On 16 FEB 2013, PUDGY((the darker looking dog)), a Dingo-shephard-chow mix, died of cardiac arrest from complications due to BLOAT. Ealier in the day he ate too much dog food that wasn't his and his stomach started swelling causing extreme gas buildup in his stomach. Although he tried to throw up the food, he couldn't throw enough of it up. Took him to emergency vet where he was "deflated" and given medications to help with the gas. He was stable and brought back home. However, he took a turn for the worse and was rushed back to emergency and while working on him, he went into cardiac arrest and passed away. I am taking this very personal and very hard wondering if there was anything more that I should of....could of....done. I am riddled with guilt and turmoil. I only had PUDGY a few years, but he became such an intergrated part of my family "pack" and was and still is very much loved/missed. PUDGY loved to protect my smaller Papillion dogs, FERBIE and GIZMO; he had a wonderful disposition-tolerating new dogs coming/going into the house for boarding; ferrets crawling on him; and my best memory is him rubbing his head on mine after I had taken a shower and washed my hair. He would come over and plop on me and give lots of rubs as if to say "let me help you dry off you missed a few spots."
On 19 FEB 2013, FRECKELS((the light colored dog in picture)) and mother of PUDGY. She was a 14-16 year-old Dingo-Shephard mix who decided to lay down and give up on life. The night before she wasn't feeling well and threw up several times in addition to have grave difficulty with constipation((even AFTER administering mineral oil)). So on TUESDAY morning she decided to lay down and not get up. She refused food, water, and wouldn't respond when we talked to her((i.e. raise her head, etc.)). The painful decision was made to put her to sleep. I remember the first time I met FRECKLES...she bit me! Not out of anger, or fear, but out of protecting her owner Dave, who raised her from a puppy. Immediately after she hurt me and I didn't get upset with her, she realized what she had done and spent the rest of the day/night trying to make amends. Her and I became very close after that! FRECKLES also though all dogs, no matter what their size was, who came through the house, were her "puppies" and she was protective and caring towards every one of them.
Although I am deeply hurt, upset, and miss both PUDGY and FRECKLES badly, I do believe it was PUDGY's destiny to cross the Rainbow Bridge first in order to help his mother FRECKLES to "let go" and cross over also. I also believe that PUDGY and FRECKLES are on another plane of exisitance that is free from pain, sorrow, old age, and any negative energies associated with this world. Their ashes will be placed in URNS and brought home to be among the other pets who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge prior to them. I pray GOD will grant me the grace to see my pets again when I am no longer part of this phyical world either. They are gone physically, but remain in my heart forever. ~~~RIP~~~
~Tina Bailey~
~EverythingFurryPlus~
On 19 FEB 2013, FRECKELS((the light colored dog in picture)) and mother of PUDGY. She was a 14-16 year-old Dingo-Shephard mix who decided to lay down and give up on life. The night before she wasn't feeling well and threw up several times in addition to have grave difficulty with constipation((even AFTER administering mineral oil)). So on TUESDAY morning she decided to lay down and not get up. She refused food, water, and wouldn't respond when we talked to her((i.e. raise her head, etc.)). The painful decision was made to put her to sleep. I remember the first time I met FRECKLES...she bit me! Not out of anger, or fear, but out of protecting her owner Dave, who raised her from a puppy. Immediately after she hurt me and I didn't get upset with her, she realized what she had done and spent the rest of the day/night trying to make amends. Her and I became very close after that! FRECKLES also though all dogs, no matter what their size was, who came through the house, were her "puppies" and she was protective and caring towards every one of them.
Although I am deeply hurt, upset, and miss both PUDGY and FRECKLES badly, I do believe it was PUDGY's destiny to cross the Rainbow Bridge first in order to help his mother FRECKLES to "let go" and cross over also. I also believe that PUDGY and FRECKLES are on another plane of exisitance that is free from pain, sorrow, old age, and any negative energies associated with this world. Their ashes will be placed in URNS and brought home to be among the other pets who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge prior to them. I pray GOD will grant me the grace to see my pets again when I am no longer part of this phyical world either. They are gone physically, but remain in my heart forever. ~~~RIP~~~
~Tina Bailey~
~EverythingFurryPlus~