I was holding her for hours on my bed and she just stopped breathing. I tried o give her CPR, but she was dead.

She was fine and 2 days ago started limping and acting weird and she slept on my bed the last 2 days but tonight she just was panting and not responding and I was hoping she'd be okay till the vet opened tomorrow. But no.

I posted video of her on her awhile ago. She was 12, her name was Chelsea and she was the sweetest dog. She's wrapped in a blanket on her doggy bed right now. I guess I take her to the vet tomorrow. When I was carrying her into the living room a large amount of blood came out of her mouth, so something was going on. My poor little girl. 

i am really sad and I wish I could have fixed her. It happened so quick. 

Hope you don't mind me stopping by. 

Smellyman, I'm sorry for your loss. The house just isn't the same without your dog.  

Looks like a hound mix like Charlie.  Very sad for you and her to have to go through that.  She looks so sweet and lovely.

Charlie was 12+ years old too and may have had something similar.  I won't go into details as it still fresh for both of us, but you gave her a wonderful life.

virtual hug your way

Who Princess

Nancy, so very sorry!  Chelsea looks like a very sweet girl.  It's never easy to lose a dog but it's so much harder when something happens quickly like that and we're powerless to understand what is wrong.  RIP Chelsea.

hedonist

Nancy and Smelly, I'm so sorry.  From all you've posted and spoken about your dogs, I know - even as an outsider - that they were immensely loved.

Big hugs to you both.

njnancy

Thank you for you words of comfort @Who Princess @Wobbie @hedonist @Fifthelement . I know you are dog lovers and understand it is a loss of a family member. And right now I am feeling her absence. 

I hit a wall yesterday afternoon. I had been up with Chelsea on and off for a couple nights, her unexpected death, dealing with all of that, going to the vet, etc. had me in 'go' mode and suddenly my brain and body just stopped. I'm feeling nothing right now. I want to forget some of the past days but right now I'm just feeling empty and the house seems empty. I've lost family dogs before and I lost my first dog, Guinness, at 14 years, but she was put to sleep at the vets. This was different. I loved them both in different ways and I don't think I could have dealt with my first dog dying in this way.  Though I can still tear up when I think of her, I had time to prepare for her end. 

They were both very special,loyal, sweet girls. 

@Smellyman - Again, I'm sorry that we are sharing the loss of our beloved dogs at the same time. It was kind of you to take time for me while going through your own grief, thank you. I hope the days ahead get easier for both of us and are replaced with memories of the happy times with them. Sudden death is confusing & scary, lots of feelings. You are right, I need to process this. My heart goes out to you.

Thanks again to all you kind people in the Doggie Thread.

Fifthelement

njnancy said:

Thank you for you words of comfort @Who Princess @Wobbie @hedonist @Fifthelement . I know you are dog lovers and understand it is a loss of a family member. And right now I am feeling her absence. 

I hit a wall yesterday afternoon. I had been up with Chelsea on and off for a couple nights, her unexpected death, dealing with all of that, going to the vet, etc. had me in 'go' mode and suddenly my brain and body just stopped. I'm feeling nothing right now. I want to forget some of the past days but right now I'm just feeling empty and the house seems empty. I've lost family dogs before and I lost my first dog, Guinness, at 14 years, but she was put to sleep at the vets. This was different. I loved them both in different ways and I don't think I could have dealt with my first dog dying in this way.  Though I can still tear up when I think of her, I had time to prepare for her end. 

They were both very special,loyal, sweet girls. 

@Smellyman - Again, I'm sorry that we are sharing the loss of our beloved dogs at the same time. It was kind of you to take time for me while going through your own grief, thank you. I hope the days ahead get easier for both of us and are replaced with memories of the happy times with them. Sudden death is confusing & scary, lots of feelings. You are right, I need to process this. My heart goes out to you.

Thanks again to all you kind people in the Doggie Thread.

((((Hugs))))💔

Who Princess

Nancy, I got my first dog when I was 5 and have had always had at least one dog ever since (I'll be turning 65 in a few months).  I've been through loss several times and it's ALWAYS awful, whether it's the slow decline of aging or a sudden illness.  But I have to admit that when you say goodbye at the end of a long life, at least you do have a little time to prepare for the prospect and there's some comfort that you provided them with love and good care that helped them reach that age.  But I've lost a couple to sudden illnesses that baffled me (and my vet) and that was so painful.  I made myself crazy wondering what I'd missed or what I could have done, or thinking things like "A month ago she was fine!"  It took my vet reminding me that our dogs can't talk to us and tell us what's wrong for me to realize that it wasn't my mistake or oversight.  If we could save our dogs on love alone, I know we all would.

Give yourself some time to grieve, painful as it is.  Surround yourself with understanding people.  This is a good place to do that.

Smellyman, all this goes out to you, too.  I know it hurts right now.  Hugs to both of you.

Who Princess

I think we are overdue for some good dog pictures.  Now that I'm a full time sheltie mom, I spend a lot of time outside gardening.  Scout and Stella like to "help."

Who Princess

Scout especially enjoys photobombing.

This is what happens when you're taking a picture and your dogs start wrasslin' close by.

Who Princess

For you Game of Thrones fans, the AKC has shirts and stuff with this design.

Fifthelement

Great pix WP.  Max and Zeus were helping me with my deck garden too 

hedonist

Love all the new pics, and nice garden work, Fifth!

I'm sure I've posted this link before, but WeRateDogs is hilarious.  Please check out the jenga-playing pooch if you're so inclined.

https://twitter.com/dog_rates?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Fifthelement

Thanks hedo.  Dog Twitter is a sanity and life saver.  Some of my favs are: thoughts of a dog @dog_feelings, we rate dogs, Maggie @Maggaroo, Theo-osophy @notquiteold, and Bunsen the Science dog @bunsenbernerbmd