carole
07-16-2009, 09:39 PM
Today my friend Jane rang me early this morning to tell me Duke her dog had collasped and could not walk, so she rushed him in as soon as the vets opened, she knew the news would probably be bad, Duke is 14yrs old, and until now had seemed fine, not long ago he had a small operation on his throat to help with his breathing difficulties but that was about it.
Sadly today Duke left for the Rainbow Bridge, they found he had cancer of the spleen and possibly liver, she was astounded and in shock to find this out, the vets re-assured her there was no way she would have known.
Let me tell you how she got Duke, he used to live next door to her when she lived in the same street as me, the owner really did not take very good care of him, he had a bad skin problem, and often wandered the road, a dog who had no road sense and was hit by a car once, luckily his injury's were minimal, for years the neighbour dropped Duke off in the morning to Jane and then picked him up in the evening, in the mean time Jane saw to most of his needs and he was one of the family.
So when she shifted about two years ago, she asked if she could keep Duke, thank goodness the owner said yes, and he has been happily settled on her lifestyle block.
Poor Jane also had to deal with all of this on her own, as her husband is in Italy at the moment.
Please keep a thought for my friend .
RIP dear Duke, You were a sweet loving old dog, who was great friends with the kitties.
Sadly today Duke left for the Rainbow Bridge, they found he had cancer of the spleen and possibly liver, she was astounded and in shock to find this out, the vets re-assured her there was no way she would have known.
Let me tell you how she got Duke, he used to live next door to her when she lived in the same street as me, the owner really did not take very good care of him, he had a bad skin problem, and often wandered the road, a dog who had no road sense and was hit by a car once, luckily his injury's were minimal, for years the neighbour dropped Duke off in the morning to Jane and then picked him up in the evening, in the mean time Jane saw to most of his needs and he was one of the family.
So when she shifted about two years ago, she asked if she could keep Duke, thank goodness the owner said yes, and he has been happily settled on her lifestyle block.
Poor Jane also had to deal with all of this on her own, as her husband is in Italy at the moment.
Please keep a thought for my friend .
RIP dear Duke, You were a sweet loving old dog, who was great friends with the kitties.