We got a Bordeaux Dog, now 8.5 yrs old. This breed of dog got the shortest average lifespan of all dog breeds, under 6 yrs. Because ours is not 100% pure, she's still around.
But she had surgery to repair her wasted right knee, got painkillers daily, got oestrogeen tablet so she's not pissing in the house, and 2 days ago she got 2 epileptic insults, and the vet gave her barbitals for that too, it's probably a brain tumor. But her liver and kidney blood tests are pretty good. She's deaf and kinda demented, but the kids love her very much and the dog seems to be happy just being around people, getting attention, and taking short walks to poo.
She has cost me a fortune, and the medication isn't cheap too.
How much would you spent for your pet in a situation like this ?
bro, i know your pain.
i rescued a 7 month old bordeaux puppy. his name was hugo. he suffered from seizures. he was the most loving, most wonderful puppy ever. he had a amazing love for life. he came to me after being passed from several families as they couldnt give him the care he needed. i have a large property, and he was a city puppy. watching him off leash in the bush explore nand the curiosity he had about everything was so amazing. he and dozer my american bd got along so well, like little brothers.
he was finally getting settled in and maybe trusting that i wasnt going to give him away like everyone else had. i could see him opening up to us and trusting us and it was heart warming. and then one night he suffered several seizures. i kept calm petting him, talking softly to him thru it all. but the last seizure was different. i was bad. this was 3am. i called the emrgency number for vet. i got her to open the clinic 45 minutes away. i got him there, carried him into the office. they tried to stabilise him using valium. iv drips etc. i had to try to save this dog dude. it was like one of my kids. he deserved better than dying after just getting passed from home to home cause life dealt him a bad hand. just as he was starting to 'live'.
the vet and i had a talk once he was stabilised. she said theres a clinic in toronto you can take him to right now. they can do a brain scan, see what kind of damage there is. i asked about the costs. that was ballparked at $5000. but there was no guarantee that he would not have brian damage from the episode he had just suffered, so there was a chance that 5k was in vain.
at that point i made a compromise. i asked her to give hugo the best care she could give him at her clinic. do what she had to do to make him better. then i would cross that road when he came out of his coma.
she said she felt that was the avenue shed pursue as well. she said she stya with him the rest of the night , to go home get some sleep she'd call me in the am i said goodbye to hugo, said id see him soon and got in my truck and drove home. at 8am she called me to tell me hugo passed due to complications from the seizures.
the point is bro, i had to give hugo every opportunity to get better. i dont even weant to mention what my bill was from this. it didnt matter. what matter ed was hugo getting a btter shot than what he had been given. he deserved a chance.
your girl has had a good life. she has been loved and given love unconditionally. but theres a place where they go. its always sunny and they run thru fields of daisys chasing butterflies and bees, and drinking out of cool streams. they play all day and all the pain they have here is gone. and they are there waiting for us. and thats where your girl now needs to go. we keep them cause it hard for us to let go sometimes. but it isnt about us. its about them. take her and talk to her. tell he you love her and that its time for her to go and play and chase those butterfiles. they arent just dogs bro. they are avery special creature. and they deserve better than to live in pain. they give and give and give. so now, give back to her. let her go.
