rt2dz
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- Oct 26, 2004
I feel so sad, like there is a hole in my heart. Our dog just died. Well, she died in the middle night and we found her this morning around ~6:30 AM.
Our 14yo lab died this past spring and Sutton was pretty depressed for awhile. Before Kenzie died, we had already been considering a puppy; the kids had been begging and it was obvious Kenzie wasn't going to be around that much longer. So we got a puppy at the beginning of summer. Sutton perked up once we got the puppy, but then started suddenly not doing so hot. Not sick, just slowing down (no more 3 mile walks) and going very gray.
Then she suddenly became ill and started losing hair. Of course, we immediately took her to the vet. She had an infection was put on medication. The infection cleared right up. And because of her age, to be on the safe side, they ran every test under the sun. This was just 3 weeks ago.
When we took her to the vet in March, it was a new vet in the office, and he was floored at how old she was (11 years) because she was in such great shape all around. Looked young, acted young, very healthy. He asked me if the age was right. I told him she was a rescue and really could be older. When we got her, they told us she was a year. When I took her to the vet for the first time, he said anywhere between 1 year and 3 years. She just always seemed so young I counted her at one year and upped her age on her adoption date.
Anyhow, last night she got sick. Dogs can get sick and I was going to take her to the vet this morning at 9 when they opened. She was throwing up every so often. She wanted to go outside and stay; she did not want to come in. DH said he came into the house at 1 or 2 AM and said he slept by the door so he would hear her when she wanted in. He woke up this morning and realized she never wanted to come in. He went outside, and in her favorite spot to lay in the yard, she was dead.
I just feel so bad for not taking her to the emergency vet. I just didn't think it was an emergency. This seemed to come out of nowhere. I really thought she'd be around 2-3 more years. And the kids are devastated. They still hadn't gotten over the death of our other lab.
I just had to get this out somewhere.
Our 14yo lab died this past spring and Sutton was pretty depressed for awhile. Before Kenzie died, we had already been considering a puppy; the kids had been begging and it was obvious Kenzie wasn't going to be around that much longer. So we got a puppy at the beginning of summer. Sutton perked up once we got the puppy, but then started suddenly not doing so hot. Not sick, just slowing down (no more 3 mile walks) and going very gray.
Then she suddenly became ill and started losing hair. Of course, we immediately took her to the vet. She had an infection was put on medication. The infection cleared right up. And because of her age, to be on the safe side, they ran every test under the sun. This was just 3 weeks ago.
When we took her to the vet in March, it was a new vet in the office, and he was floored at how old she was (11 years) because she was in such great shape all around. Looked young, acted young, very healthy. He asked me if the age was right. I told him she was a rescue and really could be older. When we got her, they told us she was a year. When I took her to the vet for the first time, he said anywhere between 1 year and 3 years. She just always seemed so young I counted her at one year and upped her age on her adoption date.
Anyhow, last night she got sick. Dogs can get sick and I was going to take her to the vet this morning at 9 when they opened. She was throwing up every so often. She wanted to go outside and stay; she did not want to come in. DH said he came into the house at 1 or 2 AM and said he slept by the door so he would hear her when she wanted in. He woke up this morning and realized she never wanted to come in. He went outside, and in her favorite spot to lay in the yard, she was dead.
I just feel so bad for not taking her to the emergency vet. I just didn't think it was an emergency. This seemed to come out of nowhere. I really thought she'd be around 2-3 more years. And the kids are devastated. They still hadn't gotten over the death of our other lab.
I just had to get this out somewhere.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
