this is the hardest part of rescue, so sorry On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:42 AM, ~Mare~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With the joy of Dottie's new litter it is still tough and lonely in a > sense. > Buddy the Dachshund that I rescued almost three years ago from a puppy mill > auction run by the Amish is saying it's time to say good-bye and let him go > to Rainbow Bridge. > When Buddy came to out house he had never been out of his little pen > they kept him in..he was just a stud dog. Used to sire litter after litter > of puppies. I traced it back through AKC and he has sired close to 30 > litters ! > Here at our house he has learned you get better things to eat than many > three day old bread and such. You get clean water,a clean place to > eliminate,a soft bed to sleep and most of all respect and true love. > That is what makes it so hard to say goodbye. It seems as though this > time has flown by and he hasn't had near enough of the 'good life'. > Sometimes life can turn bitter and hateful and I guess this is just another > one of those times. > Please say a prayer for his passing and the human that loves him > endlessly.I have had to put dogs to slumber before but this is one of those > you can hardly bear to even think of it. > The vet we use said put him down nearly 4 months ago but he wasn't > ready,now he is. He is refusing food and drinking very little water. There > is no way to administer the furosemide without needles and I will not put > him through that. The vet ultra-sounded him and never gave a definitive > diagnoses as to why he looks like a walking bowling ball. I am thinking it > must be a horrific tumor. > Tomorrow we make that journey of sorrows unless the Lord graciously > takes him tonight. Hubby is at work as a guard and no way to do anything > until then. > Thanks for letting me vent....the pain is just too great. It won't > stay in anymore. > Your Friend In Oklahoma, > ~Mare~ > > > -- "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." --Galileo Galilei Glenda Poquita, Molly, Isabella, Chandler, Joy Joy and all the fosters and angels
