Comments on: They Put Me to Sleep Today

By: dru

dru — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:07:11 +0000

awww, this poor baby. i’m praying for that wee boy n i hope the surgery will do the job n take care of him….i will keep a wee blue healing candle going for him. bless u both…
hang in, kanona.

By: kanona

kanona — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:42:27 +0000

Thanks Dru, not too sure if the pain meds are helping as he hides his pain so well. I had no idea he was in pain until I found out he had those stones, and yes I had a male friend who had kidney stones and when they tried to pass into his bladder he had to go to the emergency room for some serious meds. He was in that much pain, so I can only guess the pain Skippy(that’s my dogs name)is feeling and for how long I can only imagine. I feel so bad for him. I have been crying alot these past few days thinking about him being in all that pain. I only can pray that the surgery cures him and he finally is pain free. I do not know if I told you but he had been abused before we got him for how many years and to what extent I can only guess so it just breaks my heart that he has this added to all of his other miseries. He has an underactive Thyroid so he is on meds for that also. and he has a slightly enlarged prostate that is causing him pain also so he is having several issues along with the other problems I stated before. Poor little fella. He is an old dog and a small dog. Part terrier and part ?. My favorite mutt. up till a few months ago he was the most lovingest dog anyone could ask for so when the biting started we tried everything we knew to find out why this was happening and…well you know the rest of the story. Let’s hope the surgery is the answer.

By: dru

dru — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:53:03 +0000

o..ok. OMG. mini strokes? poor baby. at least he’s on pain meds…r they helping? i will keep a wee blue healing candle with his name on it going for him. my prayers r also going out for him AND u…..hang in there. hugs

By: kanona

kanona — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:39:14 +0000

Thank you Susie and Dru for the kind thoughts, please keep Skippy in your prayers I know I will be doing some heavy duty praying from now till then. The reason they are waiting till Monday is for the antibiotics to kick in. He is on pain meds now so I hopfully it helps till then. The reason my husband, the behaviorists and the vet recommended putting him down was because they thought it would be the best for Skippy, but they did not say to put him down right away. They said to wait and see if he had any more biting episodes. Oh, I forgot to add that they said that he might be having mini strokes as sometimes he kinda goes into a trance or something and his eyes go blank and he just looks around like he doesn’t know where he is and he will just sit and stare out the window or if he is out in the yard( he loves to be outside for hours on end, I have to go out and bribe him with a cookie to get him to come in)he will stare at the fence (we have chain link fencing all around our yard so he can’t get out) or into space for awhile, then will come out of it and be his old self again.Hopefully the surgery will aleviate the pain he is in now.

By: dru

dru — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:41:03 +0000

OMG Kanona…i so agree with Susie. wait till after surgery n see how he is. keeping u in my thoughts n prayers…..poor baby must b in such pain. i’ve never had a stone but i’ve heard they r SO painful. i can’t believe the vet is making that poor boy wait till monday!! hope all goes well n u’ll keep us posted.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:03:53 +0000

Kanona, I am so sorry to hear this, but, take a step back and think about this. His “attitude” could very well be because he was not feeling well! When a human is not feeling well, we too get a little testy, and “bark” at people – same thing with animals – they will react differently when they are not feeling well.

Wait till after the surgery and see how his attitude is. You might see a completely different dog when he returns home.

My best wishes are with you and your pup. Keep us posted on his health; and in the meantime, I will do some scouting around for a good behavioralist in your area.

By: kanona

kanona — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:51:50 +0000

Susie, I tried to find one here in Norfolk, VA and the only one I found said he had dimentia or PTSD and recommended euthansia also. I couldn’t find any other one. Any recommendations? Also, new problem cropped up this weekend. My dog is peeing blood, so I took him to the vet, seems he has a bladder infection and bladder stones. He is going in for surgery on Monday 2/8/10 to have them removed. I know they can be very painful(stones) so maybe it will make him feel better. As for the behaviorist, I am at a loss as what to do to find another one.My husband does not want to put him down as he loves him but if he is suffering with dimentia as they say he has , what other choice is there? I have never been through something like this so I am very confused as to what to do.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:39:33 +0000

Kanona, my suggestion is to get an animal behavioralist in to help you both with your dog. And quite possibly, a good trainer, with one on one training with the dog, plus “training” for both you and your husband.

I hate to hear that your husband wants to put him down, because there are answers to helping you and your dog. Euthanization is not the answer.

I hope you take the time to interview some trainers and behavioralists in your area.

By: kanona

kanona — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:35:35 +0000

Please help me. I adopted a dog from the shelter a year ago and at first he was not agressive to us but now a year later he has bitten us several times unprovoked. If I scold him he will lunge at me trying to bite me. i am afraid he will attack one of my cats one day when I am not home. He has gone after them while I am at home and have been able to stop him but he has lunged at me and have bitten me before. He can be nice one minute and agressive and vicious the next. My husband wants to put him down but I am trying to find someone who maybe can fix his agressive behavior. Know anyone in the Norfolk, VA area?

By: kanona

kanona — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:50:53 +0000

I read something similar called How could you. Both are sad and you need many tissues. Dogs give us unconditional love. Why can’t we do the same?