For anyone with a dog or pets, please read

[Bailey Guns]

Sorry, Jer... It's tough to let go of a friend.

Slightly Off Topic: Along the same lines of adopting, I'd also like to recommend to those of you like me, who buy tons of stuff thru Amazon, to use "Amazon Smile" instead. A small portion of everything you buy (almost) will be donated to a charity of your choosing. We live thru Amazon and support a local shelter every time we click "Submit Order". You'll be surprised how quickly it adds up over a year.

[rondog]

I did it this way with my oldest dog in early June and i can say it's the best way to go, especially if there are other pets around, too.

I'm a firm believer that animals are very smart and social, and love each other deeply. So if one goes to the vet and never comes back, it can traumatize them emotionally. Same with their owners, mom or dad never comes home, the dog can suffer terribly emotionally.

But if they can witness their companion/owner's body and smell/nudge them, then they'll know what happened and can move on. Animals understand death, but don't understand sudden disappearance. Read that somewhere.

Anyway, thanks for this Jer! Info recorded. In fact, I told a co-worker about this when they had to have his wife's dog euthanized. They weren't aware such a service existed, and were very grateful to find out. They weren't looking forward to taking her on that final trip to the vet's. His wife really appreciated it.

[Jer]

A quick update and good news: She made a miraculous recovery this morning at the last minute... almost literally. We made the decision last night to have it done at 9:00am this morning. After that point she got even worse. Like bad enough that my wife was saying we should call them back to see if she could come out on an emergent basis to end her suffering. I was able to get London calmed down and relaxed (she was struggling to breath among other symptoms) and she was able to have big chunks of time of calm between the occasional struggle to breath so we made the decision to just keep the 9:00am appointment. Needless to say we had a LONG night of waking up regularly to her struggling to breath. Then, at about 5:00am or so I woke up and she seemed better. I began to pet her and she tried to shake my hand and had a better look about her already. Her breathing was less labored and she seemed more herself. So, London & I both took the calm as an opportunity to get some sleep. I woke up about 2.5 hours later and she seemed like she was feeling better. We tried to give her her daily treat w/her meds in it and she ate it. She was walking around a little bit and just looked better. We fed her and she ate for the first time in days. When they called to make sure we still wanted them to come out a short while later we called them off. I don't know if she's going to continue to improve or if it's just the eye in the middle of the storm & she's going to regress but we owe it to her to find out and I'm happy to report we've got a glimmer of hope.

[rondog]

Sweet! Glad to hear it!

[Bailey Guns]

Fingers crossed and praying for the best.

[Fentonite]

Glad she's perking up! Hopefully she'll make a great recovery.