I just got off the phone with our vet. Taking our oldest lab in next Tuesday to discuss his "quality of life". I suspect we probably wont be coming home with him.
That sucks. I am nearing that point with my dog. His arthritis is getting to the point where mobility is becoming an issue.I just got off the phone with our vet. Taking our oldest lab in next Tuesday to discuss his "quality of life". I suspect we probably wont be coming home with him.
Sleds/snowmobiles are the same way.It's tough because she isn't old enough (or really strong enough) to ride a full blown "adult" sized quad, but she is too big for most of the mid/tween sized quads. When you look at bikes like the Yamaha 90, it's a joke. Single a-arm front suspension, non-adjustable crap ass shocks, just awful. Her bike has a wicked wide front that makes it stable as all get out. I showed her how to do donuts and she went nuts.
I'm sure she will be riding Jenny's 250 by the end of the year and be ready for a 400 next season.
Now that this has become a contest, which I will Win™, I will ask to be compensated. That is only right, and it will come from each staff member for your
contest. Then - any staff with a rollover grandfather clause allowing re-compensation instead will be de-compensated and I will have 4 Million Dollars & the worst Love Story. 
get him whatever the equivalent of doggy stoned is and fill the doggy bucket list the next few days.I just got off the phone with our vet. Taking our oldest lab in next Tuesday to discuss his "quality of life". I suspect we probably wont be coming home with him.
Out in Colorado that is actually doggy-stoned.
When Zeke got old reduced mobility was his downfall. Wound up carrying him up and down stairs, and he was a big dog, rescued him from the bottom of a ravine in which he had become thoroughly entangled in grape vines... It just about killed me when we had to put him down.
Cubby has started to fall on his butt regularly. He generally only runs when outside, not really a good sign as running lets both his hind legs work together at the same time vs individual use. The dang dog is tough as a buffalo hide so it is impossible to tell if he is in pain. Medically speaking he probably has years left, but at some point the quality factor will cross the null line and I will have to make the call.
Now that this has become a contest, which I will Win™, I will ask to be compensated. That is only right, and it will come from each staff member for your
Worse than the Black Knight's record before the 2003 Army-Navy Game.
I have French Horn lessons.
Actually it has taken a sharp turn for the better. Dating a 28-year-old will do that.
would not want to meet mmike in a dark alley when angry...
Sorry to hear, man. 14 is not too shabby but it always hurts. Now I have to find and hug my little ball of mischief (against his will, of course).
Ok, I did a google image search for "Canadian Viagra" and it turned up some pretty gory medical pics, eew.
Sorry bud.In keeping with the theme, just got back from the emergency vet, but it wasn't for the dog. Came in this afternoon after working in the yard and found the cat in the bedroom in what was clearly the feline equivalent of shock. She seized on the way to the emergency clinic and pretty much didn't stop until she was medicated. Vet diagnosed a neurological issue of some sort. Stroke/aneurysm, possible brain tumor given her age. We opted to put her down given she was 14. Fuck this shit.
