RIP Holley :-(
 

Posting because a lot of you knew her. We had to have Holley put down today. I noticed her gums looked pale the other day and showed my mom. Brought her to the vet today and she has blood in her stool. She's bleeding out from somewhere, but not sure if its cancer or something else. She's a 12 year old Akita, so she's lived a full and happy life, well beyond what her expectancy would be. God, I'm gonna miss that dog :cry:


RIP sweetheart.
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I'm so sorry. We were just talking about her Sunday, she was just laying on the floor of the golf cart. RIP Holley.

Damn, sorry to hear that. :(

damn i hate these kinds of post!!! so sorry to hear that melissa:cry:
you know that i just went threw having to put my cat of 19 years down about a year ago. so i can feel your pain.

Rip

Sorry for your loss !! Pets are like members of the family

agreed

Very sorry to hear - pets are family members

Damn... that dog was awesome :cry:

Sorry to hear that, dog seemed fine on Sunday :(

That's the sucky part of owning pets....

Sorry for the loss :(

sorry to hear that =/ i still can't get over loseing my 8 month old rottie last month. i found her laying on the floor. i know how you feel.. it's horrible

sorry to hear, i no u still got your crazy dog but it still sucks losing one of them.

very sorry to hear this =/

RIP Holley....
Glad I got to see her one last time.

oh damn... i ****ing loved her.

RIP Holley.

Sorry to hear Melissa. :-(

Sorry for your loss Mellissa; its always difficult to lose a pet.

Sorry to hear about the dog. We just went through that last year. Dogs are great and they each have their own personality, that's what you really end up missing.

Thank you everyone. It's very hard to lose her, she wasn't just treated like a member of the family, she WAS a member of the family. We planned our whole lives around her, she would come to work with us, go racing with us, family camping trips, etc.

The hardest part is knowing there was nothing we could do. All her life we've been saving her, beating the odds with caring for her. When she was 9 months old she needed surgery because she was diagnosed with hip displasia. A lot of other families would have brought her back, asked for their money back and she would have been put down. Then not long after, in her first heat she had a cyst on her ovary and nearly bled put then. Our vet cancelled all appointments and did an emergency hystorectomy (sp?). She's also had her knee operated on, twice. not from anything hereditary, but she blew it out chasing a squirrel on wet leaves.

So her whole life, we always paid whatever it took to fix her up, probably took better care of her than ourselves. This time there was nothing we could do. When the vet called and said he couldn't find where she was bleeding from and it can't be stopped, it was devastating. the longest 10 mile trip I've ever taken was to go say goodbye. She seemed fine, her tail wiggled and she gave me kisses, but you could see her gums were very pale. Life won't be the same without her, but we'll learn to cope.

That really stinks, Holley was awesome! :(

The hardest part is ALWAYS that last trip to the vet, knowing that our buddy is not coming back with us. It's playing GOD that upsets me the most. We know it is in their best interests, but we want to be selfish and keep them forever. The pain and suffering they go thru is but forgotten when they see us, but we realize that in the end, we have to make that decision for THEM and not for US. Remember ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN!

I'm so sorry to hear melissa. she'll be missed. :-(

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sorry about your dog holley