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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 11:09:55 AM
My cocker spaniel had two puppies, one is very large and healthy and the other has a mild cleft palate - He is able to nurse with my assistance and I am giving him replacement milk in a syringe and he is getting special energy drops. This adorable little midget dog is a parti black and white cocker spaniel - he urgently needs prayers to keep his strength up or to pass quietly and safely over the rainbow bridge - he is a fighter and I am heart sad. My vet did not think it necessary to put him to sleep but I did not dock his tail - he will be my special dog - poor little guy
Thanks!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| Annab |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 03:51:24 AM
So sorry about little Petey. You did what you could. Take heart and know he might have lived a more troubled life as he got older.
The momma dog sounds like a real good girl. Extra hugs to her!
Hang in there. I'm happy you did what you could rather than give up in all together.
Anna
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 07:33:57 AM
I am pet sitting a corgi named Bagel - he is cute, I have had two corgis, Elly Mae who is now living on a horse farm and Emma Jean who I lost the day before her 7th birthday to a third degree heart block - they are such comical dogs! My friend Linda in Iowa breeds them and gets such little cute ones, the one I am sitting is one of hers and the owner boards him every winter, he is here with me until July!
Where did you get your corgi?
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| abbasgurl |
Posted - Jan 26 2007 : 11:28:47 PM
Oh Kathy,
I have been away and just read this thread. I'm so sorry your little guy didn't make it. Take comfort in knowing you did all you could for him. He must have felt very loved with all the special care you gave him. I have a dear little corgi who is my constant companion. She was very ill just before Christmas, but thankfully recovered. So many here prayed for her (and me) it was such a comfort. Don't know what I would do without that silly pup!
Blessins,
Rhonda
I'm a one girl revolution. |
| peapodjane |
Posted - Jan 25 2007 : 2:41:38 PM
Sending sympathy in your recent sorrow. You gave that little one everything possible, and if his Mama didn't move him then she has let go I would think, he will be in your heart always. Also, sending positive thoughts for Holly Bush, yes, I have had experiences such as the ones you describe. Take Care and know that you gave comfort to that furchild.
peapodjane |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jan 25 2007 : 10:44:36 AM
am so sorry to hear about Petey.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 25 2007 : 09:38:23 AM
Kathy & Jonni,
I know that these things are real from other experiences I've had. None with pets, yet, but they love us and want to comfort us when they leave. We just have to be open.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 7:49:50 PM
I have only had one experience, with a cat from my childhood, Smith-Ann (yes, I named her :)....She was a gorgeous black cat with green eyes, and it took her absolutely forever to trust our family. When she finally did, I was her choice. She slept on my bed everynight, she laid on my lap when I watched tv, she waited until I finished my cereal to get the last lap of milk. She followed me everywhere, and when I was gone, my mother said she would meow loudly until I returned...one day, she was exploring the yard, and our annoying teenage neighbor decided it would be funny to run at her and holler, and, being the skittish kitty she was, she got terrified and ran away, and she never came home. I searched for her for months--photos everywhere, called the shelter everyday, went out after school--but what was the most odd, was that, during the night, when I was just about to fall asleep, I became aware of a "weight" on the blanket, right where Smith used to sleep by my thigh. And, I would often see a black cat wherever I went--probably coincidence, but I would make my mom stop anywhere and everywhere a black cat caught my eye--almost literally everyday. But, there was no cat when I would get out of the car. My mother believed that I wanted her back so badly that my imagination played tricks on me....I still don't know.
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 4:38:12 PM
I have lost many pets here and leaving here would be hard. Without markers, I sometimes forget who is where. I have had a few of them cremated and have their remains - When I used to do wildlife rehab and did squirrels, if they died and it was too frozen to dig to bury them I had a second freezer I put them in till it was unfrozen. I am sure if you contacted a local vet they would let your daughter put her pet on hold there till ground defrosted.
I know the great loss for me will be my German Shepherd, June - she was the one having trouble with her back legs. Luckily, she is on prednisone and it is helping, she can walk without assistance - I was having to help her by cradling her back end with a beach towel to lift her. She is getting up there in years and that will be the most difficult for me.
I lost one of my first corgi a day before her 7th birthday a few years back to a third degree heart block - it was awful to have to put her down but I had no credit at the time and the specialist would not take weekly payments from my checking account. He was cold and callus and I remember him telling me that as long as I continued to take animals in, I would never have anything. I was so upset - I told him in front of a waiting room full of patients that I would have more in my life then he ever would. When we brought Emma Jean home to bury her, my husband literally had to pull me off of her - that is one moment I will never forget.
I can tell you this, our pets go on after this life, I have had some experiences that are totally uncanny that have happened to me and I have never doubted them. One was the vet I used to work for had a dog named Cappy that used to come to work with him everyday - she got sick on the day I was out sick and he brought her to work and did emergency surgery on her, she had something wrong with her pancreas and he put her to sleep on the surgery table. I had gone in that night when the clinic was closed to pick up my pay check and I heard a dog crying in the back of the office. I went and looked for a dog in the kennel cages in the surgery room and there was not one dog in the entire building. When this vet used to go on vacation, I used to take Cappy to my house to stay. After this incident, I would hear her in the clinic after hours, her nails clicking on the floor as she would come down the hall at the end of the night. I tell you - it gave me goose bumps.
When my favorite cat Twiggers went in to have surgery I was devastated. She had a small hair blockage in her intestines that the dr called me about and said she came out of surgery fine and she moved the hair blockage along with her fingers. I went to night school that night and felt relieved. When I came home, my husband was just standing in the middle of the living room - I knew something was wrong - Twiggers died after surgery. Well, I only had one other cat at that time and he was a marmalade cat- I was awake the next morning in bed and Beaver jumped on the bed, only it wasn't Beaver, it was Twiggers - it was as if she came back to comfort me -I swear on my soul that it was my cat and I was not dreaming. After that I had gotten another cat that was black and he had jumped up on the post of the stairway when I snapped his picture - funny thing was, in the picture you could see tabby stripes on him and he was totally jet black - it was once again my cat visiting.
Have any of you had similar experiences?
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 2:08:49 PM
Kathy,
I'm so sorry to hear about Petey. You were a comfort to him and he knew he was loved by both you and his mama. I hope that Holly Bush is starting to feel better. My thoughts are with you.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Phils Ann |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 1:53:57 PM
Dear Kathy,
I feel so for you. It's such a hard, hard thing to lose a baby--whether young and new or an old friend. I've held some of ours when they were dying, and always felt grateful to be able to be touching them at the end and give comfort. I pray Holly will get straightened out. Our 14 year old had somewhat similar problems not long ago and gets the pepcid... kidneys and liver aren't in very good shape. It doesn't really matter how much you know ahead of time, though, does it! Still hurts like crazy.... but the joy they give is so much greater.
XO,
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
| Ronna |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 12:19:38 PM
Kathy,
I read all the posts, but each time I tried to respond, the lump in my throat got bigger and I had to walk away until the tears stopped. Been down that road way too many times, losing our furry and feathered friends. Only thing that bothered about leaving the house in SoCalif, which was the first one I'd owned, was all the graves in the backyard around the big tree. As we finished one circle, the second one started a few feet out. Anyone digging up that yard would find cats, dogs and birds who's lives ended there, some after many many years and others way before their time. My heart goes out to you and anyone losing beloved little buddies. As I look at my two rescued dogs, both getting up in years, I tear up just thinking about losing them someday. My daughter just lost one of her old cats and the ground is too frozen to bury him, so she's in a quandry. He's in a box and I suggested putting him in the shed away from the dogs until she can dig him a grave.
Hugs to you,
Ronna |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 12:07:33 PM
As I read each and every post you girls have sent me, I am in a puddle of tears. It warms my heart to know so many others have shared this with me. After a little sleep I got up and for a brief moment looked to see Petey in the whelping box breathing - he was in the corner on the heating pad and his mom had not moved him. He was warm when I picked him up and it gave me a funny feeling in my heart.
I wrapped him in his pink baby blanket and kissed his little sweet head. My husband buried him in the yard in a cardboard box - my lord, if anyone ever digs up my yard it is like the movie pet cemetery. Petey just missed his eyes opening as the big puppy - Tilly as in Two Ton Tilly - hehehe she is huge, her eyes are just opening now.
Holly Bush has not vomited today and she ate some table food with us for lunch and some ground chicken for breakfast. She took her pepcid and her Flagyl and the vets office had a me pick up another pill I mix with water and give her 1cc three times a day, it is supposed to coat her stomach. She is still lying very still and that has me concerned. I will bring her in my bed a little later today.
My new puppy that I bought, Charlee - well, I AkC named her Kathy's My Funny Valentine and I found a CD with the Frank Sinatra version on it. I took little Charlee in my arms in the kitchen today and just hugged her and listened to the words to the song and cried and cried. If it were not for my fur children, I would be a very lonely person and my life would not be as rich as it is today with things that are not material. I am truly blessed.
I love you all - Thanks for being there for me.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| Luzy |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 08:01:52 AM
I'm so sorry Kathy. I have tears streaming down my cheeks as I write this. You did everything possible for the little guy, and hopefully you can find comfort in knowing that. I will pray for your Holly. I'm hoping you'll find out how to help her soon. Bless your heart! Love, Lu
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 07:47:27 AM
I am so very sorry, Kathy. I'm at work, too. So I'm going to the ladies room and cry. I'll hold onto good thoughts for your poodle.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 07:30:44 AM
Well. There it is. I'm so very sorry for you and his mother, but that baby sure was loved, and Petey was a fighter!
When my Lil passed at age 14, a friend said, "Lily will always be with you, she has just changed form"....
It didn't help at first, but did a little later.
Thank you, Kathty for your kind thoughts on my gran's kitty.
Sad day for all, indeed.
Just think of all of the roads there are...all of the things I haven't seen....yet. |
| FarmGirl~K |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 05:50:25 AM
I'm so sorry Kathy!! Boy, I am at work & trying not to start boo hooing. If I was home I sure would be in a puddle of tears. Petey was a lucky puppy to have someone like you to take care of him. Our hearts are with you & you know we are here if you need us! 
"Work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow." ~Benjamin Franklin~ |
| gregs_lil_farmgirl |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 03:45:31 AM
Kathy, my dearest sympathy to you and your beloved little fur babies. You did all that you could and he knew it as well. He did wait up for you to tend to him this morning and passed in your arms. He must have needed to say goodbye to you and to let you return that. No more suffering for him now. I send my prayers to Holly and wish her a speedy recovery. And to you as well in your greiving. Hugs to you Birdi
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 03:28:13 AM
Petey has passed through the veil to the summerland
I got up to check him at 6a and give him his formula, he barely took any and then sounded like he had the hiccups. I kept him moving and every so often he would catch a breath after he would stop breathing. I even breathed into his very tiny mouth - at one point his whole body went into a kind of spasm and then relaxed. He looks so innocent lying on my sweater, poor little thing, my heart is broken. I will place him in his pink blanket next to his mom till morning to let her say goodbye.
I hate sad endings but I also do not like suffering - I don't think it was the cleft palate that killed him, I can see it when I look in his mouth now and it is a small triangular area to the back of the roof of his mouth, I think he had Fading Puppy Syndrome. I will keep this post up as it already has prayers on it for you all to pray for the health of my poodle, Holly.
I need to go cry now.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 10:57:18 PM
Thanks Joni - I am sorry to hear about your grans cat - it is always such a hard decision to make, and sometimes I think the pets make them for us. I put down my cat Spotty a few months back, he was close to 20 yrs old - he was old and had gotten frail but we did have some very wonderful years together.
The bond between humans and pets is a remarkable one - and although they are with us for what seems the blink of an eye, they touch our hearts forever.
I never thought I would like being with them when they are put to sleep, but I always feel that I owe them that much for all the times they have loved me without question. It is surely a priviledge to be there to hold them and ease them into the next life.
Spotty was cremated privately and I have him with me in my room - the vet clinic chipped in for a very nice cedar box and I want to get a nice picture of him decoupaged on the top of the box. I keep a closed can of his favorite canned Fancy Feast in the box too and the ribbon he used to play with for the longest time, even until shortly before he took a turn for the worst.
God meant for me to have furry children and that is why I think I never was able to have children of my own - my life has been blessed because of all of them.
I just put little Petey down with his mom for the night, he slept on my chest for about 2 hrs and just had a little formula. Mom has already moved him - the never ending battle, where will I find Petey next. I will be up late, I was able to catch a few hours sleep before so I can be up a little later into the night.
My thoughts and prayers are with you also.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 8:07:25 PM
I'm always so hesitant to see an updated post from you--I just don't want it to be bad news. Glad that things are somewhat steady for the puppy, but I'm concerned for your poodle-girl. Such a cute name for her.
My mom and I just returned from errands and we were talking about my 14 year old husky who I had to let go two years ago because, unfortunately, Mom has to make that decision tomorrow for my Grandmother's cat, Matilda. We kept her after gran passed, and sadly, it's her time.
I am hopeful for Holly Bush and her recovery--there has to be some good news this week with these furballs!!!
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 7:27:18 PM
I thought for sure that my little "Petey" was not breathing this am when I got up, but he was still alive. He took a little more formula today and seems to respond to my touch and my voice - mother keeps moving him around so I have had to do some rearranging in the whelping box - I was thinking of removing him from the whelping box at night but I think I will just check on him every 3 hrs and that should be fine. I have given him back the original powdered formula I was using and it seems to be something he likes more than Esbilac liquid - put a little dash of corn syrup in it also. It is not his time to pass to the Summerland - I am imagining his little eyes will be opening soon. His doggie mom cares well for him and keeps him clean.
I do need prayers for my 10 yr old poodle who is losing weight and we are not sure why - I thought it was her teeth and had a dental done a few weeks ago. She has had intermittant diarrhea (some with blood) and has been vomiting. We checked for worms at the vets today and she does not have them. She has had a significant appetite loss and it is like the Canine Kitchen over her trying to find something she can eat and keep down - she is getting nutrical in between what she is eating. Tonight I got her to eat some canned puppy food and she took a few big mouthfuls. Dr. put her on Pepcid and Flagyl so we will see what happens with that. The vet was also telling me she just had a 3 yr old poodle who went for an ultrasound and they found two growths that they are doing biopsies of this week - I am hoping there is not anything really bad wrong with my dog. She acts like she wants to eat but something is bothering her and with the diarrhea with blood, it doesn't look good - and weight loss too. She is still spunky though so that is good. I have had her since she was a baby and I bought her off a woman who lived in a big victorian house and thought the puppy was then too active for her children lol - if the puppy wasn't active I would really be concerned. By the way her name is Holly but she got nicknamed "Bush" cause she used to tear through the yard when she was a puppy and tear off pieces of the holly bush and would always get yelled at "Leave that bush alone" hehehe the name stuck with her.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| Phils Ann |
Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 7:12:36 PM
Kathy, my heart is with you.
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
| Luzy |
Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 5:57:50 PM
How's things going?? I've been thinking about you a lot today. Any progress?
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jan 22 2007 : 3:02:19 PM
awww Kathy, I'm so sorry to hear the puppy is struggling.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 22 2007 : 2:42:30 PM
Thank you so much for your kind words - I wish my vet had made this decision for me - but I will let it rest in the hands of Mother Nature to know what is best.
I have special drops to give him that go directly to the blood stream Vs having to be digested and I have tried the corn syrup - actually Karo syrup in the formula and I think I will try that again with this next feeding. He spend a few hours nestled between my cleavage (one time I am actually glad I have it) with my sweather pulled over him and my hand on his body to keep him warm. I hear a little roughness with his breath but nothing major - I think this is what is referred to as "Fading Puppy Syndrome" -
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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