Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread

[futureman 22,459]

not my dog.  but still awesome.

[Deej 76,785]

33 minutes ago, futureman said:

not my dog.  but still awesome.

You should probably give him back.

[futureman 22,459]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

You should probably give him back.

if his owner pays up, I will. 

[Sgt Hulk 13,716]

5 hours ago, futureman said:

I want to figure out how to make an internal chip for dogs that gives gps information.  as of yet they haven’t figured out battery life but if there was a way to make a battery last for a year I’d pay to have it swapped out every 12 months and I think many other people would too.  if someone stole my dog I think I might go insane.  I would certainly become a murderer if I ever found the person. 

Yeah honestly if I was able to approach the individual who stole my dog which I view on par with kidnapping my kids A wheel chair would be required to take them home 

[jw4381 3,073]

Maui’s spot under the loveseat.

[Player 4,575]

Laziest and most spoiled American Bulldog in the state.
 

Always amuses me to see Fu just chilling on a sofa. Back in the day that thing would’ve been shredded to pieces.

[AUS-97HORN 11,759]

1 hour ago, Player said:

Always amuses me to see Fu just chilling on a sofa. Back in the day that thing would’ve been shredded to pieces.

I loved when he would just give Fu and Jaca an entire old Sofa to go to town on, and then we get the aftermath pics.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Always amuses me to see Fu just chilling on a sofa. Back in the day that thing would’ve been shredded to pieces.

I loved when he would just give Fu and Jaca an entire old Sofa to go to town on, and then we get the aftermath pics.

Those were the days. Pre children when I had a dog sofa budget. Just kidding, we got tired of cleaning up after and throwing them out. I think she went through 3 or 4 of them. Always amazed me that I didn’t have to teach her that she couldn’t eat the family sofa.

[BevoSwag 272]

That's about where we are.  We're on our 5th Giant Schnauzer and Eli seems to have all of the good traits of the others in him.

My gosh. Did they have short lifespans?


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[VABuckeye 2,472]

I’m  59. Schotzie lived to be 12.  Beethoven dropped dead on a walk at 8.  He was a fantastic dog but died too soon.  We lost Ruffas and Lola in 2018.  Both to cancer.  Ruffas was 11 and Lola was 10.  Beethoven, Ruffas and Lola were all rescues and were at least a year old when we got them.  I was 26 when we got Schotzie as a puppy.  We’ve had a Giant Schnauzer continuously with very short breaks between except after Ruffas and Lola.   We waited 9 months after Ruffas died.  Losing two in three months to cancer was tough on us. 
 

We got Eli last July at 1 year old.  I hope he’s with us a long time.  It’s a big breed so we know the lifespan isn’t terribly long. 

Edited September 8, 2020 by VABuckeye

[futureman 22,459]

 

Edited September 9, 2020 by futureman

[futureman 22,459]

testing video upload.  I think it works

[VABuckeye 2,472]

Can't play it.  Have to buy a $.99 codec to play.

[futureman 22,459]

well, shit

[Doug E. Fresh 452]

On 7/22/2020 at 10:23 PM, Doug E. Fresh said:

I originally posted these back in April 2019 when Lulu had an emergency surgery to remove a cantaloupe size growth on her spleen that ended up being benign. She recovered like a champ and has been awesome. Fast forward to February this year and we found a small growth on her liver that we thought was cancer.  We hesitantly decided to cut her open again and all went perfect.  Also a benign growth.  

She has had a slow developing mass on her heart that we have been monitoring for a few years, and in her last surgery in February they opened a tiny pericardial window to help drain fluid.  We took her in for her normal check up last week and bloodwork showed some mild anemia.  She got worse over the course of a week with labored breathing, lack of energy, etc.  We took her to Gulf Coast vet yesterday and they confirmed this evening that the heart mass is getting bigger, forcing fluid near her lungs and abdomen.  Not much we can do anymore except just wait it out, keep her comfortable and spoil the shit out of her.  Could be a matter of days a few months, but we will put her down if she shows any signs of suffering. I am absolutely gutted tonight.  We got her in London back in 2010, and are literally less than 2 months from moving back.  But I don't see her making the trip.  

Well, the day finally came when we had to put down sweet Lulu. She had a vet appointment this morning which was supposed to be her final health check and approval for the flight to London next week. She had been doing well but went downhill quickly overnight, and her abdomen started to fill with fluid. An ultrasound showed that the cancerous mass on her heart had grown significantly since July and she had developed another large mass on her liver. She was starting to suffer a bit and the pain was showing today. So it was the hardest and easiest decision to end it. Maybe it was just her way of saying a move to London at 10.5 years old was just too much for her. Maybe she was just ready to go. I’m absolutely gutted tonight and will be for weeks to come. But I’m happy for the run she had and that she’s in a better, pain free place tonight. Give your dogs a big hug tomorrow. You never know when you can get blindsided like I did today.

[futureman 22,459]

sorry for your loss. 

[futureman 22,459]

6 hours ago, Doug E. Fresh said:

Give your dogs a big hug

done. 

[VABuckeye 2,472]

Good girl, Lulu.

It's such a difficult thing to go through as a dog owner.

[Biff Tannen 45,683]

Hook em Lulu.

[Deej 76,785]

Good dog, Lulu.

 

[Player 4,575]

My condolences Doug - and RIP Lulu.

[blacklab 11,928]

19 hours ago, VABuckeye said:

Can't play it.  Have to buy a $.99 codec to play.

VLC media player will play it fine. Don't use that Microsoft shit player

[futureman 22,459]

[VABuckeye 2,472]

Me?  Silly?   NO!!!!

[dcbc 14,483]

My buddy rescued a Husky a month ago, which turned out to be knocked up.  Just got this picture, and her markings look like Pennywise.  So that's a good omen.

Edited September 12, 2020 by dcbc

[austingirl 2,191]

We call this look "pizza face."

[Deej 76,785]

1 hour ago, dcbc said:

My buddy rescued a Husky a month ago, which turned out to be knocked up.  Just got this picture, and her markings look like Pennywise.  So that's a good omen.

Huskys are the clowns of the dog world. 

[BevoSwag 272]

Every time I see one of these great dog pics on here I want to hug him/her.  How I love a dog.

[Deej 76,785]

"Leave me the fuck alone!"

 

[Player 4,575]

Mr. Blutarsky decided to eat a couple of handfuls of a plant (purslane - toxic) yesterday. This is after he got done riding the vomit comet at the vet’s office.

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life son.

[jw4381 3,073]

Mango and Maui chillin. 

[6th Street 6,396]

This is Bixby asking for belly rubs in the middle of the driveway

[Deej 76,785]

[hookem2010 2,624]

Mango and Maui chillin. 

I've got a Mango, too. A 5-mile hike with her new weighted vest buys me about 90 minutes of peace and quiet. I'm just glad that it's cooled down enough to burn some of her energy outside rather than watch her pinball around the house.

[Guadaloopy 10,969]

On 9/12/2020 at 6:08 AM, 6th Street said:

This is Bixby asking for belly rubs in the middle of the driveway

 

“Draw me like one of your French Poodles.”

[Deej 76,785]

Blue took over the chair this evening.

 

Edited September 15, 2020 by Deej

[AUS-97HORN 11,759]

this may be the most unique way of a dog stopping ive ever seen...

 

 

[Deej 76,785]

Doesn't like the grass, twigs, and leaves tickling her bunghole. 

[MissingInAction 25,071]

Finally managed to schedule regular play dates at the apt complex dog park.

The dog in the foreground is a 7 month old Akira and she is already bigger than Luna.

Lunas only defense is laser eyes.

[AUS-97HORN 11,759]

my coworkers have quit on me....

 

[Hornin04 261]

Well the time has come for hard decisions.

My almost 14 year old Maltese Coco has been acting older over the last couple of years. The vet had said she had signs of heart disease in the past year or two, and attributed her cough and wheezing to it.

This past weekend she fell down about 15 stairs, stairs that she usually never climbs because they're not carpeted and she slips on them. She had been extra clingy lately which is why she followed me up thy stairs. She got up and walked away like nothing was wrong. But yesterday morning she had a seizure, which she has never had before. Wife took her to the vet and they did xrays, which showed her heart being very enlarged with fluid around it, compressing her trachea, which probably accounts for the chronic coughing. We started her on meds for the heart (ACE inhibitor and diuretic), but today she had 2 more seizures. After the seizure she's a little out of it but otherwise looks normal.

I can't help but think the fall is causing the seizures, possibly from some head trauma. But vet attributes it to heart as well (?? wife was there so I couldn't ask questions). No anti seizure meds were offered. Vet basically said consider putting her down soon, as it's a matter of time given how the heart looks.

The hard thing is that when she isn't having a seizure she looks like her normal old lady dog self. Isn't acting particularly uncomfortable or as if she's in pain. She has lost a lot of weight and isn't eating well or drinking much, which concerns me since she's now on a diuretic. It's just hard for me to come to grips with putting her down. If she keeps having frequent seizures though it will be hard to just let it go.

Luckily only my 5 yo daughter likes her, for whatever reason the older 2 boys never cared for her. I think because she's small and not a really playful dog, and she didn't ever care much for them. She's my adopted dog daughter, my wife had her for about a year and a half before I met her. So before we had kids she was our only child and got way more attention than she has since we had our 3 kids. We've started prepping the 5 yo for what may come, and she doesn't seem too upset when we say Coco is sick and may be going to doggy heaven soon. But I'm not sure she gets that it means she'll be gone forever.

Just venting and looking for advice. Pic attached.

[Doug E. Fresh 452]

1 hour ago, Horny04 said:

Well the time has come for hard decisions.

My almost 14 year old Maltese Coco has been acting older over the last couple of years. The vet had said she had signs of heart disease in the past year or two, and attributed her cough and wheezing to it.

This past weekend she fell down about 15 stairs, stairs that she usually never climbs because they're not carpeted and she slips on them. She had been extra clingy lately which is why she followed me up thy stairs. She got up and walked away like nothing was wrong. But yesterday morning she had a seizure, which she has never had before. Wife took her to the vet and they did xrays, which showed her heart being very enlarged with fluid around it, compressing her trachea, which probably accounts for the chronic coughing. We started her on meds for the heart (ACE inhibitor and diuretic), but today she had 2 more seizures. After the seizure she's a little out of it but otherwise looks normal.

I can't help but think the fall is causing the seizures, possibly from some head trauma. But vet attributes it to heart as well (?? wife was there so I couldn't ask questions). No anti seizure meds were offered. Vet basically said consider putting her down soon, as it's a matter of time given how the heart looks.

The hard thing is that when she isn't having a seizure she looks like her normal old lady dog self. Isn't acting particularly uncomfortable or as if she's in pain. She has lost a lot of weight and isn't eating well or drinking much, which concerns me since she's now on a diuretic. It's just hard for me to come to grips with putting her down. If she keeps having frequent seizures though it will be hard to just let it go.

Luckily only my 5 yo daughter likes her, for whatever reason the older 2 boys never cared for her. I think because she's small and not a really playful dog, and she didn't ever care much for them. She's my adopted dog daughter, my wife had her for about a year and a half before I met her. So before we had kids she was our only child and got way more attention than she has since we had our 3 kids. We've started prepping the 5 yo for what may come, and she doesn't seem too upset when we say Coco is sick and may be going to doggy heaven soon. But I'm not sure she gets that it means she'll be gone forever.

Just venting and looking for advice. Pic attached.

Will give you the best advice I can as I just went through something similar. My English Bulldog, Lulu, had a tumor on her heart for at least 18 months and it was generally slow developing. In July, it began to grow and was pushing more fluid into her abdomen and chest. We put her on a heart med and diuretics, like you, and got an initial improvement for about 3 weeks - lots of energy, eating better and very alert. But then she slowed down, we had to hand feed her (and she always loved food more than life itself), and she drank so much water and peed all the time. We had to get her up at least twice during the night to take her out. And my wife and I were more than happy to do it if she still had a quality life.

But as the days wore on, she just continued to get worse and showed some signs of pain. It was hard to tell how bad it was because she still wanted attention, love, playtime and was alert. In the end, we found she was just masking the pain until she couldn’t anymore. Her abdomen filled with fluid and an ultrasound also showed a new growth on her liver. So we put her down that day and put an end to her suffering.

I can’t give you a magic answer here except to watch it all very closely. The seizures would really worry me and I’d hate to see that keep happening, both for Coco and the impact that has on you and your family. In the end, only you will know when the time is right. And just don’t let Coco suffer trying to hang on. I’m sure you know that and I’m sure you won’t.

[MissingInAction 25,071]

What my vet told me, when Amber was on the decline, was to take stock of the 5 things she loved to do most.

Once she was unable to do those things, I knew it was time.

[jw4381 3,073]

Sorry about Coco dude.

So we’ve got one ear up.



And a birthday girl.



One year old on Monday. Spayed on Tuesday. Happy birthday, now we rip your ovaries out...

[jw4381 3,073]

And the other one is trying.

[gmr548 16,580]

Enjoys bacon, pets, and long walks on the beach.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

The old man. Can’t catch and eat birds or squirrels anymore. Is this what retirement looks like?

[AUS-97HORN 11,759]

what about couches?   pretty sure he can catch those....

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

what about couches?   pretty sure he can catch those....

Just doesn’t taste the same as pigeon.

[rage-a-holic 4,394]

Cozumel puppy update. We were diving in Xcalak and some asshole abandoned two babies at the dive shop while we were gone. My friends decided to adopt the female. The male was so sad and scared, I would have been lower than Bob Stoops to leave him there alone.

Xcla and Tigger: