Cindy Creel
Boxer Insane
I am so sorry to hear this sad news. Prayers for you and Rena are on the way. Love her every day you have left. Our boxers are very fragile creatures. I have lost two myself, but I would never have any other dog.
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Mama_Zookeeper
Boxer Insane
So Sorry
I am so sorry to be reading this news...and even more sorry you & Rena are having to live it. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers. If there is anything at all I can do for you, please just let me know. How is Chopper doing through all this? Lots of love, hugs & kisses you both of them and all the healing vibes I can muster up from Texas!
Dora
I am so sorry to be reading this news...and even more sorry you & Rena are having to live it. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers. If there is anything at all I can do for you, please just let me know. How is Chopper doing through all this? Lots of love, hugs & kisses you both of them and all the healing vibes I can muster up from Texas!
Dora
Rena&Chopper
Boxer Pal
A little good news!
Once again, I want to thank you all for your kindness and positivity through this very tough time!
Yesterday when I got home from work and took the dogs outside, Rena got a wild hair and ran 3 full speed laps around our backyard! I started laughing and smiling and asked her what she was doing and she'd stop with her ears perked up and a grin with her nub doing at least 150 mph! I almost died when I saw her run like that!!! She hasn't had a spunky moment like that in months. So I guess you could say that yesterday was one of her good days.
Dora-thank you for asking about Chopper!! He is doing awesome-but I think he can tell that something is wrong with his sister. He smells her face a lot more than usual and looks at her with an almost sympathetic look. I don't know if he really knows what's going on, but sometimes it seems like he does. I know that he is enjoying Rena's fleece doggie bed a lot more than she is! I'll walk in the bedroom and there they are-Chopper on the doggie bed and Rena cuddled up beside it. I think she doesn't like it because it makes her get too warm.
With hope of more good days!! Thanks everyone!
Once again, I want to thank you all for your kindness and positivity through this very tough time!
Yesterday when I got home from work and took the dogs outside, Rena got a wild hair and ran 3 full speed laps around our backyard! I started laughing and smiling and asked her what she was doing and she'd stop with her ears perked up and a grin with her nub doing at least 150 mph! I almost died when I saw her run like that!!! She hasn't had a spunky moment like that in months. So I guess you could say that yesterday was one of her good days.
Dora-thank you for asking about Chopper!! He is doing awesome-but I think he can tell that something is wrong with his sister. He smells her face a lot more than usual and looks at her with an almost sympathetic look. I don't know if he really knows what's going on, but sometimes it seems like he does. I know that he is enjoying Rena's fleece doggie bed a lot more than she is! I'll walk in the bedroom and there they are-Chopper on the doggie bed and Rena cuddled up beside it. I think she doesn't like it because it makes her get too warm.
With hope of more good days!! Thanks everyone!
lindagsharp
Boxer Pal
We went through the same thing
Only our 9 1/2 yr old went from normal to horrible in 5 days. Her eyesight went soon after her unsteadiness, then she could no longer lay down - I had to physically lay her down. She could get up, she would eat the vet's special food, and she could potty, but that was about it. The morning we found her stuck in a corner on our screened deck was the day we decided to put her down. It was like she knew - she actually jumped into the car after not being able to walk for 4 days. Then, when the emergency room took her in the back to weigh her, she wagged her nub (which she hadn't done for days). They told us that many times dogs have a rush of adrenaline when they know it's time. I'm crying as I type this, and we miss her terribly, but it was the right thing to do. We now have another puppy, and things are getting back to normal, although she's always with us.
You'll know when the time is right. Our vet wanted to do a bunch of tests, but as rapidly as she declined, we had the feeling it was only for the money. We don't use that vet any more. Many times medical tests are necessary, but there can be times when it's just as caring to let them go.
Only our 9 1/2 yr old went from normal to horrible in 5 days. Her eyesight went soon after her unsteadiness, then she could no longer lay down - I had to physically lay her down. She could get up, she would eat the vet's special food, and she could potty, but that was about it. The morning we found her stuck in a corner on our screened deck was the day we decided to put her down. It was like she knew - she actually jumped into the car after not being able to walk for 4 days. Then, when the emergency room took her in the back to weigh her, she wagged her nub (which she hadn't done for days). They told us that many times dogs have a rush of adrenaline when they know it's time. I'm crying as I type this, and we miss her terribly, but it was the right thing to do. We now have another puppy, and things are getting back to normal, although she's always with us.
You'll know when the time is right. Our vet wanted to do a bunch of tests, but as rapidly as she declined, we had the feeling it was only for the money. We don't use that vet any more. Many times medical tests are necessary, but there can be times when it's just as caring to let them go.
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