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Dan in Pasadena

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Bulldog13 said:
More of a lap dog …she hates the garage…it’s her birthday today 5 years old 🥳
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What's her name? No offense intended but it'd need to be a fat lady name. Either that or a funny tiny dog name like Twinkle Toes or something. She's cute!

EDIT: Oh duh - I JUST made the pic bigger and saw the "Maggie". I like it.
 
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Our new little girl (14 months old) is being spayed Tuesday. Being white & still a near puppy she gets grimy playing in the yard and she can't be groomed too soon after her surgery so we did it today.

The lady said she's a very sweet dog and she couldn't believe someone would give up on such a nice & pretty dog so young. Prior owners both worked, lady was very pregnant and they have 6 year old so "Fifi" - we've renamed her from Phoenix - didn't get much attention or socialization. She is VERY affectionate now, I think because she's never had this much attention. We are really trying to expose her to lots of people & other dogs now. Not sure how receptive they are once they're not really a puppy anymore?

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So while mowing today I found a Kong buried in the grass and tossed it clear...Later while I'm sitting on the deck having a beer, Dipshit Mcgee (Cooper) brings if wanting me to toss it. He hangs Kongs on his lower front tooth, Frisbees too.

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Cooper "Dog" is 9 years old this month.
 
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Well, the old gal is approaching 13 years old, which is at the top of scale for the average life of a German Shepherd. Unfortunately her days are filled with rest. Her guarding days are pretty much over. The garage is quiet.

In the eleven years that we have been together, things started out interesting and eventually moved to a wonderful companion stage.

She came to me as a 17 month old rescue. Never had a rescue before and never a female. She was fine for the first two days and then developed into what the neighbors summarized my new dog as Cujo, which she was. It took a lot of time, effort and training to bring her around, but she turned into a dog that now enjoyed other dogs and people. Not one bite! It was a lot of work, but I trained her by voice and hand commands, both on and off leash. Amazing dog. Before the training, I had to figure out a deeper issue.

What I did not know when I got her was that she was very sick. She had EPI, which means that she was not producing enzymes to break down her food for absorption. In other word she was slowly starving to death and she was in pain everyday. It took over 9 months of trying and several specialists to get the diagnose right. In the meantime, she went from a healthy 60 lbs (small Shepherd) to 30 lbs. She looked like the poster dog in the abuse commercials. Once we started treatment, it reversed her symptoms and her health returned fairly quickly. The medicine fix for this condition is life long.

So now what is happening, well adding to her EPI, she has spinal disease, tumor on her liver and renal failure. She went through a several day kidney flush that did help, but I cannot do that to her again. Being basically trapped in a small cage for days with her spinal disease was very difficult on her.

So now it’s rest. Her daily walks are down to two and each one is somewhat short. Step climbing is difficult because one rear leg has minimal strength.

So her days are now for rest and for us to enjoy our remaining days with her. Her days of following me everywhere or her alerting me of strangers approaching are sadly gone, but as I type this post, I still have a furry friend at my feet.

So enjoy what you still have today, because tomorrow may be different.

This post is not to be sad but more of a wake up call to appreciate our four-legged buddies while we have them.
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Well, the old gal crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sunday morning (Mother’s Day).

I knew the time was getting close, I asked the man above to give me a sign when it was truly the right time. I did not want to do anything prematurely, always hoping for a rally.

I was in contact with my vet about my thoughts on how soon it might be before our last visit. My vet is wonderful and I wanted her to do the ending process. Plus, If I did it at home, I would always remember that spot in the house.

You know how the best laid plans can turn out. She was her normal old self on Saturday night. When I went to help her up to go out on Sunday morning, her legs would no longer work and she would not or could not lift her head. She was telling me it is time. I think she was waiting until Sunday, knowing the vet was closed, wanting to died at home.

I called Peaceful Passages who came out within the hour to help us through it.

Now we are dealing with an empty house, quite sad. Since she could be classified as special needs dog, we miss preparing her meals and dealing with her various medical conditions.

The only thing I will not miss is the financial part. My dog’s nickname was “Mercedes”.
 
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Rich M. said:
Well, the old gal crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sunday morning (Mother’s Day).

I knew the time was getting close, I asked the man above to give me a sign when it was truly the right time. I did not want to do anything prematurely, always hoping for a rally.

I was in contact with my vet about my thoughts on how soon it might be before our last visit. My vet is wonderful and I wanted her to do the ending process. Plus, If I did it at home, I would always remember that spot in the house.

You know how the best laid plans can turn out. She was her normal old self on Saturday night. When I went to help her up to go out on Sunday morning, her legs would no longer work and she would not or could not lift her head. She was telling me it is time. I think she was waiting until Sunday, knowing the vet was closed, wanting to died at home.

I called Peaceful Passages who came out within the hour to help us through it.

Now we are dealing with an empty house, quite sad. Since she could be classified as special needs dog, we miss preparing her meals and dealing with her various medical conditions.

The only thing I will not miss is the financial part. My dog’s nickname was “Mercedes”.
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Sorry for your loss. 🤗

Never an easy thing loosing a member of your family.
 
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Rich M. said:
Well, the old gal crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sunday morning (Mother’s Day).

I knew the time was getting close, I asked the man above to give me a sign when it was truly the right time. I did not want to do anything prematurely, always hoping for a rally.

I was in contact with my vet about my thoughts on how soon it might be before our last visit. My vet is wonderful and I wanted her to do the ending process. Plus, If I did it at home, I would always remember that spot in the house.

You know how the best laid plans can turn out. She was her normal old self on Saturday night. When I went to help her up to go out on Sunday morning, her legs would no longer work and she would not or could not lift her head. She was telling me it is time. I think she was waiting until Sunday, knowing the vet was closed, wanting to died at home.

I called Peaceful Passages who came out within the hour to help us through it.

Now we are dealing with an empty house, quite sad. Since she could be classified as special needs dog, we miss preparing her meals and dealing with her various medical conditions.

The only thing I will not miss is the financial part. My dog’s nickname was “Mercedes”.
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So sorry for your loss, I know the heart ache of having pets put down. Been through it too many times. But take comfort in the time you had with her and the fact that you were able and willing to go the extra mile and give her a happy long life.
 
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sorry for all of you who've lost loved ones - i can't even think about how i'll cope at that time.

on a lighter note - does anyone elses dog try to mug them for popcorn......................
Lola will almost try and climb into your mouth to try and get at it.
 
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Reese is a female and about year and a half. She came from Alabama
Forgot, weighs 55 or so pounds. Shepheard, lab, boxer, Great Pyrenees, jack russell, pomerium, and a bunch of others in her gene pool. All American Mutt :)
 
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My sister-in-law is visiting from a few hundred miles away and brought her new Labradoodle female puppy named "Penny" for obvious reasons.

Our new-to-us (3 months) female rescue who is only 16 months old now had puppies too young and isn't yet fully socialized - growls/barks at new dogs, but is VERY friendly with this dog. I did the math and Penny is just about the age her puppies are right now wherever they are. We never saw them, no idea what they look like.

Former owner told us Fifi was a very good mother to 10 puppies even though she was only 11 months old when she had them (Vet says that was waay too damn young). Fifi seems to REALLY like this puppy. Sniffs her constantly, allows Penny to paw at her and play kinda rough with her. I always say, "Dogs are better than people and it ain't even close!"

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