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Comment by Bev Levy on March 30, 2011 at 7:15pm

Carry, Your story is so sad..losing a puppy is so heart breaking. I doubt there was anything you could do for him, it was just his time. As a long time pet owner I can only say it isn't any easier to have a long illness or a short one..they are still gone. I guess that is a little depressing isn't it? I like to have a vision of lots of cute, pain free corgis running around somewhere playing while they wait for us. It sounds like you were really fortunate to have him.

Comment by Carry Mackenzie on March 30, 2011 at 3:18pm

My little guy went so quickly- the only sign he was sick was he ate about 1/2 his food Fri, Sat but he was still doing tricks for treats on Saturday & just taking it easy then on Sunday morning he started panting- by 1.30pm that same day he was gone...  He was the sweetest little guy- It just breaks my heart that he wont see the summer & the flowers or ever go swimming in a lake...  I planted columbine seeds today around his grave!!! We all miss him so much!!! 

Comment by Jane Christensen on March 30, 2011 at 9:05am

Deborah, we are sorry for your loss and Eddie was a handsome guy! You did do the right thing for Eddie and it is hard but by putting him 1st you were with him when it mattered the most and to me that is very important that when our faithfull friends have to leave us we are their to help just as they were there for us!

Comment by Bev Levy on March 30, 2011 at 8:01am

Deborah, Thanks for sharing Eddie's story with us. He is joining a really wonderful group of corgis over the bridge. So sorry for your loss.

Comment by Gromit, Sparkle, and Doug on March 29, 2011 at 11:18pm

Deborah, your friend Eddie was a fine looking fellow with a very sweet face.  You did the right thing for him, no matter how hard it was for you.  You were Eddie's friend to the end and honored him well.  Corgi hugs from me and Gromit.

Comment by ♥Deborah on March 29, 2011 at 9:33pm

This is my Eddie ~ I lost him in Sept. 2009, and it broke my heart. He had slipped on the ice during the previous winter (probably chasing squirrels, his favorite thing to do), and his back was damaged. At first, he just acted like an old man with a bad back...but he only got worse. The vet we took him to didn't treat his back, only his pain. I should've never trusted him. Eddie was getting steroid shots to relieve the swelling that was going on in his back. It helped...for a moment, that's all. He got worse and worse, couldn't walk or lay down or get comfortable or sleep or eat or anything after awhile. Then he developed acites from the steroids ~ he swelled up like a balloon...and that only made things worse. He wouldn't come out from under the front deck for days on end, obviously in pain and deeply depressed. I cried every day. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore...his pain was too much, and I was unable to fix him. So when I got home that night, I sat out on the front steps and told him how sorry I was that I couldn't fix him...but I could take away all the pain. I told him what I was going to do the next day and I sat on those steps and cried for what seemed to be forever. (whew ~ this is much harder than I thought it was gonna be...) So the next day we took him to a different vet who was so empathetic and kind...she helped us all that day. We took my Eddie home and buried him in his favorite position, with his favorite blanket, his favorite toy, and three Pupperoni's~ his favorite treat. The new vet sent me a card telling me about the Rainbow Bridge (I had never heard of it before), so I hold this belief that I will be with him again someday, and that he is on the bridge waiting for me....

 

 

Comment by Gromit, Sparkle, and Doug on February 10, 2011 at 10:16pm

Corgi hugs, Annie, to you and your family.   You lost a fine friend there but you also had the joy of her love and companionship during your own difficult times.

Comment by Bev Levy on February 10, 2011 at 9:54pm

Oh gosh, Annie, that made me bring out my Kleenex. She was beautiful and I am so sad her life was cut so short! I lost my Buffy at 6 after 2 years of health problems. It is hard to lose them after many years but the young ones really break my heart. I just try to think about how much fun it must be playing with so many great corgis and other furry buddies over the bridge...

Comment by Annie Marshall on February 10, 2011 at 7:37pm

My Nina was only four years old when she made her journey to Rainbow Bridge.

She'd always been very healthy, active, and full of life.  Then in November, she began having seizures.  Not too bad, but enough to give me quite a scare.  After a visit to the vet, we put her on a low dose of phenobarbital and began treatment for epilepsy.

Then late one night, Nina went into massive seizures that kept coming. I took her to our emergency vet and raised the dosage.

Within a few weeks after that, she grew beligerant with the family and even bit me.  She continued to have the seizures and had lost all control of her bowels.  It was then that I knew in my heart that we weren't dealing with epilepsy.  Something was seriously wrong. And I was right.  There was a brain tumor that couldn't be removed without risking her life.

So we waited a couple of weeks until my husband came home from Afghanistan so he could say goodbye.

She passed peacefully on January 17th, 2011 in my arms knowing how much we loved her and how incredibly special she was to us.

Nina saw me through two of my husband's deployments, the death of my father, and my battle with breast cancer.  All the while, my Nina never left my side.

I had her cremated and her ashes rest on my fireplace mantle.  We will be moving to South Carolina this summer and will take her ashes to the ocean she so loved to play in and scatter her ashes there.

I miss her terribly.  Perhaps one day I'll be able to talk and think about her without the tears.

Comment by Bev Levy on February 10, 2011 at 3:51pm

Amy, Maguire sounds like he was lots of fun!

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