Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[bindian]

I'm sad to say I told the vet to put Booger down today. He had no change overnight. The vet said, today, it wasn't auto-immune disease. She said she had 5 theories and none fit Booger's symptoms. She said he was fighting some toxin. I asked her opinion and she said put him to sleep.

When I went to see him, he was laying on some blankets on the floor. He never moved his head when he saw me, just wagged his tail when I talked to him. I layed on the floor with him and patted his head as she put him to sleep. I buried him near the turn-a-round of the driveway under a huge cedar tree. Just like Native Americans did.

Happy Friday 13th.
hugs, Brandi

 

[CowboyRon]

I'm sad to say I told the vet to put Booger down today. He had no change overnight. The vet said, today, it wasn't auto-immune disease. She said she had 5 theories and none fit Booger's symptoms. She said he was fighting some toxin. I asked her opinion and she said put him to sleep.

When I went to see him, he was laying on some blankets on the floor. He never moved his head when he saw me, just wagged his tail when I talked to him. I layed on the floor with him and patted his head as she put him to sleep. I buried him near the turn-a-round of the driveway under a huge cedar tree. Just like Native Americans did.
hugs, Brandi

Sorry to hear about that Brandi, we went through the same thing last year with our beloved "ladybird". She was our old white German shepherd with bad hips.

 

[NativeSon]

I'm sad to say I told the vet to put Booger down today. He had no change overnight. The vet said, today, it wasn't auto-immune disease. She said she had 5 theories and none fit Booger's symptoms. She said he was fighting some toxin. I asked her opinion and she said put him to sleep.

When I went to see him, he was laying on some blankets on the floor. He never moved his head when he saw me, just wagged his tail when I talked to him. I layed on the floor with him and patted his head as she put him to sleep. I buried him near the turn-a-round of the driveway under a huge cedar tree. Just like Native Americans did.

Happy Friday 13th.
hugs, Brandi

Brandi-- My deepest Sympathy for the loss of Booger. It's tough enough with us getting older, but our pets are special and that makes it really tough when they get old. We're looking at the same thing with the 2 dogs we have now, and it will be very hard for the whole family to handle. My wife and MIL are still mourning the loss of a great dog back in 2002.
God Bless

Charlie

 

[Bird]

I certainly understand the loss, and tough decision, but you did Booger a favor instead of making him linger on in pain.:thumbsup:

 

[jinman]

Brandi, God bless you for ending Booger's suffering. He was a loyal friend and deserved only the best.

 

[sseelhoff]

I'm sad to say I told the vet to put Booger down today. He had no change overnight. The vet said, today, it wasn't auto-immune disease. She said she had 5 theories and none fit Booger's symptoms. She said he was fighting some toxin. I asked her opinion and she said put him to sleep.

When I went to see him, he was laying on some blankets on the floor. He never moved his head when he saw me, just wagged his tail when I talked to him. I layed on the floor with him and patted his head as she put him to sleep. I buried him near the turn-a-round of the driveway under a huge cedar tree. Just like Native Americans did.

Happy Friday 13th.
hugs, Brandi

Sorry to hear about this, Brandi. It's a tough decision, but the right decision. No reason to let Booger suffer. My thoughts go out to you. Booger had a great life. Think of the happy days.

 

[Western]

Brandi, I have no doubt it was a very hard decision and you did the right thing.

 

[bindian]

Sorry to hear about that Brandi, we went through the same thing last year with our beloved "ladybird". She was our old white German shepherd with bad hips.

My friend says he thinks it was rat poison. He helped me bury Booger. So there is no more Brandi, Booger, and the Big RED Beast.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Brandi-- My deepest Sympathy for the loss of Booger. It's tough enough with us getting older, but our pets are special and that makes it really tough when they get old. We're looking at the same thing with the 2 dogs we have now, and it will be very hard for the whole family to handle. My wife and MIL are still mourning the loss of a great dog back in 2002.
God Bless

Charlie

Charlie,
Booger was the longest I ever had a pet. His Mom, Ariel, and his older sibling, Otis, just disappeared. I never found them when they were ill.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I certainly understand the loss, and tough decision, but you did Booger a favor instead of making him linger on in pain.:thumbsup:

Bird,
You are so right. His eyes had that 1000 yard stare, but his tail wagged at my voice. My neighbor (no kids with his current wife, but have 5 huge house dogs) stated it rather eloquently when he was leaving here a few weeks ago........he said to Booger............."Goodbye Old Man".
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Sorry to hear about that Brandi, we went through the same thing last year with our beloved "ladybird". She was our old white German shepherd with bad hips.

Ron,
I had a registered $$$, white German Shepherd before I married. He ran off when my brother (with a cast on his leg, didn't close the gate fast enough and never looked for him. Since then, my best pets have been mixed breeds.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Lou66]

Sorry for your lost bindian,, Lou

 

[bindian]

Brandi, God bless you for ending Booger's suffering. He was a loyal friend and deserved only the best.

Jim,
Booger was my constant companion outside and truly was a tractor and project dog. He was always laying nearby when I worked the tractor or anything outside. If he was sitting when I drove by on the tractor, I knew to stop, lower the bucket, get off, and pet him.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Western]

Brandi, I wonder if the vet considered splenic hemangiosarcoma? This happened to one of our dogs and it has the symptoms you described. The only way our vet found it at the time is, I asked for a autopsy. She died in my arms with my daughter there,,,,,,, was a bad day.

I had to ask my wife what it was since it's a medical word and I am a "simple man".
Here is a description withe symptoms.

Liver and Spleen Cancer (Hemangiosarcoma) in Dogs | petMD

 

[mikim]

ohh brandi --- so sorry....but sometimes putting them to sleep is just the right thing to do for them..even as it hurts us.

 

[NativeSon]

Ron,
I had a registered $$$, white German Shepherd before I married. He ran off when my brother (with a cast on his leg, didn't close the gate fast enough and never looked for him. Since then, my best pets have been mixed breeds.
hugs, Brandi

Brandi-- I don't want anything but a mixed-breed, they make the best dogs. I've had 6 over the last 20 yrs and they were all great family dogs, good with kids and babies yet good security around the house, and they were all a whole lot smarter than the over-bred pure breeds that I've had. I'll take a Mutt every time.

If your Family has been in Texas like mine for a lot of Generations then your probably a mixed breed too: Cherokee, Welsh, German, & English and who knows what else. So yeah we're Mutts too.

Charlie

 

[bindian]

Sorry to hear about this, Brandi. It's a tough decision, but the right decision. No reason to let Booger suffer. My thoughts go out to you. Booger had a great life. Think of the happy days.

Sseelhoff,
I will post some of those happy day photos tonight.
hugs, Brandi

 

[pacerron]

Brandi,
Sorry to hear about your loss of Booger.
It is always a sad time but then when your ready it is such a joy to get a new dog that will love you from
day one.
We used to have fancy breeds but so many are too closely bred or have hip and joint problems from their size.
We now get our dogs at the shelter. Always a great choice and with the shots and neutering included you can't beat the price.
And talk about instant love; they seem to know that you have saved them from being euthanized like the other 80-90% of the dogs there will be.
There is a guy that posts on TBN that has a saying, like: " If only I could be the person my dog thinks I am."
That says it all.
Ron

 

[Bird]

If your Family has been in Texas like mine for a lot of Generations then your probably a mixed breed too: Cherokee, Welsh, German, & English and who knows what else. So yeah we're Mutts too.

Mutts? I thought it was Heinz 57. If what I've been told is true (with no real evidence), I'm Scotch, Irish, English, Black Dutch, French, and Choctaw.:laughing:

 

[Bob77064]

Brandi, I am very sorry to hear about Booger.