My Dog Ena is around 15 years old. She is a lab mix who has been awesome. We rescued her from Texas (thru Labs for Rescue) where they flew her up on a plane to Newark Airport where we picked her up. She army crawled out of the crate she flew in to meet us for the 1st time. She was super thin 35llbs. at about 1 year old or so. She was shy and would only go to the bathroom in the bushes in the back of our yard. Couldn't ask for anything better than that.
As she filled out she developed some incredible speed and focus. The only dog i ever saw that was faster than her was a greyhound. She would track a frisbee across a field and jump high up high to grab it out of the air. Her focus was incredible. At home she is sweet as can be. She does bark to protect the house but not incessant annoying barking. Just hey i'm here so i hope you are one of our friends.
She's been healthy her whole life, but now for a while, her rear is loosing power and one of her front legs makes her limp on and off. Some days she walks well and others she limps. it comes and goes. She recently has splayed out her back legs a few times basically collapsing while standing. But she even recovers from this. I got her pain killers from the vet months ago but have been very reluctant to use them. I just finally gave her one this morning. We'll see how she does with it. But facing reality her days are numbered. We don't have kids. just dogs and she's the last one. A few years ago Our last dog died in my arms on thanksgiving day just as we were going to take her in to the vet for the last goodbye. Good for her, that was an awesome way to go. We buried her in the back yard. Our lab before these 2 girls was put down when we were away in europe. She also was a great dog and lived a long good life.
I dread bringing ENA in to get put down. She has not given up on life and has not given me the look that she's ready to go. My little dog Poopy that passed in my arms did give me the look by staring at me for literally 1/2 hour. 2 hours later she was gone.
So I don't want to cut ENA's life short if she's not ready, and i hate the fact that i have to bring her to the Vet's Not Fun office for her last moments.
She deserves a good end when the time comes.
As she filled out she developed some incredible speed and focus. The only dog i ever saw that was faster than her was a greyhound. She would track a frisbee across a field and jump high up high to grab it out of the air. Her focus was incredible. At home she is sweet as can be. She does bark to protect the house but not incessant annoying barking. Just hey i'm here so i hope you are one of our friends.
She's been healthy her whole life, but now for a while, her rear is loosing power and one of her front legs makes her limp on and off. Some days she walks well and others she limps. it comes and goes. She recently has splayed out her back legs a few times basically collapsing while standing. But she even recovers from this. I got her pain killers from the vet months ago but have been very reluctant to use them. I just finally gave her one this morning. We'll see how she does with it. But facing reality her days are numbered. We don't have kids. just dogs and she's the last one. A few years ago Our last dog died in my arms on thanksgiving day just as we were going to take her in to the vet for the last goodbye. Good for her, that was an awesome way to go. We buried her in the back yard. Our lab before these 2 girls was put down when we were away in europe. She also was a great dog and lived a long good life.
I dread bringing ENA in to get put down. She has not given up on life and has not given me the look that she's ready to go. My little dog Poopy that passed in my arms did give me the look by staring at me for literally 1/2 hour. 2 hours later she was gone.
So I don't want to cut ENA's life short if she's not ready, and i hate the fact that i have to bring her to the Vet's Not Fun office for her last moments.
She deserves a good end when the time comes.
