Sammy was a good boy at heart...we had to put him down due to a lot of sudden medical complications. It started with cushions disease, then back problems, and then his front legs sustained injury which caused them to be hollowed out .
I write this asking for prayers, and to shed light on tyranny of the animal care system. It really is no better than how horrible our human health care system is. All these drugs and treatment to help our precious pets are insanely expensive. Only those with wealth are able to allow their pets a second chance at life. I know Sammy would've recovered and had at least 2 more years if we were able to afford the treatment. He had the spirit and energy to move around, just didn't have the body... I also noticed some suspicious behavior from the staff. I don't believe they're nefarious by any intent, but I could sense a level of incompetence, or neglect from them. I don't know how to explain, but it didn't feel right. I don't think I'll go back to them...but despite that we did what we had to do, and we did everything we possibly could to help our dog.
I pray too, that the collapse of this wicked evil in our world will help not just us humans, but as well our furry families.
And thank you all for fighting the good fight in this information war.
They give us everything they've got every single day they spend with us. The trade off is that we have to decide when they leave this world most of the time.
It's a great trade, but it never feels like it at the end. I've lost many dogs in my almost 50 years here and it only gets harder. There's a GSD I lost 5 years ago that I'll never get over as long as I live.
I'm very, very sorry you lost your boy, xchain. I've encountered that same vague incompetence and unhealthy detachment. Thankfully, I've encountered the opposite as well, although I paid dearly for it from a financial perspective. But it did give me 2 and a half more years with my GSD.
Pet medications/drugs are as much of a racket as the human equivalent, sadly. Worse, they're put on the market with even less testing than the human equivalents.
I hope you see your boy running towards you when the day arrives that you leave this earth. I know that when my time comes, the first thing I'll be looking for is my boy too.