My poor dog is very sick right now. Spent last thursday in the vet hospital , has a crystalized stone in his bladder and elevated liver values ??? he spent a night just trembling and shaking in pain.. Got him home on Thursday night with four meds and a estimate of $1800 dollars for the surgery to remove the stone from his bladder.. plus $600 for the initial tests and diaganosis and meds.. he was to sick for surgery so he needed to get better.. He was pretty good on Friday and Saturday and late sunday ofter supper her went into that shaking, and shivering again , would not eat or drink. I had cut cut some tylenol 3 into 1/4s and was giving him a 1/4 every hour to try to help with the pain till the vet opened this morning. I took him back in at 7:30 this morning and he is still there while they do more tests, he lost more than 1/2 a lb since thursday.. todays tests will be another $500 dollars and still no surgery .. I love my dog and he has been my best friend for 14 years goes every where with me, he is just a little mini Schnauzer and it has me stressed to the max waiting for the vet to call and the bill just keeps growing.. But what can you do when you get so attached to these furry little guys. I will be just devastated if he does not come home.. I don't want to see him in pain and the cost is for sure hurting me.. I live on a rather small government pension being self employed in a very small shop for 40 years brought no employer pension so My funds are limited and this is fast heading for $5000.00 with no promise of how long he will live.. Some really tough decissions to make for our furry best friends.. i have been sitting here with tears just streaming down my face waiting to hear from the vet and wondering what is next for Riley.. He has been just the best dog one ever have and he is more family to me than some humans in my family.. today is a tough day .. I laid on the floor all night with a couple pillows trying to just comfort him untill I could get him to the vet first thing this morning .. Vet costs can eat up your money very quick but what can you do when your talking about your pets life and health.. just a really tough day today.. How do we ever know when it's time to say good bye.. Maybe I am just a big baby but I just hate the words of putting him to sleep.. and my heart will just not let me do it yet.. I have to try to do what ever I can to save him.... He so depends on me to take care of him.. not sure I could ever do this again.. He is just the best dog ever.. just rips my heart out .. hug your pet often they have a short life ..
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Just came home from the Vet.. My best friend Riley past away about an hour ago.. He was the greatest dog in my world and I loved him more than some of my human family.. We had such a bond Riley and I.. He truly was my best friend.. I can hardly see for tears running down my face.. I will miss him so much, my house will be so empty and lonesome .. I can hardly beleive he won't be coming home anymore. Tonight will be a tough night for me..
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anyone who has lost a friend like him can understand your pain.we have gone through it several times each time we thought never again so much for that.we lost several over the years been several years now since last it will take time but you will never forget but the pain will hopefully ease with time.hang in there bud
Good evening Chuck: I got into this hobby a year after my dog passed away. I had lost interest in everything and I had a lot of hobbies prior to Abbey passing away. But when I saw this rolling chassis, it sparked something in me I hadn't felt for a year. The price was right but more to the point, I knew that it would keep my head, my hands and my heart too busy to think about Abbey all day, every day. So I bought it and it helped for that first year. I still cry and I still think of Abbey constantly. I know I always will. But this hobby has the potential to help me through it. Hopefully the cars and the people here will help you too. I know exactly what you're feeling. Abbey passed February 2, 2016 and I miss her now just as you miss Riley. Take care buddy.
Heaven
Behold as gentle enters here.
Let angels envy, let them tear. Let
innocence this threshold pass.
Mercy, caress this gentle soul.
I feel for you Chuck, Cuddles and anyone else who has lost a friend honest and faithful as only a dog can be.
Over the past 35 years we've been fortunate enough to have the very good company of 5 Labs. Most lived about 10-15 years, we generally had a younger one to keep the older one active.
Each one that had to be put down did so in my arms. One of the toughest things I've done but after all the love, trust and dedication they gave us it was the very least we could do for them
We lost our last dog Shiloh, this past Labor Day weekend. Saturday started out like any other for Shiloh, out the door for a pee and poop, give some hell to the squirrels then in the door for breakfast
An hour later she was swollen, shaking and in obvious discomfort. A trip to the Emergency Vet confirmed my fear. She had a tumor burst in her liver. There was no getting better so we did what we had to do for her, to put her out of the pain that she tried so valiantly to hide.
A week later we brought home Jenny, a very pretty American Yellow Lab. Another friend remarked " so, you're replacing Shiloh...." to which I responded " We can't replace Shiloh, but we can start a new adventure with a new friend to honor her memory".
At Johns "Junior" prompting; I have aquired a new to me companion.. He is an older rescue dog.. He came frome a rescue Agency called S.T.A.R.R.. l had applied to several rescue agencys looking to adopt a adult schnauzer but nothing ever came up and the few that did were so far away it was not practical to make the trip.. Anyway.. Last Sunday afternoon I got a call from an agency around 3:pm asking if they could come for a home visit the same day day.. I had my name in and they had a Schnauzer.. Anyway they showed up around 6:pm with this poor old scruffy looking thing that was all matted and looked terrible I could not even tell if he had ears.. He had been turned in, surrendered, .. they had no real history other than, they think he came from a puppy mill he may have been a breeder for most of his life and then got sold to a puppy mill for a few more of his years and ended up with some elderly lady who died . nobody wanted him.. I made a deal with them to Foster him for the rest of his little life.. I agreed to take care of all his needs , food, shots, heartworm meds, grooming, lovin and exercise.. They take care of the vet bills ..at his age now, they think that he is 12and 1/2 will be 13 in Nov.. He does have some issues, he is not neutered , is mostly deaf, and hard of seeing but can see some .. He was abused and scared of people some what.. very nervous but he has made huge strides over the last few days .. I have only had him since about suppertime on Tuesday.. But so far he has come a long way.. He was in tough shape but he is coming around and follows me all over in the house and at night I have been getting him between my legs on the lazy boy and give some good back rubs, and some massaging..Poor little guy, pictures are what he looked like when I got him, the others are after I bathed and clipped him.. I am not a professional groomer so he may not look like a professional Schnauzer but he is clean and looks a lot better.. He is just so sad, I don’t think anybody ever played with him. I think he spent a lot of his little life in a cage.. He loves going out for a walk .. He was scared of the grass on his feet now he seems to just love to high step like a dog wearing booties .. He is getting better every day now.. So this has been good for me to rescue this little guy. I have a deal with the agency that I will foster him permanently , It is a lot more than I thought to look after an abused dog.. comes with lots of issues emotionaly but he is just a scared little old guy that needs some loving and a safe place to grow old in saftey with some love and dignity.. So I will take care of him till he goes to the rainbow bridge to join my Riley....
There is a bridge connecting Heaven and Earth. It is called the Rainbow Bridge because of all its beautiful colors. Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge there is a land of meadows, hills and valleys with lush green grass. When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this place. There is always food and water and warm spring weather. The old and frail animals are young again. Those who were sick, hurt or in pain are made whole again. There is only one thing missing, they are not with their special person who loved them so much on earth. So each day they run and play until the day comes when one suddenly stops playing and looks up! The nose twitches! The ears are up! The eyes are staring and this one runs from the group! You have been seen and when you and your special friend meet, you take him in your arms and hug him. He licks and kisses your face again and again - and you look once more into the eyes of your best friend and trusting pet. Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together never again to be apart.
Then I got this email from Riley that he approved..
Before humans die, they write their last will and testament, giving their home and all they have to those they leave behind. If, with my paws, I could do the same, this is what I’d ask…
To a poor and lonely stray, I’d give my happy home; my bowl and cozy bed, soft pillow and all my toys; the lap, which I loved so much; the hand that stroked my fur; and the sweet voice that spoke my name.
I’d will to the sad, scared, shelter dog the place I had in my human’s loving heart, of which there seemed no bounds.
So, when I die, please do not say, “I will never have a pet again, for the loss and the pain is more than I can stand.”
Instead, go find an unloved dog, one whose life has held no joy or hope, and give my place to him.
This is the only thing I can give…
The love I left behind.
So after I bawled my face off .. I decided I was going give this guy a happy safe home forever.. and thats where I am today.. and he is such a good little guy he has a little bladder problem and I am not sure if it's medical or emotional but we will work it out and fix it right now I just try to keep hime confined to the kitchen and rooms without carpet.. I just do't want to start scolding him untill I can figure out if it's a medical thing or not.. It does feel good to have a dog back in my life and my house.. even with all the work to get up and 7:am to take him for a walk and take him out again at 10:PM on these windy cold miserable days.. but he has given me a challenge and he is a sweetie .. first picture of what he looked like on Tuesday when I got him..
The other are what he looks like after I bathed and clipped him.. he is a very sweet old guy and I hope to give the best i can for the time he has left.. and he has given me a purpose right now we will work out the bugs with kindness and love.. I just hate people who are mean to animals .. Chuck..
He sure is a Handsome Dog Chuck ,all cleaned up, what a change and I bet he feels great too!!! .Our newest Penny came from a Mill/ DogBroker on Carter side road outside of Aylmer.These are Church of God folk,yes you read that correctly.This story will be told when we all meet . Outside was a Whole new world,the rain,dirt,grass,birds-everything.The urination is more than likely excitement as ours both do that Chuck. Enjoy that wonderful guy,they bring something extra to our lives.
junior
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Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods. HL Mencken. 1919.
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." George Orwell 1984
We do what ever we can for them because we Love them
