Mom and my dog of 15 years had to be put to sleep yesterday. Over the later half of the summer he lost a lot of weight developed a lot of knots under the skin, and over the last 3-4 weeks started to have more and more trouble keeping food (of any kind ) down. We decided that as soon as we could get the place to bury him( mom hated the ideal of them doing away with the body) and the funds out of the bank dang people bounce their checks to me) that his suffering would be ended. He was a Rott and Pit mix with his tail the most dangerous thing on him when he weighted in just under 100 lbs.
WIth heavy heart ( which is the odd part with me since I was) the most cold hearted sob you ever met. We took him to the vet and he sat in my lap (which was the odd thing with him) he passed on to another place.
He had the hard life in my book no hair ( the differnt vets claimed mange, a genetic disorder, and other things) a lost of his leg as a pup, and some other illness ( they would not treat until he had hair which they could not treat do to the other illness they claim) It was a mircale he lasted the 15 years he had.. He had lost from the vet guess ( seen him in june for shots) about 1/2 his body weight ( with most of it being lost while he was unable to keep the food down ( which made the knots under the skin seen ) the vet guessed that it was cancer and had prolly spread to his stomach and bowels.
We had spend many an hour on the phone talking to the vet and if he was still in the shape he was that that test would been done when he got back ( I was calling the vet on his vacation in florida, and then in texas for a family furnel, ( he was understanding and patient) The vet was due in Late monday and we had the first appointment for wensday ( but the vet made a special trip to the clinic and saw Stumpy and agreed he had lost too much too fast ), I doubt the poor boy would of made it though tuesday yet alone till wensday ( then the wait for the test results.)
Reply With Quote