My dog just turned 10 April 1st. He was a black 80 lbs german shepard mix and he was my best friend for 9.5 years. I have severe anxiety, depression and OCD. He saved me from killing myself in 2017 and I feel just dreadful and want to die now, but I am determined to keep going for him. At some times i'm at peace and other times I get so angry and filled with regret and guilt. I guess there is no way for this to go nicely, but just things I couldn't have predicted make me feel awful. I imagined a more dragged out timeline with moving to avoid stairs, euthanizing at home, and giving him a last meal.
But it was so sudden he went from 100% normal monday night to euthanasia on wednesday at noon. He had a pericardial effusion and surgery to treat it, but 14 hours later the fluid returned filling his heart again. I could have done the surgery again, but they recommended euthanasia. If the surgery didn't work the first time why would it the second time? So I don't regret the euthanasia, but do wonder what if? When I visited him before the euthanasia he was in rough shape. He was very out of it and I had already made him suffer through his first surgery and first night away from home for overnight diagnostics. He didn't want his favorite treat or beef jerky, just ice cubes and water. There is still guilt and regret there, but he groaned in a way that he used to when he wanted something (usually treats or pets). I think and want to believe he was trying to tell me it was ok and he wanted to go.
I regret that I waited to bring him in. I didn't realize he was having an emergency. I've read pericardial effusions can be slower moving with appetite loss and other changes in behavior over time, but for me it was normal monday night to lethargic and slow at tuesday 10am to can't stand and collapsed at 6pm. I don't know if i got him in earlier if it would have made a difference, but thats one regret.
I hated that he had to spend the first night of his life away from home in a scary stressful vet, they gave the cheap option to bring him home after surgury and skip diagnostics, but I wanted to give him the best chance to buy us more time. And I guess i don't regret it cause his condition returned anyways and if that happened at home I would have had to rush him back. I just hope he wasn't scared. Hopefully drugged up and just slept over night and morning. Thats what they said, but still he had to get some areas buzz shaved for surgery and he hates when I
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We called City of Vancouver Animal Services and were told it was past their operating hours. Fortunately we were referred to bring him to the VCA Canada Vancouver Animal Emergency and Referral Centre. If you're looking for him, you can reach them at (604) 879-3737. They are located at Alberta St. and W. 7th Ave.
Special thanks to David for following him and helping out. You're a good dude.
[Picture of gud boi] (https://imgur.com/a/TVKq9BV)
UPDATE David found the owner and told him where to find his lost dog!
Before my parents decided to get me and my 3 brothers a dog, I had cried for two years every day, begging them for a companion. Then, one day, when I came from school, Iβvr heard this bark and thought it was all in my mind because I wanted a dog so badly... but she was a real. She was this beautiful energetic small teckel. She waved her tail and barked and was so happy to see me from day one and I started crying out of happiness... I sleep with her blanket and her sweater in my arms. I cannot empty her water bowls yet... I cannot pick her crib and put it away... I keep looking at photos and videos with her and cannot stop myself from crying. Before her dying, I have recorded her breath while she was sleeping, for a minute and a half and this is the only sound that helps me sleep. My little baby has cured me of anxiety (I was a violence abused child) and deppresion. After going to college, I had to let her to my parentβs house and last year I took her to stay with me... she was so happy and so excited and everyone was admiring how good of a dog she was. She understood us, she made us better persons and she filled this flat with joy... seeing her suffer and die and then digging her grave was the hardest thing I have ever experienced in my life... I feel so empty and so alone now thatβs sheβs gone...
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Josh is 6'4, 200 lbs. Wearing green khaki jacket, dark hat, grey/green backpack. Happy is a tan, medium sized (50ish lbs) lab mix. Hiked out of Hessie Trailhead towards Devil's Thumb/Diamond Lake.
From the Boulder County Sheriff's Office: Hall was last seen wearing a green khaki jacket, a dark hat and a gray/green backpack. Anyone who finds any of those items is asked to contact Boulder County dispatch at 303-441-4444.
Hey, everyone. Our sweet angel had bladder surgery last month. Her recovery was really rocky and full of issues. She seemed in pain, which we fixed with more meds, then nauseas, which we fixed with more meds, then she seemed much better, then she declined again. She wouldnβt eat. At all. Vet prescribed her an appetite stimulant. It didnβt work. We brought her in for more blood work and her kidney levels were off the charts. Apparently her bladder had a small rupture and she leaked urine into her abdomen. We rushed her to an ER vet. They stabilized her kidneys over the next two days, then performed surgery to fix the rupture and to remove her spleen, which they had accidentally found a nodule on during her ultrasound. She did great through surgery and the next day the vet was sending pictures of her walking around and alert. But she still wouldnβt eat.
Friday we were told to come pick her up in the evening, but that her liver was showing some strange signs and her blood had some ammonia in it. The vet said they were hopeful it was just a result of her pain meds they had her hooked up to and took her off of them to let it clear out of her system, which he said would take a couple of hours. We didnβt hear anything else so we happily assumed her levels had normalized. Between the call to come get her and when we were scheduled to pick her up (about 5 hours) she had declined to the point of brain swelling and neurological effects. She was suffering. The vet told us not only was euthanasia the right call, but about the only one at that point.
We are devastated. And completely stunned. She was doing so well and then just like that my best friend is gone and Iβm left with a hole in my heart that will never fully heal. She was my once in a lifetime dog, my soulmate.
My question is really more that I want to hear that these kind of complications can just happen. Iβm not really sure what I want to hear, just that what happened is known to happen? That a dog can really decline that quickly? That there was no indication of liver problems and then all the sudden it failed? Can that be caused by surgical stress? The medications? Over-medication? I just donβt understand what happened and I am really struggling to accept it. I know no one here can diagnose anything or tell me for sure what happened, but just any opinions or words of encouragement that it at least sounds like we did all we could would be helpful. This grief feels so overwhelming right now. Thanks so mu
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ETA: You all are such an amazing community. Thank you so much for the support these last few days. My wife thoughtfully put aside his collar and Iβm going to make a planter in his memory. Grief is still hard, but Iβm choosing to focus on the fact that I can help someone else who is going through the same thing in the future. We do this work because it matters.
Wednesday was a mourning day. Thursday was mourning. Friday was groceries and walking my dog. Saturday was shelter work and building a bookshelf. Today was shelter work and I went to absolute pieces, sobbing, when I was working with a different (fear-)reactive dog (who ended up coming to me and licking my hand as I was grieving. So progress?!)
When/if does the heartache end or even ease? He was so good for me, but really picked and chose who he liked/loved. I feel like Iβm the only human who saw that part of him, but he deserves to be remembered and loved in memory. At least my wife is on the same page even if she doesnβt exhibit her grief the same way, so thereβs one other human in my corner.
It just hurts so much that they saw him as a problem and I saw him for who he was, and he never got the time, energy, patience, or environment to let that blossom.
I posted previously on r/fosterdogs which helped but Iβm still hurting a lot. Not sure if Iβll foster again for a kill shelter if Iβm honest.
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Hey, everyone. Our sweet angel, Zeeva, had bladder surgery last month. Her recovery was really rocky and full of issues. She seemed in pain, which we fixed with more meds, then nauseas, which we fixed with more meds, then she seemed much better, then she declined again. She wouldnβt eat. At all. Vet prescribed her an appetite stimulant. It didnβt work. We brought her in for more blood work and her kidney levels were off the charts. Apparently her bladder had a small rupture and she leaked urine into her abdomen. We rushed her to an ER vet. They stabilized her kidneys over the next two days, then performed surgery to fix the rupture and to remove her spleen, which they had accidentally found a nodule on during her ultrasound. She did great through surgery and the next day the vet was sending pictures of her walking around and alert. But she still wouldnβt eat.
Friday we were told to come pick her up in the evening, but that her liver was showing some strange signs and her blood had some ammonia in it. The vet said they were hopeful it was just a result of her pain meds they had her hooked up to and took her off of them to let it clear out of her system, which he said would take a couple of hours. We didnβt hear anything else so we happily assumed her levels had normalized. Between the call to come get her and when we were scheduled to pick her up (about 5 hours) she had declined to the point of brain swelling and neurological effects. She was suffering. The vet told us not only was euthanasia the right call, but about the only one at that point.
We are devastated. And completely stunned. She was doing so well and then just like that my best friend is gone and Iβm left with a hole in my heart that will never fully heal. She was my once in a lifetime dog, my soulmate.
I guess maybe I want to hear that these kind of complications can just happen. Iβm not really sure what I want to hear, just that what happened is known to happen? That a dog can really decline that quickly? That there was no indication of liver problems and then all the sudden it failed? Can that be caused by surgical stress? The medications? Over-medication? I just donβt understand what happened and I am really struggling to accept it. I know no one here can diagnose anything or tell me for sure what happened, but just any opinions or words of encouragement that it at least sounds like we did all we could would be helpful. Even if someone had a similar experience as us. This grief feels s
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