OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
I know I've posted pictures of the old boy on here before, he was 13 on the 15th of November. He had trouble walking for the last few months (you had to help him up) and was getting weaker. He'd lost a lot of muscle mass over the last year and a couple of months ago the vet indicated that they suspected he had a tumour on his spine that was causing the mobility loss in his back end.
So, with me just out of heart surgery, the timing wasn't great, but I made a promise to myself that as soon as it looked like he was uncomfortable, I would help him along, as at that point I'd be keeping him around for me, not for him. He was starting to show that. He couldn't get comfortable and was restless at night and helping him up, it wasn't a good experience for him anymore.
So, on December 15th he was taken to the vet and passed with his muzzle comfortably nestled in the lap of my eldest, who has been a tremendous help with him as his mobility declined.
13 years is a very long life for this breed of dog, but of course it never feels long enough.
As a pup:
Enjoying a ride in the Glastron (before we had the Supra):
At the vet (his last few minutes):
So, with me just out of heart surgery, the timing wasn't great, but I made a promise to myself that as soon as it looked like he was uncomfortable, I would help him along, as at that point I'd be keeping him around for me, not for him. He was starting to show that. He couldn't get comfortable and was restless at night and helping him up, it wasn't a good experience for him anymore.
So, on December 15th he was taken to the vet and passed with his muzzle comfortably nestled in the lap of my eldest, who has been a tremendous help with him as his mobility declined.
13 years is a very long life for this breed of dog, but of course it never feels long enough.
As a pup:
Enjoying a ride in the Glastron (before we had the Supra):
At the vet (his last few minutes):