dealing with death of a dog

Lost a lot of money that way a lot of time and a lot of heart broken people in my house. Parvo is one of the worst things your dog can get. The smell that your dog will get is very foul and will be hard to get rid of. On the upside moving is good exercise like JoyRenee has said and being a single parent is a lot of work so you will get more exercise that way as well. Welcome back to the forum!

I have a mini dachshund and he can get pretty hyper at times. But then again I have two sisters and my boyfriend and they'll play with him.

I am so sorry. I know how hard it is to lose a dog and not know why...I think that's one of the hardest things to go through. Ten years ago, I came home to two of my dogs lying dead in the yard due to a very tragic, freak accident. I had only been playing with them hours before, throwing the frisbee and getting sloppy wet kisses. Then only last week, I had to put my 2 year old border collie down because he had degenerative brain damage. I'm still recovering from that loss.

I am still in shock and cannot believe my little guy is gone. He threw up on Friday night and last night. I thought he got upset stomach or stomach flu. this morning, i took him out to walk. he only peed. he was wobbling and could not walk. i carried him home and wrapped him in a scarf to keep him warm. About an hour later, he started twitching and jerking. i was taking him to the animal hospital and he passed away on the vet's drive way. He first threw up and emptied his bowels in his bed.

Just like falling in love takes time so does dealing with a passing of a loved one.Just opposite ways of feeling.Love and loss,two parts of life that both hurt.For loving anyone or anything,such as a pet can lead to pain.All feelings lead to pain and despair,eventually.So do we stop feeling,stop loving,stop caring,no we just learn to adjust to our new lives without that loved one that pet,that friend.whom ever.Death ends a life,not a relationship.

s heII, I know of the discomfort and lack of quality of life with the pain, but not to that degree. i also stopped work, but fortunately have decent medical services... there is a pain management forum here that might be helpful. the neighbor leaving will hopefully take some problem away. I've also found it a fine line between doing too much and doing too little; so with everyday tasks and walking, wonder if walking dog is too much on top of it?

It means that for every 10 degrees below freezing, you had to have a dog in bed with you to keep you warm. A three dog night meant 30 below freezing. So the colder it gets the bigger bed you need by the sound of that!! (It doesn't say anything however about dog breath in the morning!

That was a concern of ours as well since he had a habit of getting in to the trash basket. Other than shredding a diaper or two from a visiting baby, there wasn't anything harmful.

re dealing with an old dog now, and I hope she goes the way Annabelle does, fast and in the arms of someone who loves her. She even had a good time going for a walk right before it, I don't think she could have been any happier at that moment. Your suffering now, but I hope you find some peace knowing Annabelle was happy till the end and well loved for 10 plus years.

Awww that's so sweet! Lol the dog knows there is. A baby in there.

7 months to live with a cancer (which probably was quite widespread) is a long time to a dog. Though it might not seem such a long time to us. It really does sound as if your dear Jessie died quite peacefully, probably in her sleep. It was a blessing that she didn't appear to be feeling pain at the end. Cancer as we all know, can be excruciatingly painful. So that is just one thing to be grateful for.

for the baby and how much will effect him. I usually a very emotional person when dealing with death and I feel like a horrible person for not allowing myself to feel bad. What do I do???

I lost a a brother, a son and a gandson and we NEVER get over this type of loss. We learn to move on, to cope, we manage. It does get easier, I don't know how or why, just that it does. Often you will think of your brother and smile, other times you will cry. Your brother would want you to be happy, and you must carry on his memory thru you! But there are no words of comfort right now, just that you try to keep moving forward with your life.

I lost my grandfather a few months ago at the beginning not my pregnancy. .with a good support system it was easier. I truly believed he was in a better place. Somehow carrying a child made it alot easier to deal with.

Animals do have an instinctive understanding of death. It would be a finality, an acceptance.But this can so depend on the dog involved. How do you feel she would react to this? There will be some form of grief. For both of you. To a certain extent you can both share that, but don't let her get too unhappy....watch her for any signs of depression.

A friend of mine had a dog die of cancer only four days or so after running happily in the woods and appearing perfectly healthy. A few hours after the outing, in the evening of that same day, the dog acted like her back was hurting, and the owner did not think anything of it. The dog was older, and they had had a very active day. It would have been natural for her to be a little sore. The next day, the dog acted depressed, and the owner took her to the vet.

My dog died yesterday of acute liver failure. She had one day of lethargy, not eating, and staggering when she walked. We took her to the vet the next day and she died. Her urine was filled with blood. I had fed her some fatty foods two days before. Could I have contributed to her death through pancreatitis? What did I do wrong?

I am so very sorry about your little dog's passing. I obviously can't tell you what the cause of his death was. Only a necropsy (autopsy) could determine that. I am making an educated guess however, as when you said he had belly contractions, this reminded me of my own dear dog who passed from hemangiosarcoma. She had a massive internal bleed in her last few hours, and kept contracting her belly muscles. I know this was an instinct to try to get something out of her insides.

I am so sorry to read of your loss. Agree with what tony said. Could have been a number of things. I lost a couple of dogs in years past very unexpectedly with no signs anything was wrong. An older dog to a heart attack and another to a ruptured tumor on her liver. My heart goes out to you also.

ingestion of a toxin, or ingestion of something that could have caused a severe allergic reaction resulting in an anaphylactic reaction, heart disease resulting in heart failure, or a tumor in the abdomen. There are many less likely causes also. The only way to find out definitively what the cause of death was is to have your dog's body necropsied (an animal autopsy); if not, I can only speculate. However, if you give me more details I will try and help further.

I really feel for you and am so sorry this happened. I can't tell you I know what was the matter with him -I don't. But you couldn't have known he was about to die. You couldn't have guessed that. with just those two symptoms -which could have just been fleas, or allergies...... There obviously must have been a cause for the "tremors" he occasionally had. He could have had neurological issues you were not aware of.

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