Dakota
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I had a border collie for sixteen years. They're such a great breed, aren't they?
You never forget a good dog. You'll find yourself in the odd moment, still thinking they are there and you'll turn around and look for them. Then it hits you that your mind has lied to you again and you get a tinge of sadness. Happens less often as the years go by, but it still happens.
An occasional bowl of food and a bit of love, is all any good dog asks of its family. If it gets a lot of love...walks, romps, belly rubs and daily petting...Well, I guess that's their heaven on earth. And for the seemingly short time they live, it's a pretty good thing for us, too.
Sad to see any good friend die. Worse still, if it's family. Dakota sounds like family. This one is going to hurt. For awhile. Yeah, for awhile. Can't be helped.
Dogs leave paw prints on your heart...
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Poor old Doggo.
Dakota's the best.Not to make it a competition or anything but Meatball, our Maine coon, is acting weird. Drinking a LOT of water, lost significant weight, walking funny, unwilling to get around as much. We're trying to get him in for tests this week but it's not looking good.
Please love yourself.
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Poor old Doggo.
Dakota's the best.Not to make it a competition or anything but Meatball, our Maine coon, is acting weird. Drinking a LOT of water, lost significant weight, walking funny, unwilling to get around as much. We're trying to get him in for tests this week but it's not looking good.
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Sorry, LD.
The worst part of keeping dogs is their short life-span. Pretty much everything else is awesome.
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@Aqua-Letifer ugh...
How old is Meatball?
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Poor old Doggo.
Dakota's the best.Not to make it a competition or anything but Meatball, our Maine coon, is acting weird. Drinking a LOT of water, lost significant weight, walking funny, unwilling to get around as much. We're trying to get him in for tests this week but it's not looking good.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Dakota:
Poor old Doggo.
Dakota's the best.Not to make it a competition or anything but Meatball, our Maine coon, is acting weird. Drinking a LOT of water, lost significant weight, walking funny, unwilling to get around as much. We're trying to get him in for tests this week but it's not looking good.
Oh, that's no good. Please keep us up to date.
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Awful days, but so many great memories. You gave Dakota a loving home. H
She'd thank you for it if she could. -
Well, the old girl managed to stick around and have more good days than bad until this last week. This morning it became obvious that the more good days wouldn’t be coming and any more care would be for our own selfishness and not her good.
If animals do go to heaven, there’s a bunch of pissed off squirrels up there right now.
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Oh, man...
Thanks, but while there are tears around here today, we’re pretty okay. There is a relief that her pain is over, she had a good long life, she had a lot more fun over the last 6 months than we expected, and we feel like the timing was just about as good as it could have been where her quality of life was not going to be very good going forward.
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My old border collie was chasing squirrels the week she died (leukemia). Must be something about the breed.
So many dogs have short, brutal lives. Cast off, uncared for, doomed to die unloved. Dakota lived a good life, loved to the end.
Does it get any better than that?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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My old border collie was chasing squirrels the week she died (leukemia). Must be something about the breed.
So many dogs have short, brutal lives. Cast off, uncared for, doomed to die unloved. Dakota lived a good life, loved to the end.
Does it get any better than that?
My old border collie was chasing squirrels the week she died (leukemia). Must be something about the breed.
So many dogs have short, brutal lives. Cast off, uncared for, doomed to die unloved. Dakota lived a good life, loved to the end.
Does it get any better than that?
Bad leg and all, Dakota was still going after squirrels just a month ago. I swear they were slowing down on purpose to give her a chance.
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Bless her. What a good dog.
Dogs always try, don't they.
I was using the squirrels, a laser pointer, and her treats as a quality of life indicator. There were rainy days that affected her arthritis on her “good leg” meaning I carried the 50lb girl down and up the outside steps for her to do her business. But if she gave me the grin when I got out the laser pointer out and still wanted to play, all was good.
