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It happened so fast. I said goodbye to my beloved Chief today...

since 2:3 am it has been a rough day for Haney and me, but I think she is going to pull through again.

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23th
5 pm had supper 1/3 can of pedigree weight control
6 pm took a walk and pooped a bunch, hard and brown
9pm went to bed everything was fine.
24th
2:30 am she woke me up in bad pain
3am took her for a walk and she peed
3:30 am tried to feed her and she would not eat or drink
so i gave her 1.5 tabs of tramadol
all morning she wouldn't eat or drink and layed by my feet on her bed
9 am i forced some milk into her
11 am took her for a walk and she peed alot, yellow and cloudy but no blood.
11:30 am 1 gave her 1 more tab of tramadol (note 8 hours since last pill)
noon I forced with a straw some milk into her.
1:30 she ate some American kraft cheese, 2 slices
I had to help her on the couch she had no strength.
2 pm she is just lieing there on the couch.
2:30 she ate another slice of cheese
5:30 gave her egg yoke by fingers, she wouldn't eat by herself.
5:45 too her for a little walk and she peed no blood seen and yellow.
after 25 yards her back legs started shaking so we came home.
6 PM i have her 1/2 rimadol pill and a slice of cheese note she jumped on coutch by herself.
7 PM gave her a few onces of water with my fingers and there is
nothing wrong with her tongue, but she wont drink my herself.
8 PM I got her to lick more water from my fingers and than a glass full on her own.
I got a bowl and she drank about 1/2 of it.
this is a good sign.
8:15 got her to drink the other 1/2 bowl of water
than 1/2 bag of soft dog food.
for awhile today i thought she wasn't going to make it.
 
Ickie,

I will pray that Haney gets better. I am so thankful for having pets throughout my life. All of them have brought me such joy. As I type this, my loving Twist is on my lap, purring.

Pete
 
I had the priviledge of meeting Chief last year on a motorcycle trip to Texas.....
He was the most sweetest, friendliest, slobbery, Rott I've ever met !!!

RIP Chief !! You were truly a special dog !!

LD
 
Navy Chief said:
I am overwhelmed by all of your responses. Truly, I feel so grateful for the outpouring of sympathy shared by you all.

This morning, I took all of Chief's toys, his bed, canned food, and his water/food bowls to the local Goodwill.

I was ok until someone asked me how old Chief was, and I lost it. One of the employees came up and hugged me. It was more than I could bear, and I cried and cried.

It's all part of the grieving process; I know. This morning was difficult. I woke up to a quiet apartment. My loving Siamese, Twist, was next to me (not-so-patiently) waiting to be fed. But I noticed a perceptible stillness; one that normally would have been filled by Chief's snoring. Little things, like some of his hair on the floor - remain. And I feel that pain in my heart. I know this will take time.

But thank you all for your support. It means so much.

Pete
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well poop......i read that and became emotional..got tears in my eyes.....ive seen some terrible things in my life,having been in a local fire department at a time when we did runs out of our service area with a "heavy rescue"..saw alot of stuff,,ive never been one to "break down"....but animals upset me deeply....i guess its my reliese from reality...i never met Chief,,just read about him...and im sittin here with tears,partly because of his loss,my beloved bandit and im looking at Miss Haley,,,who is currantly slapping and biting at me while i type...seems im irritating her.............sigh...godlove her

 
well after a shakey wakeup Haney is doing much better.
it took her 2 hours to eat and start her drinking of water.
I just took her for her late morning walk and I found out what was causing her illness.
The bright yellow poop tells me it was an attack of her pancreas, the worst one she has ever had.
normally she has always ate and drank, but not yesterday, she just layed there unresponsive, I had to feel her to see if she was still breathing, I really thought I lost her this time. If she was a cat .... well she has already used up them 9 lives.
She is going on 12.
 
Daveroo said:
well poop......i read that and became emotional..got tears in my eyes.....ive seen some terrible things in my life,having been in a local fire department at a time when we did runs out of our service area with a "heavy rescue"..saw alot of stuff,,ive never been one to "break down"....but animals upset me deeply....i guess its my reliese from reality...i never met Chief,,just read about him...and im sittin here with tears,partly because of his loss,my beloved bandit and im looking at Miss Haley,,,who is currantly slapping and biting at me while i type...seems im irritating her.............sigh...godlove her
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Thanks for your kind words, Dave. I am thinking that maybe next Spring I will retrieve one of the cats my ex has, up in North Carolina. She has a lot of cats, and I think Twist needs a companion. Until moving here, Twist had two other buddies. But I need just a little more space. I feel bad when closing my apartment door, with Twist all alone inside. He needs someone to play with.

I am headed to the local American Legion Post for a ham dinner. Truthfully, the last thing I want to do is be around other people. But it is important that I am. Just staying here, I keep thinking of the emptiness I feel without my Chief. Pete
 
Ickie said:
well after a shakey wakeup Haney is doing much better.
it took her 2 hours to eat and start her drinking of water.
I just took her for her late morning walk and I found out what was causing her illness.
The bright yellow poop tells me it was an attack of her pancreas, the worst one she has ever had.
normally she has always ate and drank, but not yesterday, she just layed there unresponsive, I had to feel her to see if she was still breathing, I really thought I lost her this time. If she was a cat .... well she has already used up them 9 lives.
She is going on 12.
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Ickie,

I am so glad Haney is doing better. So do you have medicine specifically for her pancreas problems? Pete
 
the only meds are pain narcotics and rimadol. low fat food and not much exercise, short walks is about all.
 
Ickie said:
the only meds are pain narcotics and rimadol. low fat food and not much exercise, short walks is about all.
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Hi Ickie..im hoping for the best for Hanie...been thinking of you and NC all day...and the buddies...twist ,hanie,haley,and all our furry friends need to have a good day
 
Hi NC.

I am so sorry for your loss. My dog is my closest companion... even closer to me, at times, than my dear wife.

Earlier this year, I had the honor of holding a friend's dog as she was put down. Ed O'Brien was 87 years old, a WW2 vet, a combat Marine Sargent of the Pacific... unable due to his age, of attending his dear friend's farewell.

Ed himself died a month ago, surrounded by family and friends. He was buried with military honors in our hometown, where he lived all his live, excepting the grisly Pacific Theatre.

I hope your grief is mellowed by the happy memories of your Chief. Remember to mix a few laughs with the tears.

Dick
 
Haney is down again, all it took was a too long of a walk, 200 yards, by the time we got home I had to carry her in and put her on the coutch. I gave her a tramadol (light narcotic). She is just laying there looking at me.
This time she is still eating and drinking water so this is good, maybe resting this afternoon she will feel better.
 
Re: Same

My sympathies are with you sir, I believe that we'll see our pets in heaven. Sad that you had to lose him during the holidays. :(
 
I was thankful for every day Chief was with me. And my little Siamese, Twist, is such a comfort. The grief is difficult to bear, but Twist is always there, wanting affection. His "purr engine" is pretty much non-stop.

My sister, her husband, and two of sis's girl friends will be here from the 28th to the 2nd, so I'll have some company soon; which is good. These past two days have been rough. But I must add that everyone's posts have really helped me. They truly have.

So many of you have conveyed how much you felt like you knew Chief, just from the posts I'd made about him. And that was my intention; to try and share what a character he was. Lucky Dog had the chance to meet him, and knows what I mean......

The vet who took care of Chief (from the time he was 5 weeks old, until I moved here this past July) called me the night of the 23rd. He told me how special Chief was. Yes, he'd met many friendly Rotties in his career, but Chief was extraordinarily happy to see everyone.

Pete
 
Holy crap! I'm so sorry to hear this Pete. I know Chief was more than special. It's a loss that no one can understand or know how one feels. R.I.P. Chief :salute:

Our toy female Peek-a-poo Brandy is 13 years old and is stuck to my side day and night. She's failing in small spurts and it's only a matter of time until she's gone or has to be put down. A car buddy of mine in Lousianna lost his Border Collie Lucy a few days before this past Thanksgiving from cancer. I can still hear it in his voice when I talk to him on the phone. At 68 he's getting ready to head up to Indianna to pick up a 7 week old Border Collie puppy and start over. I think when our 2 dogs and 2 cats are gone that's it for us. I've lost 3 cats and 3 dogs over the years and it sure ain't easy. .... it's actually gotten harder with each one.

Ron, I hope Haney pulls thru. Our Brandy is losing the use of her back legs. That is one of the hardest things to see and cope with. It makes me feel so helpless not knowing what to do to help her.
 
Navy Chief said:
I am still in shock. This past Monday, I took Chief to see a vet eye specialist, as I had noticed a spot in his right eye. The spot turned out to be a tumor. Coincidentally, the next morning, Chief would not eat, but I just figured that was because I'd given him some bread from a sandwich, and had upset his stomach.

But this morning, around 10:30, he threw up. That scared me. I took him to my local vet. They did an xray, and found a large mass in his stomach.

What happened next, still has me reeling. They referred me to a vet, south of Fort Myers. As soon as I got there, they took Chief back to do an ultrasound, and blood work.

About one hour later, I returned to get the results.

It was like being hit in my stomach. The vet said my poor Chief was riddled with cancer, including several nodules on his lungs.

I was immediately overcome with grief. It was horrible. I knew what I had to decide, and it ripped me apart to do it.

So, about 15 minutes later, as I held Chief's head in my lap, and I told him how much I loved him; crying uncontrollably.... I said goodbye to my best friend.

God, I miss him so.

NC
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So very sorry to hear NC...

The same thing happened with our little Cocker this past October. He was fine then it was like flipping a switch, he went so fast.
 
For what it's worth...

NC, I'm sorry this happened. I know how you feel, I went through it a few Christmases ago myself. I've typed and deleted a lot of words right here because most words seem contrite.
Just remember the good life you gave Chief.....

Bill
 
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