Oh, Mare!
I mourn for a great dog! I am so sorry to hear of this! As I've said to
others in this situation, a canine officer friend of mine said to me, "Honor
your dog for what he did for you!" I will keep you all in my thoughts and
prayers!
Elizabeth
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, ~Mare~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: ~Mare~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Hard Days
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 12:42 PM
> 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~
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