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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 05 August 2014, 19:17:34
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For those that know her....i'd thought id let you know...
I took her to the vets today for a stomach complaint....will she ever learn not to eat everything!
Good news...she should be home from the vets tomorrow :)
Bad news....vet scanned her....she's got cancer....growth in her intestines :'(
But this isnt the cause of her current problem, vet reckoned, after various tests, she'd eaten something poisonous and noticed the cancer growth when scanning her stomach to see what was going on...
On vets advice, because of her age....she's 13...it would be best for her to come home and not operate on her....so hopefully i can have extra few months with her....
Maybe even get to Newent :y
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Sorry to hear she has cancer :'( My black lab made it to 13 too and then lost the use of his back legs so had to be put to sleep. :'( I still miss him now 4 years later. :( So make the most of her while you still can and she is able to run around. :y
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Ahh Holly Dog. Sorry to hear this TD she's a lovely animal. Let's hope the cancer is not too aggressive.
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So Sorry to hear this Dave. Wishing you both all the best.
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I'm crying now, we lost two Labs at 10, the first one Billy a black one with a twisted stomach who went into the garden at his usual 10 pm before bedtime and he never came back in. :'( Nibble a yellow we lost last year of Lestroperosis picked up from Fox urine :'(. Both are in the :) garden and I speak to them every day. We now have two chocolates, Mocca is 4 while Bonzo is 10 with epilepsy and a false hip, I treasure every minute with them and their special characteristics.
Holly dog is just as special and we wish her well for as long as she is happy. :y
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Sorry to hear your sad news. Lost my German Shepherd to cancer two years back got another now but every now and then call him by the old fellas name never get over loosing them. Mans best as they say. :'( :'(
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Thanks all....for your good wishes... :)
My house seems empty tonight :(
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I was really sad to hear this TD, Holly has
wormed munched her way into many hearts here, mine included. She couldn't wish for a better family to live out her time, you are both lucky to have each other. Give her a hug & a sausage from us :-* :'(
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Sorry to hear this mate :'(
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Sorry to hear this mate :'(
Yes,me too,never like too here of pets being poorly,let's hope she has some more quality time left :y
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Thanks all....for your good wishes... :)
My house seems empty tonight :(
We know how that feels too sadly. Its amazing how close we get to our pets. :'(
Too early for this perhaps but everyone is different, we found diving straight back in with another pet helped(kitten in our case) . Not to be dismissive of any memories but we all need "little monkeys" in our life's. (And he is such a little monkey ;D )
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Sorry to hear the news, make the most of the time left....... :)
Our old Golden Lab is 13, we have expected her to pass over for a while now, fortunately she keeps on going, walks are much shorter now..............
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So sorry to hear this :'(. We become so attached to our pets whether we want to or not.
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Sorry to hear your bad news mate
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"A tear starts, unbidden, to the eye...."
I had my Heinz 57 of a dog for 17 years, in good health until the last, so a good innings. But you are never prepared for it whenever it happens and I'm not ashamed to say I miss her several decades on.
All my sympathy and commiserations.
Ron.
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Going through this with ours too, my heart weeps :'( :'( :'(
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It's only last week when things were not looking so good I started to look around at what we will do when the time comes........ :( :(
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Only one thing to do... feel like shit, reflect on the good bits, and slowly move on... Not easy, but you do get there :y
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Sorry to hear that Dave :(
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Sorry to hear that TD, from MrsGK and I.
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Really sorry to hear this and hoping HD lives out her days without suffering and with a plentiful supply of sausages before shuffling off to sit expectantly next to the great OOF barbecue in the sky. :(
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Sorry to hear that Dave, I hope she can end her days with the least amount of suffering. :'(
That said, another good reason to come to Newent :y
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Oh dear, it's tough.
Been through it a few times SWMBO and I had a couple of older rescue dogs. But as they were knocking on a bit we didn't have them too long. The last was a Rottweiler crossbreed, a really lovely old lady who ended up with maligant bone tumour.
We have been dogless now for a couple of years or so, but with our move to Wales and a biggish garden, maybe soon. I'd like to get a decent holiday first.
SWMBO saw choco labs advertised locally. I'm a bit against this, rather go to rescue home.
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Sorry to hear that Dave :'(
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Due to complications during the night....and the fact she wasnt responding to any drug they were giving her, I went to see her at 10.30am, i dont think she even recognised me, as in not even a tail wag and she couldnt even lift her head off the bedding. At 11.30am, I made the difficult decision and asked for her to be put to sleep. :'( RIP Holly Dog.
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Sorry to hear about holly dog,she is now in a safe place and no longer suffering. :(
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:'( :'( :'( God Bless
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Sad news Dave, condolences from myself & Mrs AA :(
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My condolences :'(
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Our thoughts are with you TD.
Goodbye Holly Dog.
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Really sad for you TD,try and remember the good times :'(
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A sad day indeed :'( Thinking of you...
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Sorry to hear this news. :'( Our thoughts are with you.
Still miss my first Dog, still call our current dog by the first ones name occasionally.
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Sorry to hear this news. :'( Our thoughts are with you.
Still miss my first Dog, still call our current dog by the first ones name occasionally.
I just hope that you have not had many wives then . . . . .
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You don't know me but I know what your going through as I had to do this to my german shepherd last year. Broke my heart. I then went and got 2 more dogs and that helped. Found this poem on another forum which brings a tear to my eye.
Rainbow Bridge Poem
By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,
Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.
Where the friends of man and woman do run,
When their time on earth is over and done.
For here, between this world and the next,
Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.
On this golden land, they wait and they play,
Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.
No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,
For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.
Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,
Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.
They romp through the grass, without even a care,
Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.
All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,
Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.
For just at that instant, their eyes have met;
Together again, both person and pet.
So they run to each other, these friends from long past,
The time of their parting is over at last.
The sadness they felt while they were apart,
Has turned into joy once more in each heart.
They embrace with a love that will last forever,
And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.
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Thanks for your all your replies....i think it was best for Holly...dont like to admit it....but i have been a bit tearful today....13 years of my best friend ....
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Much better for her not to suffer... chin up and try and stick to your nice customers for a week or so :y
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Very sorry to hear about you loss. Having now lost 3 dogs over the years, I know how much sadness it brings, when they sadly leave us. :'( :'( :'(
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Sorry for your loss TD. :'(
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So sorry to hear of the update on Holly :'( it is a very difficult decision but you have done the right thing she is now not suffering I know it was hard as I have done it too and things will always remind you of her. :y
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So sorry to hear this, TD. :'(
Whist it will hurt for some time, I'm sure, remember that you did what was right for her.
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So sorry for you Dave :'(
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Very sorry to hear this Dave. :'( :'( :'( :'(
As dog owners ourselves, its terrible when they are unwell. Think of the good times and remember you did the right thing.
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Sorry to hear of your loss , a sad day :'(
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So, so sorry to hear Holly has passed on TD but as I said earlier you were both lucky to have each other, and no animal could have been more loved and looked after! Hard times ahead but time dulls the ache. :'(
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I'm so sorry for your loss Dave :'(
As a dog owner, I very nearly lost our dog last week while away with the van (another story)
Never met Holly Dog but she sounds like she had one hell of a good life :)
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Never met Holly Dog but she sounds like she had one hell of a good life :)
She was very partial to a Newent BBQ sausage ;)
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Never met Holly Dog but she sounds like she had one hell of a good life :)
She was very partial to a Newent BBQ sausage ;)
Looking at the pictures of the meets over the years, so was everybody else :D :D :D
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Really sorry to read this Dave. I know how much holly dog meant to you. Onwards and upwards fella. :'( :y
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So sorry to hear the news about Holly Dog, she will be missed by many, but particularly you...... :( :(
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RIP Holly Dog. Thoughts are with you Dave.
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Dave, so sorry to hear about your loss of Holly, we know how much she meant to you.
Amber and Jay send snuffles an licks, they did have fun together at Newent!!
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies who has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; his eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
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Thanks again for your kind words of support :)
I've been going through a lot of the pictures I have of Holly, to find my favourite one, so that I can print it A3, put it in a frame and hang it up, as i dont have any pictures of her on display.
It will be my tribute and memory of her. :)
Going through them....i thought the peeps that met her....might like to see some of the pics i took of her when i took her on holibobs this year....which was only 3 weeks ago! Obviously she had cancer then.....but it caught up with her only a matter of weeks later :'(
So here they are.... on the beach at West Bay, one sunny afternoon...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/Hol2014117.jpg?t=1407435482)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/Hol2014114.jpg?t=1407435624)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/Hol2014111.jpg?t=1407435765)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/Hol2014108.jpg?t=1407435947)
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/Hol2014099.jpg?t=1407436050)
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really sorry to hear that.. when animals got serious problems they are so helpless .. and I really feel bad for them.. :'(
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Just sent a shiver over me reading this, So sorry for your loss Dave.
All the best.
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So sorry to hear of your sad loss Dave. She'll be up there now mooching around the BBQ'S on the hunt for a dropped sausage. Think all about the good times mate.
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Our thoughts are with you TD, Holly was a special companion and all who met her fell in love with her.
She will be sadly missed but there is not a bad memory to be had, it brings a smile to my face when I remember her amazing ability to arrive just as the left over sausages from breakfast were cooling off.
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Sorry I am so desperately late to this thread :-[
I am so sorry to hear of the sad passing of Holly, our thoughts were with you at this time :'(
Anyone who has been to any of the meets where Holly lingered around the BBQ will know what a lovely lab she was, and that she was given the monica of the official OOF mascot. I have many happy memories of Holly at the meets. I hope the happy memories help you to at this difficult time :'(
Whilst you're going through the pictures, feel free to post some more up, I'd certainly be delighted to see some more.
Lastly, as you already know, you made the right decision, however difficult it was.
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Whilst you're going through the pictures, feel free to post some more up, I'd certainly be delighted to see some more.
Me too, we could also make a sticky in the Gallery? Just an idea :y
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How pets get into our hearts. :'( :'( :'(
There will come a time to love them again though. They are such bright spirits. Especially when there's sausages about ;D :-* :y
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Ok, here are some more pics of Holly...
2013 Hols...
Going to fetch
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_1200.jpg?t=1407950377)
Got it!
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_1203.jpg?t=1407950604)
Getting closer
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_1206.jpg?t=1407950786)
I'm back!
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_1207.jpg?t=1407950942)
Im pretty certain this one i took at Newent, after she couldnt eat anymore sausages...
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_0732.jpg?t=1407951308)
Just a random pic taken at a garden party..
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_0919.jpg?t=1407952363)
On Hol 2010..
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_0583.jpg?t=1407952138)
This one (my avatar) I have decided is one of my favourites and I have printed this one out A3 and is in a frame hanging on the wall of my dining room just to the left, behind me, of where i usually sit at the dining room table, when on the lappy....so it looks as tho she is looking over my shoulder seeing what im doing :y
(http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee437/taxi_driver/100_0066cropped.jpg?t=1407952736)
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What a beautiful girl. Framed pic is a great idea. RIP.
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Im pretty certain this one i took at Newent, after she couldnt eat anymore sausages...
Holly? Sausages? Must have been an imposter!