This sucks...

[SofaGeorge]

My little dog George, a border collie, started limping on Sunday. George is an ultra frisky good natured clutz... and he seems to whomp himself or have some kind of accident every couple weeks. Only, this time he didn't get better. When he was still limping on Wednesday I took him to the Vet. The Vet said it was bad, really bad... but he wouldn't know what it was till he opperated. So I had to leave George there overnight. (George is a total chicken pooch. He'll rally to the cause to defend his home or family... but he goes through life a little overwhelmed by the world. I hated the idea of him being away from home and spending the night in a lonely kennel after surgery all by himself.)

The doctor opperated on George last night and said it was a torn ligament in his paw. He fixed it... and I got to pick Geroge up today... but now Geroge's limp is even worse. He's got this huge bandage wrapped around his paw... can barely walk... and is obviously in pain. It's really hard to watch him having such a difficult time.

I hate things that you can't do anything about.

 

[starfish]

 

[gymrat]

I hope your dog gets better soon sofa. I hate to see animals suffer.

Give him a big kiss from me.

 

[jesus 2]

you made starfish cry SG!

don't worry, SG he'll back to his terroristic self soon i bet! just give him a kiss and hug to make him feel better in the mean time!

j to da 2

 

[Testosterone boy]

I love dogs. I have to scratch most every dog that I see. I feel like a kid asking if I can scratch their dog. Something is wrong with me.

 

[EngiCream]

I hope he gets better SG......I know I feel terrible whenever my dog is sick or in pain, no matter how small the sickness or pain is.

 

[The Shadow]

Yeah I spent christmas day night thru new years with my rottie in the UGA vet hospital......kidney failure - they got him going again though

Most scared and worried I have ever been over an animal

best money I ever spent

 

[JG1]

Sorry to hear that SG. Dogs can be like a child to you and it's hard seeing them suffer.

My baby girl was diagnosed with bone cancer 2 months ago, and she's living on borrowed time right now. My heart is broken, and just don't know how to say goodbye

 

[starfish]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is too sad!

 

[big4life]

For anyone that has ever lost a pet.

PASSING OF A FRIEND
Sunlight streams through window pane,
unto a spot on the floor...
Then I remember,
it's where you used to lie,
but now you are no more...
Our feet walk down a hall of carpet,
and muted echoes sound...
Then I remember,
it's where your paws
would joyously abound...
A bark is heard along the road
and up beyond the hill,
Then I remember,
it can't be yours....
your golden voice is still...
But I'll take that vacant spot of floor,
and empty muted hall,
lay them with the absent bark,
and unused dish, along the wall...
I'll always treasure these memories
in a blanket of my love,
and keep them for my loving friend,
until we meet above.

Author unknown

 

[b fold the truth]

Don't know what I would do without my kids...

 

[SofaGeorge]

Sorry to hear that SG. Dogs can be like a child to you and it's hard seeing them suffer.

My baby girl was diagnosed with bone cancer 2 months ago, and she's living on borrowed time right now. My heart is broken, and just don't know how to say goodbye

Wow JG1... that's the worst.

My prayers for your little girl.

 

[JG1]

Re: For anyone that has ever lost a pet.

big4life,

I started crying reading that poem. I'm not one to cry very easily, but just thinking about losing my baby girl brings me to my knee's. I love her more then anything in this world, and I just wish there was somehting I could do for her, all the money in the world couldn't save her....

"...should the great Master see fit to deprive me of my health or sight, do not turn me away from you. Rather hold me gently in your arms as Skilled hands grant me the merciful boon of eternal rest-and I will leave you knowing with the last breath I drew, my fate was ever safest in your hands"

from "A Dogs Prayer" by Beth Norman Harris

 

[Temple]

This thread came at an appropriate time..
Night before last it became obvious that there was nothing more that could be done for our 13 year old lab, she was suffering and it was cruel to keep her alive.
We have a friend who is a vet and he came to our house to put her to sleep...at least she wasn't afraid.

This was the puppy that I bottle fed for weeks because she had been weened too early.
She was the dog who thought she was my daughter's mother, she would come tell me when my daughter was doing something she wasn't supposed to, she would growl when strangers came close and she would glare at me when I disciplined my daughter. When my husband was gone I was never afraid, didn't even lock the doors because if someone wanted in they would have to get past her first.
She spent her days next to my chair while I worked and she slept next to my bed...

I keep thinking that I hear her footsteps or catch a glimpse of her out of the corner of my eye.
Some dogs are just dogs and others are something more.
This feels a whole lot like losing a family member but then she was...

 

[Nathan]

I feel for you guys. I hope you guys and your pets make it through okay.

 

[strider364]

Someone should make Dog vicoden.

 

[WODIN]

Give him a cup of beer.

 

[nicknot]

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you, that is the difference between dogs and humans. -Mark Twain

 

[Temple]

SG - so how is your dog doing today??? Better I hope...

 

[SofaGeorge]

SG - so how is your dog doing today??? Better I hope...

He's a bit better... at least he has learned to limp with more balance. He's still a sad little pooch. The swelling is definitely setting in. He started crying last night.

It tears my heart out that I can't get him to stay still... but he doesn't want to lie around unless I'm there. He wants to follow me where ever I go... so I'm trying to stay as desk bound as possible to keep him down.

 

[Testosterone boy]

Keep us updated on the little fellar.