It's just a dog.

[PNWbrit]

So sorry to hear this Art. Hug her tightly and tell her what a great dog she is.

[Art Shirk]

Thanks guys. I’ve been coming to this thread for years and now I have to take my lumps like everyone else with a great a friend that can’t stay longer.

Liv2ski - her name is Purna. Short for Annapurna. Turns out she only wanted to swim and wasn’t much into the snow. She got her laps in every single day at Magnuson Park before we moved and her best times were at the Oregon Coast.


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[axebiker]

Always a tough thread to stop by and visit, nut the tributes and memories make it worth its weight in GOLD. Sorry for all you peeps that have lost a "best buddy/boy/girl" in recent months. Toughest thing in the world to go through.

[MarcusBrody]

I'm sorry, Art. She looks like a lovely dog who got to live a lovely dog life.

[riser4]

Milo, the black toy poodle, has diabetes. At least that's what they said from the analysis of the urine specimen I dropped off today. The was fun, getting the dog to pee in an aluminum pie tin. Or more accurately, being ready with the tin when he wanted to pee. Blood work will be at his appointment on Thursday. Fuck. Duder is 13.5. arthritic. Cloudy eyes. Blown knee. Bad back. Now he drinks a lot of water and can't make it outside in time. He's getting a lot of love these days. Even though we're not sleeping as much as we used to with the nighttime trips outside to pee, laundry, and carpet cleaning.

[mcski]

Art, great tribute to a great dog.

[whipski]

[gretch6364]

https://youtu.be/M1qgYHvQdSE

It’s just two dogs…killed by wolves in CO. This is gonna suck.


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[BmillsSkier]

She made it tough by perking up some today. Had to drive down to the Sacto SPCA to find someone to euthanize her. They gave us the senior discount though. She was a good dog.
Losing her wasn't as hard as seeing how diminished she was in her last couple of years. (Or maybe it's me I'm feeling sorry for.)

Terribly sorry for your loss, OG. That’s a great pic.

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Wonderful life that dog led Powdr, I’m so glad for you that you got to spend it with her.

I lost a damn fine adventure buddy. A few days ago now my pal Tomba
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Portrait of big, beautiful, friendly, happy boy. We'll all miss you buddy.

Forza, Tomba, and forza, Gary. RIP.

Well fuck, today my lab cross went over the rainbow bridge after a short bout with cancer/old age issues (14yo).

https://www.facebook.com/jay.carter....eric&ref=notif

Sorry for your loss Waxman, I hate that for you.

Dalmation dog, or possibly Dalmation-anvil mix, Sacha , 14, wingmanned me on many of my missions to impregnate his mother this summer. He passed most peaceful in his person’s embrace Wednesday the 16th of November shortly after 2 in the afternoon.

I protected his owner, the mother of my child-to-be, from any unpleasant sights of his lifeless being in transit from where he passed. I kept his limp 75lb form dignified and well honored from packaging and wheeling him out, to carefully setting him to rest in the vet’s vehicle.

Tomorrow, Chaco, my family’s 14yo 55lb Pittski will cross into the beyond.

Pat your pets and give grace to your people, people.

Been trying to live that last line for a while now. Sorry for your loss CJ.

It’s just a dog. Just a dog who has spent the last 16.5 years as a loyal friend and savior during some of my hardest times. It didn’t matter where I was going, she was going with me. Having no doors on your truck meant she could bound in any time. Then, I got married, I got doors, and I had kids. And she didn’t get to come to as many places so her places were pacing from one kids room to another all night keeping watch. Spending an hour at each door before moving to the next job.

You used to have springs for legs and now they can barely support your weight. You can’t control your bowels and I know how humiliating it is for you to have to wear diapers. But you get to cross the bridge on Thursday and I’ll be right next to you when you do.

Of course, I snapped two of my fucking toes in half two days ago so I’ve got to figure out how to dig that hole in the corner of the property. Fuck. That’s not a job for a neighbor so I’ll get it done if I have to use my hands.

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Damnit, Art, I knew I had to come check in here after reading your other post. I am so sorry for your loss. I’m really feeling every bit of your post. Thankful you got your 16.5 years with your savior - no truer words.

[Blatant]

best first post probably ever...fckn truth. Where'd this dude go?

[whipski]

[Art Shirk]

Damnit, Art, I knew I had to come check in here after reading your other post. I am so sorry for your loss. I’m really feeling every bit of your post. Thankful you got your 16.5 years with your savior - no truer words.

Thanks for the kind words dude. I’ve very thankful. And I’m wishing peace to everyone else in here.



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[liv2ski]

Art, great tribute to a great dog.

Yup, I think this belongs here.

[JimmyCarter]

Got the diagnosis back…Winston has an aggressive form of bladder cancer. Ultrasound tomorrow, maybe emergency surgery. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

[Buzzworthy]

Sorry to hear that JC. Vibes

[idahospud]

I've been thinking about making this post for a week and am finally ripping the bandaid off. We had to say goodbye last Tuesday and while I'm no longer a weepy, blubbering mess, I am convinced that the relationship I had with this guy was a once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing.

[Boissal]

I rarely check this thread as it's usually too heavy, and today is no different.

Ms Boissal lost her beloved Bosco a while back, he was living his best life one day and gone the next morning, undiagnosed GI tumor that somehow ruptured. At least he didn't suffer but the abruptness made it really hard to stomach. Not a month later we had to put her 2 kitties down at the same time, they were both geriatric messes. She was hurting bad and after 3 months of it not getting any better she found a Facebook post about a senior lab needing to be rescued from a kill shelter in the UT boonies. She went to check her out and came back with the sweetest most decrepit chocolate beast. Behold Lenora:



They had no info about her at all, she was dumped at the shelter overnight. Not chipped, no collar, nothing. She was at least 12 and in miserable shape with laryngeal paralysis, a condition that looks like an asthma attack in humans. We thought we wouldn't last 1 day at the house, the stress triggered some attacks and she could barely breathe, let along get up and move. Ms Boissal was on a mission to provide her with a few good months so she hunted down a vet that could fix the issue surgically. No guarantee a dog this old and unhealthy would survive but we went for it anyway (Ms Boissal did, I kept my mouth shut cause I know better than argue with her about how much should be done). Turns out I should have had more faith in the old lady's will to live cause the surgery did wonders. She recovered quickly, got a lot more active, and lost about 15 lbs of lards. She was able to go on a bunch of camping/biking trips with Ms Boissal, some short backpacks, daily walks, and overall had the best of times. She was a ravenous poo eater, living with us was complete heaven for her: we have 2 cats, a dozen chickens, and are 3 minutes from a park where people apparently don't believe in cleaning after their dogs.

She had more health issues down the road, turns out she wasn't fixed and started bleeding one day, we thought it was doggie periods but she had an ovarian tumor. Surgery #2 took care of that and she kept trucking along despite her terrible arthritis. Eventually one of her gigantic lipomas turned out to be cancerous and that was the end of her. Not a pretty end either, a lump on her butt turned into a sore and eventually an anal fistula (charming I know) which Ms Boissal patiently cleaned and packed twice a day. We have a vet neighbor and friend who saw her daily and has no patience for people who go overboard for a suffering animal, we knew she'd tell us if we were ignoring signs that it was time. It never happened, Lenora slowed down dramatically at the end but kept living it up, going on short slow walks, occasionally dashing away to eat a poop, eating her meals voraciously, and clinging to Ms Boissal like her life depended on it (it did). Then one day we came back from the park, she laid down, tried to get up a few times, and gave up. She looked a bit panicked at first and had some weird neurological symptoms, it was clear the time had come. Vet friend came over 15 minutes later and we sent her off within an hour of her last walk. That was 3 weeks ago. We expected her to live for 2-3 months at most, she was with us for about 16, and I still couldn't type this without getting some stuff in my eyes.

Here's to Lenora, always smiling, one of sweetest most loving creatures I've ever met. She loved being brushed, napping on the couch looking like a loaf, napping in the grass looking like a corpse, napping under the hammock on camping trips, getting stuck under fences but not caring, stealing unripe tomatoes, and running around in deep snow. Hopefully she is her kind of heaven: a field littered with poos from exotic creatures, the perfect buffet.

[irul&ublo]

You and the Ms get major karma points. RIP Lenora

[Supermoon]

Vibes to both of you spud and boissal. And a special shout out to ms boissal. Takes a special person to take in a pup like that and give them a great last few months.

[Jax]

RIP sweet Lenora, thank you for sharing your story and your time with her. You gave her an extension on life, she lived it up and you can tell from her smile she knew she was loved. Thank you for adopting and caring for an older pup, it's certainly not for the weak of heart.

So sorry for your loss Idaho, what was his name?

[mcski]

Ms B gets huge Karma points and hopefully Leonora gets an endless field of poop to enjoy

[BmillsSkier]

I’m terribly sorry to hear your news JC, and for your losses Spud and Boissal.

Heartwarming tributes, and amazing humans to dogs.

[axebiker]

***I just have something in my eye...***



+++vibes+++ to all. We sure love them...but never as much as they love us.

[Flyoverland Captive]

This fucking thread. Yin and Yang.

After my last dog, I vowed no more, yet here we are again with the shittiest, most Ill-behaved dumbass of a pooch, just a wrecking ball of muscle and stupidity. And I love it. And will probably do it again, as will most of you, when the time comes.

Good peeps, these dog folks.

[zion zig zag]

Sigh, always hard to read this thread. Vibes to you all.


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