Dogs, Just Dogs.

[sunday]

Sorry for your loss.

It's the fate of human owners/companions of pets.

[Steven P Allen]

I hate to hear it, Murph. 

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Sorry to hear Murph. Know what it's like.

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Oh, and you may as well have this one as well, makes me want to blub every time it pops up on my twitter feed.

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by Stuart Galbraith

[Murph]

Lupe and Sarah decided to bury her, so we put her in a shady spot in the yard and Lupe and the girls are having a real hard time with this one.  I kept waking up last night thinking I heard her paws on the wooden floor.  I remember one day I heard her going nuts in the back yard.  Sarah was outside with her, so I went outside and Sarah was freaking out, and Daisy was going after a possum which she thought was too close to Sarah.  The possum was bigger than Daisy was, but by golly that dog was not going to let that possum get close to "her" human.  

It was rough, she had gotten so thin and dehydrated that it was hard to get the IV in, and it hurt her.  But the vet offered a set of paw prints in plaster for Lupe as part of the service.  Also they will allow us to return her unused medication because the participate in a program that allows them to pass on the meds to pet owners who cannot afford the needed meds for their pets.  This stuff is expensive, so I think it is a good thing to do.  

I might, or might not, and can neither confirm nor deny the possibility that there might have been something that could possibly have appeared to be a tear leak from my eye (apologies to Sir Humphrey).  Sarah says the house is too quiet, and it will not be the same since when she would leave for University the dog would mope for a day or two, but when Sarah came home, the dog did the joy dance.  Daisy, you were a great dog.  

[Murph]

Lift a glass in memory of Bobi.  

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/23/worlds-oldest-known-dog-dies-aged-31-after-being-saved-from-shallow-grave-as-pup

[Murph]

Can't explain it better:

[Murph]

It is getting close to the time when Luna decides it is time to leave.  At almost 16 she has had a good one.  She has started having vertigo attacks, I had three crying women the other morning when we thought she was a goner.  Darn it, she has been the very best dog I have ever owned.  I never want another, it just hurts too much to see them get like this.  

[Steven P Allen]

July 5, 2022, a dog wandered onto our property.  I was grinning on the back porch, saw her crawl out of the field and look at me, and my heart melted.  We did try to see if she had a previous owner we could identify but to no avail.

She is mostly black but heavily gray about the face (and getting grayer) when we took her to the vet the first time for a check-up, the vet agreed she was 14 or so.  She was emaciated and wormy, but we took care of those problems.   Her hips and back legs have been weakened by malnutrition, age, and arthritis.  When I took her out this morning and she tried to poop, she fell--this falling is becoming increasingly common.   She often has trouble moving the stool out because of the muscle atrophy. She gets a Vetprofen every morning to reduce the pain.

But she is the sweetest dog in the world.  She has never barked or whined.  She has yelped twice in pain, once because of of getting herself tangled in a thorn bush on one of her four or five daily patrols.  She walks much of the perimeter of our field at least one of those walks; they all last at least 20 minutes, some as many as 45.  She refuses to cut them any shorter, even in the worst weather.  Her thick coat sheds water like a poncho and allows her to ignore all but the coldest temps.  And she is absolutely devoted to me (though she is quite comfortable with my wife and older son).  She is very apprehensive when I leave the house and delights when I return, occasionally even grunting with pleasure when I come in.  She stays near me almost every minute I am home.

It's not time yet, but her time is coming and I dread it more than losing my job. 

We haven't gone out to get more than a couple dogs in my whole life.  We get drop-offs and cast-offs, and almost all of them are mutts, and not one of them has been a bad dog.  I can't stand to watch the tear-jerker commercials for the ASPCA, etc., because I'd want to rescue them all, but I am comforted by the fact that we rescue all the ones that come our way (we have another, younger, larger rescue right now that also wandered onto our place and wrapper her little fur-ball self around my wife's ankle about ten years ago).

I will take them in as long as we can accommodate them and care for them.

[Murph]

Yeah, I know the feeling, Luna is really not eating much any more, this morning we got her to take her heart medication in a hot dog, but she even turned down chicken (her favorite food), and is getting wobbly as well. So I praised her for being our New Years dog, and covered her up with her blanket so she could snooze in her warm spot. So we shall see. I just despise and loathe people who abandon their pets. Those people deserve a hot place in the afterlife. All our dogs have been rescues or just plain mutts that got given to us. Not one has been a bad dog.

[sunday]

[Murph]

New Years dog:

 

[Angrybk]

Had to put my beloved 16-year-old mutt to sleep last month and was looking for a replacement. Apparently the new trendy hood dogs (replacing pitt bulls) are... huskies, which are probably the single least suitable breed for a Northern California urban environment. The shelters are chock full of them, it's enraging. 

[Rick]

3 hours ago, Angrybk said:

Had to put my beloved 16-year-old mutt to sleep last month and was looking for a replacement. Apparently the new trendy hood dogs (replacing pitt bulls) are... huskies, which are probably the single least suitable breed for a Northern California urban environment. The shelters are chock full of them, it's enraging. 

Dachshunds  

[Rick]

4 hours ago, sunday said:

Wife and I are LOL!

[Murph]

This:

 

 

[Murph]

Palate cleanser.  Living the best life:

 

 

[Murph]

Today at 0830 my best buddy, Luna had to take the final ride to the vet. We got her at five weeks, and she passed to the Rainbow Bridge just 4 days shy of her 16th birthday. They gave her the first shot to knock her out, and she started snoring which was something she did that we all loved.  We then held her paw as they gave her the last drug, and she went away.  A Golden Retriever mix, she could shed like nobodies business, leaving "floof tumbleweeds" all over the house. She was the finest dog I have ever had, she would come and follow me around the house, and when my daughter was hurt so badly in the accident, she never left her side except to go outside and to get some food. Loving, she would bark loudly at strangers, but was not much of a guard dog for all that. The kids and the wife are still crying, I just made a slide show for them to watch of the dog. Luna was one of those dogs that she loved a good car ride as long as it did not end up at the groomers since she thought that the B.A.T.H. was going to try and steal her soul. She was the easiest dog to housebreak I have ever had in all my years. Goodbye my snuggle buddy, my constant companion, my good dog. Wait at the Rainbow Bridge, I'll see you there.

[Lesley]

Murph

I had to do that with our cat and it was one of the worst things I had to do in my life although I and the other familiy members knew it was the best solution beacuse of an uncurable disease.

I wish you and your  family strenght and courage in this difficult time!

[sunday]

26 minutes ago, Lesley said:

Murph

I had to do that with our cat and it was one of the worst things I had to do in my life although I and the other familiy members knew it was the best solution beacuse of an uncurable disease.

I wish you and your  family strenght and courage in this difficult time!

+1

[Murph]

Darn the house was too quiet last night, I kept waking up listening for her to need to go outside, then realized that will never happen again.  OMG she was just the best dog out of a long line of good dogs, all of them rescue dogs.  

[Steven P Allen]

My heart goes out to you and your family, Murph.

My older rescue is lying beside my right now.  She knows I am going into town later today, and she hopes to prevent it (she loathes all car rides--I wish I could know what kind of life she had before she emerged from our field asking for help).

[Murph]

I made a slide show for the wife and kids, they cry every time they watch it.  

[bojan]

Damn it.  

Even on the pics that dog radiates joy, remember good times you had with her Murph.

Edited March 12, 2024 by bojan

[Murph]

I do, I am worried about my oldest, she can't sleep, and is just moping around.  But Luna was "her" dog, and stayed glued to her side when she was hurt so badly.  

 

Here she is giving Luna her "fair share" (we always got her a burger as well when we got burgers from the local hamburger joint)