please GOD, just take my dog!

I'm with you, Marlee.  Not only can I not stand to see them suffer (animals) I hate it when I notice the same squirrel or some other animal has been squashed about a million times by cars in the middle of the road.  I can't tell you how many times I have made the hubby pull over and scrape some poor thing off the pavement.  I think animals matter, in this world.  As a matter of fact, in many respects I prefer them to humans, and I'm not ashamed to admit that!

Do-over...I hope your doggie is at peace now.  I am thinking of your family and Mr. Murphy.

Donna

Also talk to your vet about possible tranquilizers during the time you need to keep him from playing rough, etc. I don't know how you feel about medications, but sometimes, it just makes things easier on you and your dog. One of my dogs, a rescue, cut one of his foot pads this past summer. He is VERY high energy and the vet told me I had to keep him quiet for at least four weeks. WHAT? How on earth am I suppose to do that? So, I asked about tranqs and she agreed. They were dirt cheap and I didn't knock him out, just enough to make him sleepy. I also had to make sure the bandage didn't get wet and it was doing nothing but raining...what a nightmare. They devised a boot for his foot, out of an IV bag...quite amazing and it helped, but I spent a fortune on bandages because as soon as it got wet, I had to change the dressing. Spent a ton of time doing that. In any case, as Sherrine said, I'm a firm believer in giving back to our buddies. I realize you are in a very difficult financial situation and it isn't easy, but we do what we need to do for our loved ones. And I would think your vet would work out a payment plan with you.

We had a Golden, named Shannon, my beautiful, beautiful girl that was diagnosed with lymphoma at the young age of 6. My husband was unemployed at the time. The vet told me that if we did nothing, she'd be dead in a month. If we did chemo, we could add three years to her life (up to 3 years). We ended up taking her to a specialist, yep, veterinary oncologist, and she received chemo for 15 months. She went into remission three times and honestly, the chemo did not seem to affect her like it does humans. She really had a wonderful quality of life during that time. Cost? Over $10,000 and as I said, my husband was out of work but neither of us could imagine not doing it.

Sorry for the ramble, but you get me started on dogs and well...there I go....

I really hope Mr. Murphy gets better very, very soon!

Miriam

I hope you can get help with the bill or set up a payment plan since he is such a young dog.

After we had Krissy spayed the doc said to give her benedryl to keep her a little calmer for a few days, she is quite hyper at times. I think it is bubble gum flavor and if you get the Walmart brand it is cheap.

My neighbor brought her little teacup poodle over last night to play with the girls. They had to have their 6 yr old jack russell put to sleep Sat due to cancer. The poor little poodle has never been alone and he had to spend all day yesterday home alone. She asked me if I could go get him during the day for a little while til they find a puppy. They really don't have time to mourn Teddybear's death cause they have to think about what this is doing to Cotton too.

To some people they are just animals and nothing more but for some of us they are a big part of our families, as human as any four legged creature can get.

Donna, I have called 911 twice for animals, once when a deer ran out in front of us but thankfully she got up and ran away before the cop got there to shoot her and once when a big hawk flew up and hit my windshield. They put me through to conservation dept over the hawk and he also flew away before they could get to the seen. But days later I spotted his mouse stuck in the grill of my car, mouse didn't survive.

luv and hugs

Marlee

Sherrine