I hope she pulls through.

Is there another A&M type college or a large animal emergency center in your area?

Thanks you guys, I can't believe how bad I feel.
Apparently there are no machines for dogs anywhere near here.
plus the guys at VA Tech seem to think it wouldn't do any good, my vet thinks the same thing.
She could move from acute renal failure to chronic renal failure but that's the best I can hope for. She will probably be dead in 24 hours, even if she doesn't die she will not recover.
I don't know that someone poisoned her, only that she has been poisoned.

I am so sorry, buddy. We are all here for ya.

People talking of their pets is worse than baby pictures,
but this one is really special and I'll tell you why.
I taught her facial expressions,
she is my constant companion and I took the time to teach her things,
I had a trick dog once, she would do anything for me but this one is no trick, I wanted her to be special and with dignity.
I taught her how to be almost human (sans the bad habits).
She winks at you when she wants something (or to distract you from what she did). she frowns when you say something stupid like: "do you want to go in the house?" I'm telling you this dog can grin and make a joke better than most people.
She also talks, she can say huh uh and uh huh and she knows what they mean. She will interrupt your conversation and start talking but you can't understand her, she just likes to talk.
I lay-ed on the floor all night with her, she probably has about 12 hours left. I am so blue.

I am so sorry for both of you. I don't know what to say.

Man, that sucks Kirky. I know I'm gonna be a mess when my Shep goes. That won't be for a long while I hope, as he is only 1 year old now (although he does things that make me think he is courting death sometimes). But when it does....I don't even want to think about it. Dogs can become your best friend very quickly and it hurts really bad when they go (my gf lost her golden last year and that was sad for me and I only knew him for about a year). I hope that yours isn't in pain and goes quickly if it happens. I feel for ya Kirk I really do.

i feel so bad for you, kirk.

:(

Oh, Kirk. I am so sorry.

Kirk, I can guess how powerless to help you must feel right now, that you'd do anything in the world you could for her. She knows it too. I'm sure she knows your emotions, maybe better than you do, and she sees you there on the floor with her.

That's more than a lot of us are going to get when we go, and we are all going to go. She's got her best friend there with her, obviously loving her, caring for her. I can only pray to have that comfort when my time gets here.

I'm sorry Kirk, I know how horrible it is go through.

Thanks you guys, it was a rough night, I'm going to have the vet come out and put her down today. I can't believe what a beautiful friend she has been to me, and how much this hurts, I feel like I'll go mad.
I'm self employed and I work at home, she is always
with me,
when I broke my leg she never left my side.
I've got the broken leg, loose tooth, dead dog blues.

That's awful. I know how difficult that decision has to be. I feel for you both.

My thoughts are with both of you.

Damn, now you got me all choked up. Given your post this morning, I don't know when you'll see this. I'd like to wish you well and give you some re-assurance that you'll make it through this, but I know it fucking sucks and you're hurting like you didn't know you could.
I don't think there is any magic formula to getting through it, but you will.

Everyday my dog and I would walk to the garden,
up and down the rows, me casually hoeing and her earnestly pretending to help, sometimes she would get tired of the weed pulling game and she would go lay on a little high spot in the shade where she could watch me and the rest of the garden.
I buried her there just now.

fuck.

sorry, man, just sorry.

Sorry just doesn't cover it but no words do.

At least she had the best possible companion.

When someone on our boxer list loses their pet, we always a light a candle that evening in memory of their best friend, and to guide them across to the other side.

I'll have one lit this evening in memory of your best friend.

We will be doing the same here.

She'll always be watching over you.
Next time you hoe off a straight line and your leg hurts,
it's her telling you straighten up.
She's always with you, always will be.

A sad day indeed. I buried my favorite cat ever in the yard about 8 years ago after he died in my arms so I empathize with you. Pets are sometimes the better part of the family.

No pain is mine but my pain.
I had a bad dog once,
a fuckin' killer,
to my bank robber friend who called it a beast I said: "but I love that dog"
His answer? "yeah, YOU have to"

His name was Sam
no, not the dog, the bank robber
he carried a .45 loaded with silver bullets (i don't make them anymore) dipped in garlic,
he claimed it was no legend;
Silver and garlic will kill your ass,
what a kook,
but I loved that man,
he's dead now, and he
never did go to jail.

Gentle bank robbers are a dime a dozen
it's those god damn executives that are thick as thieves.

I decided to light a candle for the girl tonight as well.
And even though you don't know her, my old roommate sends her condolences.
She was terribly saddened when I told her your story.

And if the Senator were there, he'd give you a big kiss.
And then prolly rub his face in your crotch.
But he'd mean it.

I've done the same.
There's nothing else I can do
except send my love your way.

I hope it gets there.

Glassy and I send our love,
so does our Smokey that we lost way too young a few years ago.

"some'll rob you with a sixgun,
some with a fountain pen but
wherever you may ramble,
wherever you may roam,
you'll never see a robber,
throw a familily from their home."
-- Woody Guthrie




Another candle in Virginia.

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She'll always be with you and always a part of you. That can never change.

And you will always be a part of her.

Djirk - the only advice I have for you is to take it like a man. (And by 'taking it,' I mean bend over and grab your ankles.)

Talk about bending over to grab the ankles...

Kilo in charge mode....

I'm gonna pop a cap in yo ass...

you can read about how my pet hookworms cured my asthma.

If CeeGee were a dog:

Doubt it. The dog looks sober.

Comrade Prol Puller's dog:

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Looks like Asta caught the squirrel.

When your coffee REALLY tastes like pussy!

Hey Abby:

Awwwww...

I half expected the pic to flash with evil clown faces if I stared at it too long.

I'm done with cats.

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Comming back from SC this past Tuesday I thought we were going to loose 'The Rat'.

We got about 45 minutes out and he started acting strange. He was shivering and I thought he might be too cold from the AC going in the truck. Then he started barking at nothing, howling and carrying on. I was afraid my dad might have dropped a pill and he might have found it.

We pulled over to a gas station and he seemed ok at first when I was walking him, He took a piss, but he would not drink. By the time my wife got back from going to the bathroom, he was shivering almost uncontrollably and could not stand up. Next up he was puking, and seemed slightly better afterwards.

She went back in the gas station to get paper towels to clean up, and we moistened a couple and soaked him down with the wet towels. That seemed to help as well.

After about 15 minutes he seemed to calm down and was behaving normally again.

We figure either he puked up whatever he had eaten, or was suffereing from heat stroke and we got him cooled off in time.

Lucky loves the beachhouse



(Ball)Buster loves the beach