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I am sorry for your loss. My condolences
My sympathies, Barry.
Very sorry for your loss, Barry. It's like losing a family member.
Thank you all for your condolences.
Kinda keeps piling on, don't it? You know how I feel about this.
Always saddening to hear the loss of a pet as they become members of family quickly.
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I'm sorry for your loss. My condolences, Barry.
Thank you guys. Dog's were the first animals domesticated by man. That's why they are our best friends, each and everyone I've had.
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mcmortison
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My wife (God bless her for beeing such a good Soul) had a suprise for me when I came home this week.
She was in contact with the animal shelter we Support and when I come home from work I now am greeted by:
Yuna, 3 years old (dumbed by the breeder)
Kieran, 9 month old (rescude from a hungarian dead Station)
I am a sort of happy and sad at the same time. I really love what my wife did, but at the same time I feel like I am not ready for a new dog yet.
My wife told me, that I changed a lot since Rusty died. She told me that she want to see me smile again (what I am doing much more now) - I guess I needed a duty/task/mission to function.
She was in contact with the animal shelter we Support and when I come home from work I now am greeted by:
Yuna, 3 years old (dumbed by the breeder)
Kieran, 9 month old (rescude from a hungarian dead Station)
I am a sort of happy and sad at the same time. I really love what my wife did, but at the same time I feel like I am not ready for a new dog yet.
My wife told me, that I changed a lot since Rusty died. She told me that she want to see me smile again (what I am doing much more now) - I guess I needed a duty/task/mission to function.
Your wife sounds like a remarkable woman, @mcmortison. You clearly married above your station!! 
Ready or not, go play fetch!
Ready or not, go play fetch!
Ahh what a cutie.
Too cute! Give them lots of love.
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mcmortison
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Time to dig out this old thread again .
Back in 2010 when I bought Rusty (my Englisch Bulldog that died in August 2018) my wife wanted a dog for herself aswell (this is more of a simbolic differentiation, we both love our dogs alike, Janett only prefers French Bulldogs over Englisch Bulldogs) we also took in a rescue puppy from a dog breeding factury.
Amy:
At first we werent sure if she will make it or not. She was way to young to be sepperated from her Mom.
With lots of love and a dam good vet she made it over the critical phase.
When she was nearly one year old she was diagnosed with cancer in the trachea and had to undergo surgery. After cutting out the tumor they had to make a tracheostomy
and told us she only will live until age 4 or 5.
They did not know that this little dog has fighting spirit that would make a Marine proud.
This March we celebrated her ninth birthday .
But sadly breathing over a tracheostomy made her vulnerable to all sorts of bacteria and the last 5 years she had all kind of infections. For the last two years she has been on antibiotics for 4 weeks, off for 2 and back on a new one as the bacteria came back with resistance.
Until now she had a good life - despite all what she went true. But sadly the results from the lab showed that there is no more antibiotica that can "kill" the infection she now has.
Tomorrow my wife and I will talk with the vet to make an appointment for leting her be euthanized.
We will not let her suffer.
I know its the right thing to do, still I feel like I having a rock crushing my chest.
.Back in 2010 when I bought Rusty (my Englisch Bulldog that died in August 2018) my wife wanted a dog for herself aswell (this is more of a simbolic differentiation, we both love our dogs alike, Janett only prefers French Bulldogs over Englisch Bulldogs) we also took in a rescue puppy from a dog breeding factury.
Amy:
At first we werent sure if she will make it or not. She was way to young to be sepperated from her Mom.
With lots of love and a dam good vet she made it over the critical phase.
When she was nearly one year old she was diagnosed with cancer in the trachea and had to undergo surgery. After cutting out the tumor they had to make a tracheostomy
and told us she only will live until age 4 or 5.
They did not know that this little dog has fighting spirit that would make a Marine proud.
This March we celebrated her ninth birthday
.But sadly breathing over a tracheostomy made her vulnerable to all sorts of bacteria and the last 5 years she had all kind of infections. For the last two years she has been on antibiotics for 4 weeks, off for 2 and back on a new one as the bacteria came back with resistance.
Until now she had a good life - despite all what she went true. But sadly the results from the lab showed that there is no more antibiotica that can "kill" the infection she now has.
Tomorrow my wife and I will talk with the vet to make an appointment for leting her be euthanized.
We will not let her suffer.
I know its the right thing to do, still I feel like I having a rock crushing my chest.
It just never, ever, gets easier.
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Always tough mcmortison, hang in there. Take a little solace in the fact that you treated them well and gave them a good home. And they gave back, I know.