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Retriever Died Suddenly - What Happened?

My family is deeply saddened by the death of our 71/2 year old golder retriever - "Buddy".  There are no words to say how wonderful and beautiful Buddy was.  Yesterday started to be a normal day for Buddy.  I was on the couch and he came up to me looking fine and then his eyes started to shift, he began to sway and finally fell to the ground.  He was awake, but he could not move.   We rushed him to the animal hospital were the doctor gave him oxygen and began to ask us questions.  The doctor did not know were to began, because Buddy was in such bad shape..  He asked if Buddy had ate some medicine or sniffed some poison, which the answer was no.  The doctor could not tell us what happened to Buddy.  Everything happened so fast!  Within an hour he went from fine to gone..
We have three children who are also mourning the loss of their dog and all I keep wondering is why?
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thanks for ur thoughts.  it's been 1 week and i still can't come to grips he's gone. a 5-year old in great physical shape taken in a split second. rusty was a picture of what you'd imagine in a healthy dog. i miss him a ton. he went every where with me in the car and now getting into the car has become a chore.
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I'm so sorry for your loss, my beloved Bella  9 y old die 2days ago the same way. She was my everything my baby. My husband and I are in tears reading your comment.
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I'm so sorry for your loss, my beloved Bella  9 y old die 2days ago the same way. She was my everything my baby. My husband and I are in tears reading your comment.
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I am so sorry for your loss, Rusty sounds like he was a very lucky dog and  had a great life and was much loved.  He was so young, and died way too early, but died doing something he loved to do, I hope you can find some comfort in that.  Thank you for the warning and website. and the hug advice.
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I forgot to mention rusty would have just turned 5 on st. Patrick's day.
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I'm glad I found this forum. we lost our beloved rusty just 2 days ago. he was the most energetic and friendly dog in the world.  our whole neighborhood is suffering his loss.  he knew and everybody knew rusty. he never showed any signs of being ill. it was just a typical normal day. at noon I took him out for his walk and as usual as we came to the end of our block he started jumping up for me to put the leash in his mouth so he could run home. he took off and as usual stopped 2 doors down to sniff. as I caught up I gave him my usual "let's go home rusty". he took off ran thru the snow for 2 doors, turned back to me and collapsed. I was no more than 10' away and was there in a second. I knew right away he was gone. I tried to talk to him to get up but I knew it was useless. I am totally devastated. the crying and pain has not even begun to go away.  from my research he must have suffered from aortic stenosis. our vet said that during his annual checkups their was never any sign of a heart problem. please next time anyone who reads this and has a golden retriever when you visit your vet ask them to do a thorough test to check for any heart murmur. he is link to what I found:http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/disease-information/aortic-stenosis.html

lastly, everyday give your dog a big hug and tell him how much you love him.  this happened so quickly I'm not sure how long it will be before I stop missing him.  rusty was the greatest!!
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