dog died! :(

[leanne357]

I really dont have a question but need to share an experience. My dog was laying under the coffee table last night she got up and her back legs would not work right, she had no control. Then her front legs went stiff. We took her to the ER vet, as this happened round 'bout midnight. The vet gave her some meds and a sedative. He (the vet) suggested we leave her overnight to see if there were improvement. No improvement this morning. We lost her. It is just strange one minute she was fine and all of a sudden she was not. We have had her since she was 8 weeks old and she was nine years old, we have had her forever. My husband has no children and Harely was his baby girl. It sure is hard to lose aq beloved pet. She had a fantastic life while she was here, spoiled as hell!!

[leann357]

Thank you all so much for taking the time out to talk to me. Thanks for everyone's kind words and understanding, it means alot to me. There are people who care and understand what I am going through. I has been over a month now but she was like one of my kids. Most people I know do not understand that I am really grieving over this. I miss her so much still. Especially at night when she and I used to be the only ones in the house that would still be awake! Then she would come to my bedroom with me and lay beside my bed and I would pet her until I went to sleep. I miss alot of things about her. She was a very unique dog, I have never met one like her! We gave her a fantastic life. She was definately spoiled as hell and loved even more!

[Lucey12]

Im so sorry. I have lost many pets in my life time living on a farm. None is as bad as a dog, and a dog youve had for a long time is the worst. I had a dog since I was 5 and she died when I was 19. It was so hard to put her down but she had skin cancer really bad. Its so painful. I dont want to go through that for a long time. I lost a pup (my first since the one we had put down) we had him for a month and he got parvo. We jsut got another for a wedding present. We made sure we got her where parvo isnt a high risk or risk at all. We also made sure she was fully vaccinated before taking her home. She has been odd today. Puked in the night and her poop is runnier than normal so Im hoping she didnt some how get it.

Hopefully in time, you can get another healthy companion. Do mourn her, some people look at you funny but they just dont understand. I cried all day for about 2 weeks straight. I still cry when I think about her.
So sorry for your loss.

[quintessence89]

My dog died yesterday. She was a 13 year old shih tzu and she just randomly died. She was fine in the morning and just had a stroke (i think) and fell over dead. It was so unexpected and terrible  because i was there watching it happen and i was incredibly helpless to help her. I was on the way out the door with her to go to the vet when she collapsed and didnt respond. I'm so grief stricken and I dont know what to do. I've had her since i was 8 years old and she was there one minute and then gone the next. I feel your pain and you're in my prayers as well.

[ginger899]

I am so very sorry. Believe me, I can understand how terrible you must be feeling. There are hardly any words to describe it.
When death happens suddenly like that, we are left shocked, and full of questions....why?...what if?....if only?..
I am so sad for you.
There is only one thing you can have some slight comfort from about all this. Your girl didn't suffer and it was over quickly.
Take care. Bless you

[BuffsloChips]

I really feel for you, my chihuahua has a bad heart and congestive heart failure. We have had him for about 4 years maybe 5. He was supposedly about 1y.o. when we got him. About 2 years into having the little guy he had to go to the vet for an injury and we found out that he had a murmur. Well, recently he began caughing a lot and within 3 days I could hear the fluid in his lungs. The vet's first words were, "This is not good."

He is on meds and doing OK now, but we could lose him at any time. The vet said that his murmur was pretty bad and that most likely he had a heart attack to some degree recently. The thing is that he seemed to feel bad one day and then was fine for about a week before the heart failure set in. Now the meds have him messed up and he isn't eating much anymore.

He was always a bit "lazy" because of his heart issues, but now he can't even greet my wife with even half the enthusiasm he used to. It hurts me to see him like this. I wish that we could do something more for him.

[autumnsmom32208]

I am very sorry for you and your family's loss.