My friend is having to have her 14 year old dog put to sleep today. The dog has been really sick and at the hospital for about a week, three blood transfusions and yesterday, the vet told them “We are losing this battle”. They would had to have transferred her to an emergency vet for 24 hour monitoring over the weekend and there was slim to no chance the dog is going to recover so they made the sad decision and are probably at the vet’s office saying their goodbyes as I’m writing this. I’ve cried too . . having a pet is so worth the effort and then, when a day like this happens, I always wonder if it’s really worth it. But, like I told her . . remember the good times and we know what a pet’s life expectancy is when we get them and all we can ask for is to have a good life together.
So, in honor of Bella, my friend’s dog, here are a few pictures of Oscar being Oscar this afternoon.
This is the position where he gets a bit of slack in the blow up collar and can get his mouth under it and bite into the air bladder.
With him being a male, I think he’s trying to show the world his incision and get sympathy.
He’s rarely still and I snap 20 or more pictures trying to get one or two that isn’t blurry from him moving at the speed of light! In the above picture, you can see the back side of the blow up collar where it’s stretched a bit because of being attached to the harness by velcro.
One thing I can say with certainty – the surgery has not slowed him down one bit. I knew it wouldn’t be instantaneous but figured he’d have some fear of hurting the sore spot but nope . . no fear of anything except microscopic bugs and the vacuum cleaner. 🙂
montanaclarks says
Our good friends lost their dog this past week. They are heartbroken. It’s so hard when they don’t live as long as we want them to.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I know . . so much can happen. It’s the same with our human families/friends. There’s never a good time to lose a loved one .. whether it’s a human or a pet.
Nelle Coursey says
It is so hard losing our fur babies. They really take a part of our hearts with them. I don’t even know your friends and I am tearing up! You know I have a Bella also. The tool we got for Quincy really seems to be helping him! It is infra-red cold therapy! He is now using his back legs more and when I give him a treatment (every other day for 10 minutes) he just lays there like he is loving it!!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
So glad the tool is working for Quincy. I know that gives you so much hope.
Cilla says
None of my dogs have ever been bothered by neutering. I used the blow up collar for when I wasn’t paying attention n at night. He is a character.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
The other night we took the old collar off to put the new one on and in the 5 seconds that took, he was trying to gnaw on the sutures so he keeps it on 24/7. We’ll look at the site probably Wednesday and see if we can safely take it off. It actually makes it easier to catch him when he’s running wild.
Kathy Duval says
Love the pictures of Oscar. He is so darned cute
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Thanks. Of course, we agree with you. 🙂 His personality makes him an amazing little dog.