"madgardener" wrote in message
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Last night my baby dog, Rose was in some kind of distress. Her ears have
been bothering her lately, and Mike had given her the much dreaded bath
the
day before. So I took her into the bathroom and cleaned out her ears and
her
ears didn't seem right.

I put cleaning solution into them, and this upset her, but she was already
in distress for some reason, and I kept finding places where the carpet
was
wet. She kept going to her "safe" place, the bathtub and lying in it, and
then coming back into the livingroom where Mike and I were in a deep
conversation. At one point, she threw up and after I cleaned her foamy
mess
up, she went to the nook and lay down on the floor in son's room. We were
having computer problems and after I convinced son that we both needed to
go
to bed, I looked over at Rose and she was really sick.

It wasn't so bad as it was strange. Thick clear stuff like sinus or
something. So I asked her if she wanted to go out and she slowly got up
and
I let her outside. And then she refused to come in. So we all went to
bed,
and this morning I woke up to Sugar asking me if she could go out please,
and I got up and started to call Rose and there she was. My sweet baby
girl
had come back from wherever she had gone when she slipped out last night,
and lay under my bedroom window and passed on.

The vet says that this is a fluke occurance. That large and deep chested
animals, particularly dogs like Labs and German shepherds and horses
sometimes have something called twisting stomach. The stomach literally
twists on itself and the dog actually suffers horribly, and unless it's
caught immediately, they die of it by drowing in their bile. which is
what
my puppy dawg did last night just outside my window, as close as she could
get to the bedroom she's slept in for the last almost nine years of her
life.

I am numb and so saddened I am beside myself right now. I know this was a
little graphic, but I can't help it. Please know that right now I am not
only in major grief, but I can't get my SHOVEL INTO THE DAMN GROUND,
despite
all the rains to put her in her woods..........so just know that a very
good
dawg has gone on and as I look at Sugar lying there at my feet, all sad
and
searching the rooms for her Alpha mama, she will try to fill these huge
paws
of Roses for me.

madgardener beside herself with grief

So sorry for your loss.

Brigitte

"Brigitte J." wrote in message
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So sorry for your loss.

Brigitte

thank you Brigitte. I appreciate the love you send my way. I can barely
contain my self at this moment. She was my slut dawg.....(position she'd lie
in as she slept) and I loved her quite a lot. My running buddy. The dog who
has spoiled me for all dogs in my life from now on.
maddie

I am so sorry to read about the sudden loss of your beloved dog. It
choked me up.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

thank you Sue....
"Curly Sue" wrote in message
...
I am so sorry to read about the sudden loss of your beloved dog. It
choked me up.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"madgardener" wrote in message
...

madgardener beside herself with grief

I am very sorry to hear about your loss. I know how awful it is to lose a
companion animal. The sudden nature of the problem compounds the grief.
I'm sure she had a wonderful life with you and has left you with lots of
good memories. Try not to focus on the last hours of her life, but on the
years of happiness you had together. It will take some time to work through
the grief. Take care of yourself.

thank you honey. I am just devistated at the moment. She tried to get as
close to me in the bedroom as she could and only made it under the bedroom
window that I often write about and look out to. Rose always slept with me
in my waterbed. Always. Last night was the first time ever in her 8 1/2
years that she wasn't in my bedroom or in bed with me and Sugar the newer
pup and two or three cats crowding me.......yes, there are LOTS of memories
but her death has floored me. It was so sudden. Apparently there would have
been no saving her if I'd gotten her to the vet a mile away. This is a fatal
problem in deep chested animals.
maddie
"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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"madgardener" wrote in message
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madgardener beside herself with grief

I am very sorry to hear about your loss. I know how awful it is to lose a
companion animal. The sudden nature of the problem compounds the grief.
I'm sure she had a wonderful life with you and has left you with lots of
good memories. Try not to focus on the last hours of her life, but on the
years of happiness you had together. It will take some time to work
through
the grief. Take care of yourself.

"madgardener" wrote in message
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thank you honey. I am just devistated at the moment. She tried to get as
close to me in the bedroom as she could and only made it under the bedroom
window that I often write about and look out to. Rose always slept with me
in my waterbed. Always. Last night was the first time ever in her 8 1/2
years that she wasn't in my bedroom or in bed with me and Sugar the newer
pup and two or three cats crowding me.......yes, there are LOTS of
memories
but her death has floored me. It was so sudden. Apparently there would
have
been no saving her if I'd gotten her to the vet a mile away. This is a
fatal
problem in deep chested animals.
maddie

I am familiar with the problem. As you say, there is very little that can
be done. Never the less, there is a tendency to feel a lot of guilt when a
companion dies. If only we had done this or noticed that. I had the
sweetest shar pei pass on after 12 years. She died of kidney failure and
suffered terribly for weeks. There was nothing that we could do. Still, I
was devastated and I am still sad three years later. We buried her in the
garden and not a day goes by that I don't think about that dog. I thought
we were going to lose another one this weekend. Our 8 year old has been in
the critical care hospital since Friday and they held out little hope. She
is doing much better today, but I have been sick over it. I think that
"devastating" is the best word to describe these situations. We decided
that the best thing we could do would be to pay forward for the years of joy
we had with our first dog by adopting rescue dogs. You never really get
over the loss, but you do learn to live with it, eventually.

(((((((((((((((((((((hugs for you))))))))))))))))))))))))))



--
rosie
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"madgardener" wrote in message
...
: Last night my baby dog, Rose was in some kind of distress. Her
ears have
: been bothering her lately, and Mike had given her the much dreaded
bath the
: day before. So I took her into the bathroom and cleaned out her
ears and her
: ears didn't seem right.
:
: I put cleaning solution into them, and this upset her, but she was
already
: in distress for some reason, and I kept finding places where the
carpet was
: wet. She kept going to her "safe" place, the bathtub and lying in
it, and
: then coming back into the livingroom where Mike and I were in a
deep
: conversation. At one point, she threw up and after I cleaned her
foamy mess
: up, she went to the nook and lay down on the floor in son's room.
We were
: having computer problems and after I convinced son that we both
needed to go
: to bed, I looked over at Rose and she was really sick.
:
: It wasn't so bad as it was strange. Thick clear stuff like sinus
or
: something. So I asked her if she wanted to go out and she slowly
got up and
: I let her outside. And then she refused to come in. So we all
went to bed,
: and this morning I woke up to Sugar asking me if she could go out
please,
: and I got up and started to call Rose and there she was. My sweet
baby girl
: had come back from wherever she had gone when she slipped out last
night,
: and lay under my bedroom window and passed on.
:
: The vet says that this is a fluke occurance. That large and deep
chested
: animals, particularly dogs like Labs and German shepherds and
horses
: sometimes have something called twisting stomach. The stomach
literally
: twists on itself and the dog actually suffers horribly, and unless
it's
: caught immediately, they die of it by drowing in their bile.
which is what
: my puppy dawg did last night just outside my window, as close as
she could
: get to the bedroom she's slept in for the last almost nine years
of her
: life.
:
: I am numb and so saddened I am beside myself right now. I know
this was a
: little graphic, but I can't help it. Please know that right now I
am not
: only in major grief, but I can't get my SHOVEL INTO THE DAMN
GROUND, despite
: all the rains to put her in her woods..........so just know that a
very good
: dawg has gone on and as I look at Sugar lying there at my feet,
all sad and
: searching the rooms for her Alpha mama, she will try to fill these
huge paws
: of Roses for me.
:
: madgardener beside herself with grief
:
:
:

thanks sugar.....
"rosie read and post" wrote in message
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(((((((((((((((((((((hugs for you))))))))))))))))))))))))))



--
rosie
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"madgardener" wrote in message
...
: Last night my baby dog, Rose was in some kind of distress. Her
ears have
: been bothering her lately, and Mike had given her the much dreaded
bath the
: day before. So I took her into the bathroom and cleaned out her
ears and her
: ears didn't seem right.
:
: I put cleaning solution into them, and this upset her, but she was
already
: in distress for some reason, and I kept finding places where the
carpet was
: wet. She kept going to her "safe" place, the bathtub and lying in
it, and
: then coming back into the livingroom where Mike and I were in a
deep
: conversation. At one point, she threw up and after I cleaned her
foamy mess
: up, she went to the nook and lay down on the floor in son's room.
We were
: having computer problems and after I convinced son that we both
needed to go
: to bed, I looked over at Rose and she was really sick.
:
: It wasn't so bad as it was strange. Thick clear stuff like sinus
or
: something. So I asked her if she wanted to go out and she slowly
got up and
: I let her outside. And then she refused to come in. So we all
went to bed,
: and this morning I woke up to Sugar asking me if she could go out
please,
: and I got up and started to call Rose and there she was. My sweet
baby girl
: had come back from wherever she had gone when she slipped out last
night,
: and lay under my bedroom window and passed on.
:
: The vet says that this is a fluke occurance. That large and deep
chested
: animals, particularly dogs like Labs and German shepherds and
horses
: sometimes have something called twisting stomach. The stomach
literally
: twists on itself and the dog actually suffers horribly, and unless
it's
: caught immediately, they die of it by drowing in their bile.
which is what
: my puppy dawg did last night just outside my window, as close as
she could
: get to the bedroom she's slept in for the last almost nine years
of her
: life.
:
: I am numb and so saddened I am beside myself right now. I know
this was a
: little graphic, but I can't help it. Please know that right now I
am not
: only in major grief, but I can't get my SHOVEL INTO THE DAMN
GROUND, despite
: all the rains to put her in her woods..........so just know that a
very good
: dawg has gone on and as I look at Sugar lying there at my feet,
all sad and
: searching the rooms for her Alpha mama, she will try to fill these
huge paws
: of Roses for me.
:
: madgardener beside herself with grief
:
:
:

In article , "madgardener" wrote:

- Last night my baby dog, Rose was in some kind of distress. Her ears have
- been bothering her lately, and Mike had given her the much dreaded bath the
- day before. So I took her into the bathroom and cleaned out her ears and her
- ears didn't seem right.
-
- I put cleaning solution into them, and this upset her, but she was already
- in distress for some reason, and I kept finding places where the carpet was
- wet. She kept going to her "safe" place, the bathtub and lying in it, and
- then coming back into the livingroom where Mike and I were in a deep
- conversation. At one point, she threw up and after I cleaned her foamy mess
- up, she went to the nook and lay down on the floor in son's room. We were
- having computer problems and after I convinced son that we both needed to go
- to bed, I looked over at Rose and she was really sick.
-
- It wasn't so bad as it was strange. Thick clear stuff like sinus or
- something. So I asked her if she wanted to go out and she slowly got up and
- I let her outside. And then she refused to come in. So we all went to bed,
- and this morning I woke up to Sugar asking me if she could go out please,
- and I got up and started to call Rose and there she was. My sweet baby girl
- had come back from wherever she had gone when she slipped out last night,
- and lay under my bedroom window and passed on.
-
- The vet says that this is a fluke occurance. That large and deep chested
- animals, particularly dogs like Labs and German shepherds and horses
- sometimes have something called twisting stomach. The stomach literally
- twists on itself and the dog actually suffers horribly, and unless it's
- caught immediately, they die of it by drowing in their bile. which is what
- my puppy dawg did last night just outside my window, as close as she could
- get to the bedroom she's slept in for the last almost nine years of her
- life.
-
- I am numb and so saddened I am beside myself right now. I know this was a
- little graphic, but I can't help it. Please know that right now I am not
- only in major grief, but I can't get my SHOVEL INTO THE DAMN GROUND, despite
- all the rains to put her in her woods..........so just know that a very good
- dawg has gone on and as I look at Sugar lying there at my feet, all sad and
- searching the rooms for her Alpha mama, she will try to fill these huge paws
- of Roses for me.
-
- madgardener beside herself with grief


I'm so sorry for your loss.
--
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~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

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In article , says...
thank you Sue....
"Curly Sue" wrote in message
...
I am so sorry to read about the sudden loss of your beloved dog. It
choked me up.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!




My sincerest condolances on your loss Maddie. Just lost Little Bear to
tongue cancer in April. Renamed the Flavor King Pluot tree in his honor.
The Dapple Dandy Pluot which finally produced fruit this year is
Rusty's tree and Pussface, who's nine and starting to slow down a bit,
will get the Flavor Queen Pluot when her time comes.

Bill

High tribute indeed, Bill. I don't have a clue what to name in Rose's honor.
She was strictly a deck dawg. She'd lie on the kitchen deck, or on the
front "porch" (I always call it the dog run because it's just a narrow
sidewalk running along the length of the house) and the sad irony is that
Rose was probably making her way back to the front door to probably scratch
to be let in, but her pain was enough that just lying under my bedroom
window was effort enough. To make it more tolerable, she died while embraced
by the heavy fragrances of my Shenandoah, Shiloh and Yellow trumpet lilies
just behind the Bruce daylilies which popped open yesterday amidst the swamp
sunflowers that threaten to choke them out by their sheer height. My heart
is still heavy with her loss. I can't imagine not having her around. And
poor little Sugar.....next week will be the ultimate test when I have to
return to work and son is gone too. She'll be completely alone, and this is
not a dog to leave alone. She's a Lab/Border collie pup of a year that is a
bit vindictive and gets bored. Rose kept her company when I left them alone
for the hours I work. To see how she freaked when I let Rose out without
her is testimony to my struggles when she goes solo without any companion.
Hopefully her kitty, Piquito can fill the bill for her... I truely hope so.
She's the last dog for me for awhile.

And it just keeps on ****ing rains here, and gratefully, we need it despite
the saturated soils. I keep remembering droughts and am grateful. But I
still couldn't get my shovel into the soil to bury my baby on my acre today.
that grieved me no end.
maddie
"Bill" wrote in message
...
In article , says...
thank you Sue....
"Curly Sue" wrote in message
...
I am so sorry to read about the sudden loss of your beloved dog. It
choked me up.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!




My sincerest condolances on your loss Maddie. Just lost Little Bear to
tongue cancer in April. Renamed the Flavor King Pluot tree in his honor.
The Dapple Dandy Pluot which finally produced fruit this year is
Rusty's tree and Pussface, who's nine and starting to slow down a bit,
will get the Flavor Queen Pluot when her time comes.

Bill

I have lost two of my sweet old babies this last year. And even tho I know there is
nothing else I could have done I too share this overwhelming guilt that I should have
been omniscient enough to know WHEN they were going to die so I could be holding
them. sadly, I am not. I too sleep and go to work. my throat is full and eyes brim
over both for your loss and mine. INgrid


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In article , says...
High tribute indeed, Bill. I don't have a clue what to name in Rose's honor.
She was strictly a deck dawg. She'd lie on the kitchen deck, or on the
front "porch" (I always call it the dog run because it's just a narrow
sidewalk running along the length of the house) and the sad irony is that
Rose was probably making her way back to the front door to probably scratch
to be let in, but her pain was enough that just lying under my bedroom
window was effort enough. To make it more tolerable, she died while embraced
by the heavy fragrances of my Shenandoah, Shiloh and Yellow trumpet lilies
just behind the Bruce daylilies which popped open yesterday amidst the swamp
sunflowers that threaten to choke them out by their sheer height.

Then I respectfully submit that they might be called Rose's Lilys, unless you
come up with something more appropriate.

snip

As I've mentioned before it's illegal to bury animals at home in my city, so
Rusty and Little Bear have been cremated and are in urns on my mantel. My will
specifies that they be buried with me when I go.

I know I'll be seeing them over the bridge.

Bill

thank you sweet Ingrid. You know my pain as a lot of my garden friends do as
well.....
wrote in message
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I have lost two of my sweet old babies this last year. And even tho I
know there is
nothing else I could have done I too share this overwhelming guilt that I
should have
been omniscient enough to know WHEN they were going to die so I could be
holding
them. sadly, I am not. I too sleep and go to work. my throat is full
and eyes brim
over both for your loss and mine. INgrid


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.