Sorry to hear that Gruss. It really sucks when pet passes away, and hopefully, your info will help some of us someday.
Regards, Ray Gruss Gott wrote: > Our loyal Scottie, Annie, suddenly passed away this last Sunday. She > was a rescue and we only had her 7 years but she really gave us a > sense of home and so her loss is tough for us. > > There are 2 things I'd like to share in the hopes of helping your pet or > others: > > (1.) Annie died of undiagnosed congestive heart failure. This was > horrible for us because we had no idea she was sick, although we > should've known. On Sunday she woke up normally, did her routine, but > was panting even though it was cool in our house. By late afternoon > she was becoming lethargic so we took her to the vet. They tried to > reverse her decline but, sadly, it was too late and she passed away > about 8:30pm. > > We had no idea she was so sick and were treating her normally. They > say dogs with this condition will get "exercise intolerance" and > sometimes cough a lot. She definitely had the first (we just thought > she was getting old), but only once did she have the second. It's > horrible to think we had signs, should have known, and might have been > able to help her much much earlier. > > (2.) In Annie's honor and memory we made a donation to this poor Scottie: > > http://www.scottiekingdom.com/forbes.htm > > Also, it turns out that Missouri is the puppy mill capital of the US > and so, consequently, if you're looking for Scottie to Rescue (or any > dog) you'll see a few here and that, but about 40 in Missouri. > They're kept in appalling conditions and the Rescue has to beg to get > them to release the dogs to their care. > > If you'd be interested in rescuing a Scottie or, or any dog, you can > find out more info here: > > http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/MO236.html > > and see a list of Scotties needing rescue here: > > http://search.petfinder.com/shelterSearch/shelterSearch.cgi?shelterid=MO236&preview=1 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210648 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
