Our oldest, Heather, called me this afternoon and I could tell something was wrong. She right away said she had bad news. I figured either her husband, who is deployed and trying to figure out if he wants to remain married, was either hurt or killed, or her sister was hurt or in jail.
No, it's her dog, Runtie. She is the sweetest pit bull you have ever met. Her and our Yoda, the schnoodle, were born the same day and year and are both twelve and a half. Well, Heather came home early from work today because she was sick. She let Runtie out into the yard. Well, a squirrel caught her eye and she leapt off the deck and chased her, crashing full on into the fence. Heather said poor Runtie made the worse sounds she has ever heard. She got her loaded into the car and rushed her to the vet. Her shoulder is either broken or dislocated and her leg is broken in at least one place. Surgery would be $3000 or more!!!
She made the decision that she would have her put down and had the vet drug her up so she could bring her home tonight so her sons, Ashtyn (ten years) and Tyler, could tell her good bye along w/the rest of us. Oh my goodness....we spent about two hours there with crying children, adults and a doped up dog. When Alex started crying, it was more than I could stand, and I started crying too. I pulled myself together to tell her the story of the rainbow bridge and that seemed to help.
We finally left to home home to have dinner and I managed to gag that down, and now here I sit with MM at work. She will be taking her to our friends in the morning to have her put down. I offered to go with her, but she wants to go by herself.
Give your dogs an extra scratch for Runtie please.
No, it's her dog, Runtie. She is the sweetest pit bull you have ever met. Her and our Yoda, the schnoodle, were born the same day and year and are both twelve and a half. Well, Heather came home early from work today because she was sick. She let Runtie out into the yard. Well, a squirrel caught her eye and she leapt off the deck and chased her, crashing full on into the fence. Heather said poor Runtie made the worse sounds she has ever heard. She got her loaded into the car and rushed her to the vet. Her shoulder is either broken or dislocated and her leg is broken in at least one place. Surgery would be $3000 or more!!!
She made the decision that she would have her put down and had the vet drug her up so she could bring her home tonight so her sons, Ashtyn (ten years) and Tyler, could tell her good bye along w/the rest of us. Oh my goodness....we spent about two hours there with crying children, adults and a doped up dog. When Alex started crying, it was more than I could stand, and I started crying too. I pulled myself together to tell her the story of the rainbow bridge and that seemed to help.
We finally left to home home to have dinner and I managed to gag that down, and now here I sit with MM at work. She will be taking her to our friends in the morning to have her put down. I offered to go with her, but she wants to go by herself.
Give your dogs an extra scratch for Runtie please.
Maybe they have a payment plan? I had a cat that lived 18 yrs. So 12 sounds young to me.
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