03-14-2008, 12:44 AM
I really have no idea when Peanut was born. We adopted her from a family in 2002 and they said she was about 12 years old. It seems she had a bit of a bad start in life as a puppy that may have been abused. The family had two children and the doctor said their son was allergic to dogs so they were giving her away to a good home.
We'd been considering a dog. I had been laid off from Nortel so would be home while setting up my own business. A house-trained pet would work out great for us.
I remember the first time we saw her, she came bounding down the hallway to greet us, rolled over so she could get her tummy rubbed and was great with their baby son.
We picked her up a couple of days later. I must have only gone 25 mph the whole way home. She was too scared to come out of the car, it took a while before I had to carry her out but she soon got used to her new home.
She found her favourite spots under the piano bench, behind the chair, in front of the tv and at the bottom of the bed.
She showed her age sometimes, her rear left leg was arthritic but she'd bounce up and down when she saw us getting her food or dangled her leash in front of her.
A couple of weeks ago she started going off her dry food, we wet it down a little in case it was her teeth bothering her and that works. Eventually she was off that too. Last week while we were at Houston we had her stay with a local vet who did blood work. The results was that she was in the early stages of kidney or liver failure, I forget which now.
After a week of hardly eating and drinking and being a little sick (drinking is something she did a lot) she went to her regular vet today. She was very dehydrated and the vet said that she has a build up of toxins in her body, she could tell from the breath. We knew it was time to take away her pain and not make her suffer.
While we were making the decision the vet started to cry before we did! Our vet is probably the most caring, loving, empathic person I've met. She shared in the difficulty of our decision.
We had time to say our goodbyes before the vet made her sleepy. She then gave the 2nd injection as I stroked her soft ears and rubbed her neck just how she loved it.
Peanut is now resting peacefully, finally free of her pains and will not have to suffer.
We'll never forget you, Peanut, for the joy and unconditional love you gave us.
We'd been considering a dog. I had been laid off from Nortel so would be home while setting up my own business. A house-trained pet would work out great for us.
I remember the first time we saw her, she came bounding down the hallway to greet us, rolled over so she could get her tummy rubbed and was great with their baby son.
We picked her up a couple of days later. I must have only gone 25 mph the whole way home. She was too scared to come out of the car, it took a while before I had to carry her out but she soon got used to her new home.
She found her favourite spots under the piano bench, behind the chair, in front of the tv and at the bottom of the bed.
She showed her age sometimes, her rear left leg was arthritic but she'd bounce up and down when she saw us getting her food or dangled her leash in front of her.
A couple of weeks ago she started going off her dry food, we wet it down a little in case it was her teeth bothering her and that works. Eventually she was off that too. Last week while we were at Houston we had her stay with a local vet who did blood work. The results was that she was in the early stages of kidney or liver failure, I forget which now.
After a week of hardly eating and drinking and being a little sick (drinking is something she did a lot) she went to her regular vet today. She was very dehydrated and the vet said that she has a build up of toxins in her body, she could tell from the breath. We knew it was time to take away her pain and not make her suffer.
While we were making the decision the vet started to cry before we did! Our vet is probably the most caring, loving, empathic person I've met. She shared in the difficulty of our decision.
We had time to say our goodbyes before the vet made her sleepy. She then gave the 2nd injection as I stroked her soft ears and rubbed her neck just how she loved it.
Peanut is now resting peacefully, finally free of her pains and will not have to suffer.
We'll never forget you, Peanut, for the joy and unconditional love you gave us.