So sorry for your loss, but you did the right thing for your faithful friend. Glad you didn't put him through more suffering. I hope you will be comforted by your good memories. I am convinced that our beloved animals are awaiting us when we, too, have passed. Joyce
On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Chuck Alexander < [email protected]> wrote: > Folks: First off, I hope everybody has a Happy Thanksgiving and remembers > to be thankful for the things we have whether it’s our health, a roof over > our heads or whatever. > > That being said, we had to put our dog Chico (see attached photo) down > today. He had herniated his bladder and needed a VERY dangerous, and VERY > expensive ($2500 minimum and could be up to $5,000 after they got in there > to see what they were really dealing with) that we just didn’t just have > surgery to ATTEMPT to fix it. What made if more dangerous was that no vet > around here had ever even seen this particular problem, and they sais that > at 15+yrs old, it would be a 50/50 shot at him even waking up from surgery. > So anyway, he had had it for a while now, but e could still urinate > properly and wasn’t in any real pain as the hernia would pop out and then > go back in after he’s go to the bathroom. But yesterday evening, we let the > dogs out to go to the bathroom when he came in the hernia was still > sticking out and would not go back in. He also had stopped eating and/or > drinking anything by the time we got him to the Vet with a 24 hour ER > service, and they recommended that at his age and the given prognosis, the > best thing was to put him out of his misery. > > For any pet lovers here, you know what a hard decision it was to do that, > but we’d rather that than to see him in pain and moaning and groaning and > it would not heal itself. He had been my fishing buddy since he was born > back in 2001. He LOVED to go out fishing and especially in the boat (again, > see the photo), but soon as we’d leave the dock in 5 minutes he’s be sooooo > excited by getting to go fishing only to lay on the cool aluminum bottom > of the boat and sleep till we got through fishing LOL... Just the work > fishing like I said, sent him into a fit. He’d go outside and jump into the > boat, which was almost 4ft off the ground when it was on the trailer. All > our other dogs could take it or leave it as far as fishing goes, but Chico > went berserk. > > Then, I didn’t get to do much fishing this yr as my back and knee has been > really been acting up, but I went bank fishing at a friends lake just this > last week and something told me to take Chico with me. I did and he loved > it of course, even without the boat. I’m sure gonna miss the old boy cause > he always let me catch the most fish LOL.. We lost his Momma Peanut back on > April 17, 2014 at the age of 15 as well (April 17th is my birthday, so that > kinda put a damper on that birthday, but Peanut was in a lot of pain as > well, so it was also good that she was no longer in pain and now neither is > Chico. Sorry for writing a book, but he was a part of the family. He was > actually my son Daniel’s dog, but he lives in an apt. that won’t let him > have pets so Chico lived here. We buried him out back just a little bit ago > beside his Momma Peanut. Thanks for listening. Chuck > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
