Hello all,
Im new here today and just found this forum. Today has been an awful day. I had to put down my 9 year old Sheperd today. It came suddenly and unexpectdly. I got dakota at 2 months of age and worked with him everyday. He had no formal training but people were amazed at his personality and training. He was a faithful companion to me and my wife. We have no kids and most people cant understand how we could love a dog so much. I thank him for the precious memories and wonderful times we had toghter. Im so sorry for what had to happen today. Friday he didnt seem right, ears pinned down, no tail waggin, lethargic. SO saturday he was going to go to his vet. Saturday comes and he is his old self full of life and energy. So we figure maybe he ate something bad or had a flu or something. His symptoms from friday were all gone. Today he played ball in the morning like usually and everything looked good. At around noon we notice he isnt his self. ABout 1 hr later he losses his abilty to walk. Frantic we take him to a very nice doggie ER not but a few miles from our house. The vets initial impression is that he has a bleeding tumor somewere in his abdomen. She does an ultrasound and confirms her intial thought. He is bleeding from lemon sized tumor on his spleen. Also she can see (stuff) on his liver. She believes it to be cancer but isnt 100% sure. Not sure how long he had been bleeding but his blood pressure is low. His muzzle and paws were getting cold. time for descions was short. As described to us and with minimal time to work on options or second opinions we decided to put him down. Its was an agonizing desicion, and i have never cryed so hard in my life. My wife is so upset its awful. Dakota i love you and appreciate the times we had toghter
Im new here today and just found this forum. Today has been an awful day. I had to put down my 9 year old Sheperd today. It came suddenly and unexpectdly. I got dakota at 2 months of age and worked with him everyday. He had no formal training but people were amazed at his personality and training. He was a faithful companion to me and my wife. We have no kids and most people cant understand how we could love a dog so much. I thank him for the precious memories and wonderful times we had toghter. Im so sorry for what had to happen today. Friday he didnt seem right, ears pinned down, no tail waggin, lethargic. SO saturday he was going to go to his vet. Saturday comes and he is his old self full of life and energy. So we figure maybe he ate something bad or had a flu or something. His symptoms from friday were all gone. Today he played ball in the morning like usually and everything looked good. At around noon we notice he isnt his self. ABout 1 hr later he losses his abilty to walk. Frantic we take him to a very nice doggie ER not but a few miles from our house. The vets initial impression is that he has a bleeding tumor somewere in his abdomen. She does an ultrasound and confirms her intial thought. He is bleeding from lemon sized tumor on his spleen. Also she can see (stuff) on his liver. She believes it to be cancer but isnt 100% sure. Not sure how long he had been bleeding but his blood pressure is low. His muzzle and paws were getting cold. time for descions was short. As described to us and with minimal time to work on options or second opinions we decided to put him down. Its was an agonizing desicion, and i have never cryed so hard in my life. My wife is so upset its awful. Dakota i love you and appreciate the times we had toghter