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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: I can't hardly stand the pain- Update on Brandy
« on: February 22, 2007, 05:50:46 pm »
We made the decision today to relieve her pain.  My husband and I decided that she no longer could be comfortable in life.  At 4:45 pm, we allowed her to take that step to the Rainbow Bridge.  As hard as it was, it is a relief to know that she can now run, play and frolic as she did before she got sick.  My husband informed me that our vet had told him one lung had collapsed and the second was not in good shape.  When she laid on the bed, her breathing was labored.  Once off the bed and lying on the floor, each breath was followed by a gutteral moan.  This was the tell-tale sign that the time had come to give her relief.

Thank you again to all who helped me with this emotional and heart-wrenching decision.

RIP Brandy Bean, I'll always love you and miss you,

Shena

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: I can't hardly stand the pain- Update on Brandy
« on: February 22, 2007, 05:49:48 pm »
 :'(
We made the decision today to relieve her pain.  My husband and I decided that she no longer could be comfortable in life.  At 4:45 pm, we allowed her to take that step to the Rainbow Bridge.  As hard as it was, it is a relief to know that she can now run, play and frolic as she did before she got sick.  My husband informed me that our vet had told him one lung had collapsed and the second was not in good shape.  When she laid on the bed, her breathing was labored.  Once off the bed and lying on the floor, each breath was followed by a gutteral moan.  This was the tell-tale sign that the time had come to give her relief.

Thank you again to all who helped me with this emotional and heart-wrenching decision.

RIP Brandy Bean, I'll always love you and miss you,

Shena

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: I can't hardly stand the pain- Update on Brandy
« on: February 22, 2007, 05:48:06 pm »
 :'(
We made the decision today to relieve her pain.  My husband and I decided that she no longer could be comfortable in life.  At 4:45 pm, we allowed her to take that step to the Rainbow Bridge.  As hard as it was, it is a relief to know that she can now run, play and frolic as she did before she got sick.  My husband informed me that our vet had told him one lung had collapsed and the second was not in good shape.  When she laid on the bed, her breathing was labored.  Once off the bed and lying on the floor, each breath was followed by a gutteral moan.  This was the tell-tale sign that the time had come to give her relief.

Thank you again to all who helped me with this emotional and heart-wrenching decision.

RIP Brandy Bean, I'll always love you and miss you,

Shena

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: Greta can't get up today
« on: February 22, 2007, 12:17:38 pm »
I am so sorry to hear about Greta - I know from personal (current)experience that the grief we go through with our animals makes us stronger even though we feel so weak and helpless at the time.  Please be assured that you are doing what needs to be done in order to release her from her pain.  My vet once told me "we are able to take better care of our pets in pain than we are of our own family members.  We can release them from the agony they are suffering without judgement from others."  My vet is a very compassionate man with a true love for animals.  God speed Greta - know that she will always be with you in spirit. 

Shena
mom to Gibson, Pepper and Brandy(who will be leaving me on Monday for the Rainbow bridge also)

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: I can't hardly stand the pain
« on: February 22, 2007, 12:03:49 pm »
Thank you - I knew this was the right place to come.  I have also sent an email with an update to the humane society where I adopted her.  They are always asking for updates on their adoptees but I know they don't look forward to hearing about pain and heart ache.

Shena

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Rottweiler Discussions / I can't hardly stand the pain
« on: February 22, 2007, 11:27:36 am »
 :'(I am in pain and can hardly stand it. It has been just over 6 months that I have had my Rottweiler cross Brandy that I adopted from our humane society.  Sadly, she has has some recent medical problems such as diarrhea (sp?) and vomiting.  She was not eating and was worrying me a lot.  Our vet thought that she might have gotten a stomach virus from me since I had been sick the week before and gave us antibiotics to cure the problems with her stomach.  Well, the virus left, but in it's place we were surprised to hear a heavy cough accompanied by vomiting or just wretching.  My husband took Brandy back to the vet seeing that she was having problems with her breathing.  The worst thing that a mommy can find out is that her baby has cancer.  Her liver is completely consumed by the tumor and it has spread to her lungs.  One lung is completely filled and the other isn't doing well.  She has a hard time breathing and sometimes with every breath, she whines.  I know that the vet gave her about 2 months, but it has advanced rapidly and I have come to the realization that my Brandy-bean will not be with us very long.  I feel like I am torn up inside and am having a very hard time with this one.  I have in the past had 3 other dogs that have had cancer.  One, Daisy a welsh corgie cross, had anal cancer at age 13 and the other,  Booda a Great Pyrenese cross had bone cancer at age 7.  Another dog, Sadie, a norweigan elkhound cross had a severe urinary tract infection that later proved to be cancer at age 13.  Of all the dogs that I have had, This one seems to be the hardest to deal with.  She is only 8 years old and had a hard life before we adopted her.  She had been in the shelter for about 6 months and her mate/brother (we're not really sure) had been separated from her and adopted out later.  I am hurting so bad about having to let go, but I know that her body will not repair itself.  Today, my husband made the appointment for Monday to release her of her pain.  I love her so much, but I have to say goodbye and it's killing me inside.  My only thought is that if she stayed at the shelter she would not have been here as long as she has. 

Shena :'(

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: Poor Boy At Shelter...
« on: October 19, 2006, 11:08:57 pm »
I know exactly how you feel about leaving him at the shelter.  I went through the same thing!  We were looking for a companion for our 4 year old Dobie mix Gibson.  Initially, I was looking at a pup that was about 8 month old and a mixed breed aussie shepherd.  Well, when the pup started to hump Gibson, we almost had a problem.  No go.  There had been a pair of Rotties surrendered by a woman whose husband had just been incarcerated and she didn't want the dogs.  Brandy and Rocky had been at the shelter for over 6 months.  Well, Brandy being an 8 year old at least wouldn't need potty training, so I decided to try her with Gibson.  We did a face-to-face greeting.  She licked Gibby's face and he licked her ear.  That was it, It was love at first sight.  While I didn't know what her actual background was, I didn't really want to fully commit to adopting - thanks to the shelter staff, I was able to take her home and foster this wonderful animal.  She does have some quirks - hates the cat - loves her tennis balls (which she will not cease to play with even at 3 am) - play growls which scared me half to death the first time it happened.  Then I noticed she was actually wagging her little stump of a tail when she was growled.  Truth is, she is becoming more and more of a loving dog and trusting more now that she has been with us for 2 1/2 months.  It looks like she could become a permanent fixture!  If possible, try and see if they will allow you to foster the animal.  It frees up space the shelter desperately needs and still allows the animal to be up for adoption to a good home.

Shena
mom to Gibson and foster mom to Brandy, babysitter to Spunk

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