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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2007, 04:04:37 am »
I am so sorry about your dog, August. What a crummy day to have it happen.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2007, 10:49:56 am »
Sorry to hear about your troubles AW. It feels trite to say hang in there because it has to get better but the kicker is that we don't have a lot of choice. I just hope it does get better in your case.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2007, 02:21:10 pm »
Crap. I'm sorry to hear that, Mr. AW.  I hope things get better.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2007, 02:43:01 pm »
Aw, crap. Which dog? I know there was more than one.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2007, 04:28:23 pm »
Aw damn.  Damn!  That sucks.  If the movie title holds true, and if it's any comfort, I've heard that "all dogs go to heaven."  Sigh.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2007, 07:16:57 pm »
Quote from: wombat on November 12, 2007, 02:43:01 pm
Aw, crap. Which dog? I know there was more than one.

It was the male boxer (the female died in July).  He started having seizures the first week in October and the vets put him on phenobarbitol.  This knocked him out and made him groggy most of the time, but it did control the seizures.  Until about Thursday.  I took him to the vet Saturday morning, and they did a blood test to determine the phenobarb level.  Of course, he acted fine while he was there -- better than he had since before it all started.  But he had another seizure on our way home and continued to have them closer and closer together. 

He was lying on the floor of my bathroom, sleeping and kind of moaning, while I took a shower yesterday morning.  I went upstairs to get dressed, came back down and sat down with a bagel.  Mrs. West went into the bathroom and discovered him, not 20 minutes later.

He was a very good dog and a very good friend.  I will miss him.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2007, 12:23:16 am »
Sorry to hear that, A-Dub. We had some scares recently with the chihuahuas - they had allergic reactions to their shots, and it was a case of "If we take them to the emergency vet tonight, we will not be able to pay our mortgage." Fortunately, it didn't come to that, but it was scary. If there's one thing I've learned from here, though, it's that most of the crew here feels it when someone loses a pet.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2007, 01:14:21 am »
This is the only picture of a boxer I have.  Is this your guy that just passed away?

What was his name?
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2007, 03:45:04 am »
Quote from: pmcd9 on November 13, 2007, 01:14:21 am
This is the only picture of a boxer I have.  Is this your guy that just passed away?

What was his name?

That's picture of Ginger, the female who died in July.  Skipper was the male who died yesterday.

Here's a picture of them two of them together.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2007, 07:00:46 am »
They were beautiful dogs. My sympathies, again.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #25 on: November 14, 2007, 01:44:07 am »
Quote from: Asherdan on November 13, 2007, 04:17:24 pm
They say it's terrible to outlive your children and I think dogs can pretty much fall close to that range, y'know?

As someone who is ridiculously crazy about her pets, I agree with this statement wholeheartedly.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #26 on: November 14, 2007, 02:46:55 am »
The fact that a pet's natural lifespan is less than twenty years is a pretty huge tragedy, I think. It makes me want to start keeping something that I know will outlive me -- a tortoise, maybe, or a clam. Or a sequoia.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #27 on: November 14, 2007, 03:04:42 am »
I've often thought about getting one of the large parrots for that reason. Maybe an African Grey since they are such clever-clogs.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2007, 04:06:56 am »
That reminds me when my ex Luke first met Milan and Lennybruce. They were adorable and little, and about 6 months old at the time. I was cooing and fawning over them ridiculously, and he said, "Somebody nice, what are you gonna do when they...when they go to kittyheaven?"

I was dumbfounded. I tried to explain to him that the fact that these little boys will likely not outlive me is no reason to avoid getting attached. I mean, can you imagine living a life trying not to "get too attached" just to try and avoid pain later? I can't. My little dudes make me so god-damned happy, as do most people's pets, I would imagine. As I type this, Milan and Lenny are digging through their mile-high kittytoybox that I knitted and felted for them, and getting all high on several of their approximately nine million catnip toys. It is hella cute. Milan just sneezed from violently huffing a pouch that is stamped "100% PURE CATNIP" and made to look like a miniature 20-kilo bag of kittyhash in a burlap sack or something.
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Re: Happy Birthday Mr. Dempsey
« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2007, 04:52:10 am »
Quote from: Doc on November 14, 2007, 03:04:42 am
I've often thought about getting one of the large parrots for that reason. Maybe an African Grey since they are such clever-clogs.
Or a Norwegian Blue.  Beautiful plumage!

...sorry
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