How Do We Honor Pets After They Pass?

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In summary, Kurdt's dog Emma passed away suddenly after taking ill 3 days ago. She had a tumor on her spleen that ruptured and caused internal bleeding. Kurdt shared a photo of Emma and thanked everyone for their kind words. Others in the conversation also expressed their sympathies and shared stories of their own experiences with losing pets. Turbo-1 mentioned considering adopting a shelter dog in honor of Emma, and Kurdt later shared pictures of his new Doberman puppies.
  • #71
That is terrible news, I hope you have lots of time left with her. She looks like a hilarious dog that is impossible not to love.
 
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  • #72
Here is the pup we will be getting next week.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2826/navyanpink9km2.jpg
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  • #73
She is adorable!
 
  • #74
what's on her nose?
 
  • #75
Math Is Hard said:
what's on her nose?

Philadelphia cream cheese. They use it to try and get them to stand properly.
 
  • #76
What a cutie! She looks great!
 
  • #77
lisab said:
What a cutie! She looks great!

How is your dog lisa?
 
  • #78
Kurdt said:
How is your dog lisa?

She's doing well, thanks. Really, she doesn't look or act sick.

The tumors that she has are slow-growing. One of them is on the top of her head and it might be difficult to remove, so we have to go see a canine oncologist to find out how to procede. She's an older dog so I don't want to put her through a difficult chemotherapy. From what I've read, chemo doesn't work well against this cancer, anyway.

We'll see what the specialist thinks about it.
 
  • #79
As long as she's not in any pain at the minute and has a good quality of life then that is good. Its always a very difficult position that you're in and I can only hope that your dog has many more happy days and does not suffer in the end.
 
  • #80
Kurdt said:
Philadelphia cream cheese. They use it to try and get them to stand properly.

:smile:

She's really cute...has a very soft, gentle look in her eyes. :approve:
 
  • #81
Thanks for posting it here Kurdt{shakes fist at the chat Gods}, she is really beautiful!
 
  • #82
lisab said:
She's doing well, thanks. Really, she doesn't look or act sick.

The tumors that she has are slow-growing. One of them is on the top of her head and it might be difficult to remove, so we have to go see a canine oncologist to find out how to procede. She's an older dog so I don't want to put her through a difficult chemotherapy. From what I've read, chemo doesn't work well against this cancer, anyway.

We'll see what the specialist thinks about it.

I know that's a tough decision. Went through a similar situation with my kitty. She developed vaccination site sarcomas. http://www.avma.org/vafstf/ownbroch.asp

I decided not to do chemotherapy, and we still had a good year and a half together before she passed on. The tumors didn't seem to bother her very much until the very end.
 
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  • #83
Math Is Hard said:
I know that's a tough decision. Went through a similar situation with my kitty. She developed vaccination site sarcomas. http://www.avma.org/vafstf/ownbroch.asp

I decided not to do chemotherapy, and we still had a good year and a half together before she passed on. The tumors didn't seem to bother her very much until the very end.

So sorry to hear about your kitty! I hate seeing their health fail - it's the hardest part of having pets.
 
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  • #84
The kitty suspects nothing.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1719/catondeskzo0.jpg

:rolleyes:
 
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  • #85
Came to this thread a little late. What a gorgeous pup!
 
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Kurdt said:
The kitty suspects nothing.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1719/catondeskzo0.jpg

:rolleyes:
I she that's she's resting up after a long physics session. :smile:
 
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  • #87
I want to snorgle Kurdt's kittycat. :!)
 
  • #88
Evo said:
I she that's she's resting up after a long physics session. :smile:

She'd just finished tutoring me.
 
  • #89
Kurdt said:
She'd just finished tutoring me.

...in the finer points of napping!
 
  • #90
Kurdt said:
She'd just finished tutoring me.

lisab said:
...in the finer points of napping!

Very important when studying physics. :biggrin:

She is an adorable kitty. I'm much more of a fan of the big fluffy ones than the short haired cats (Ember told me I had to write that. :biggrin:)
 
  • #91
Her fur is so fine and soft. Only problem is it gets everywhere. Its such fine hair it hangs in the air and you'll be walking through the house and suddenly get a lung full of cat hair. :eek:
 
  • #92
Kurdt said:
The kitty suspects nothing.

squeal!..so cute.
 
  • #93
:smile: I think the cat has stolen the thread from the new pup.
 

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