The official EN World puppy/doggo thread

[darjr]

We had to put our middle sheltie down today. At 7 1/2 -- we'd been doing chemotherapy for lymphoma for a couple of months and while her lymph nodes were doing better, we noticed she was getting uncomfortable plus was getting some abdominal bloating. Turns out her internals were riddled with tumors. Hard choice but we couldn't see her suffer.

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My condolences. Hugs if you take em. Or a firm pat in the back.

She looked happy.

 

[Thomas Shey]

We had to put our middle sheltie down today. At 7 1/2 -- we'd been doing chemotherapy for lymphoma for a couple of months and while her lymph nodes were doing better, we noticed she was getting uncomfortable plus was getting some abdominal bloating. Turns out her internals were riddled with tumors. Hard choice but we couldn't see her suffer.

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Sorry to hear it. When we lost Eric, it was because of a spinal tumor. Cancer just tends to develop fast in dogs, so by the time you know its happening, often as not its too late to do much. Its always painful to lose dogs so early, when you know they otherwise could have been with you much longer.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Our good news is that quickly on the heels of losing one dog, we're getting another.

We've tried to maintain about four years of separation between dogs to help spread out the agility training and showing, and since the youngest is 3 1/2 it was time to start looking. Our usual breeder had gotten out of the business; the handful of other performance breeders of Shelties didn't have litters on the way. But the spouse lucked on to a conformation breeder who had ventured out into agility who looks to have good lines and had a huge litter, with a good prospect unspoken for.

She's flying out to Vermont next week to pick him up. Mixed feelings honestly. Happy to welcome a new one, very sad to have let another go well before her time.

 

[Knaves Quill]

This is my dog, Sombra. She wasn't a huge fan of the cat ears, but she was still enough for a picture at least.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

This is Iris. She's an old English sheepdog, about 8 or 8 ½ years old and 60 lbs give or take, which is about as small as a full grown sheepie will get. We've had her for two years after adopting her from a rescue that specializes in bringing dogs over from China. She is completely blind, but she is spooky good at faking eye contact.

 

[Retreater]

We said goodbye to our old gal Kay-Kay last weekend. We adopted her from the shelter 6 years ago, where she was the oldest and longest resident. They said she needed a place to spend her last few years, but her time ended up being longer - and more lively - than anyone expected.
I came to dogs later in life. She was my first to take home and the first to lose.
Give your pups some extra loving from Kay.

 

[Reynard]

Our 4 year old lab mix Gus meets his new brother, 4 month old German Shorthaired Pointer named Puck*.

We had been talking about a new dog, but were aiming for something a little older (18months or so). Unfortunetly, a lady at our doggy daycare had to rehome this guy because he was just a little too much for her given her age. She apparently had this kind of dog her whole life, but had not realized how much she had slowed down in the years siunce her last puppy. So the place asked us to take him.

Fate brings you your dogs, friends.

*She called him Wulfgang, so we went with Puck.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Our 4 year old lab mix Gus meets his new brother, 4 month old German Shorthaired Pointer named Puck*.
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We had been talking about a new dog, but were aiming for something a little older (18months or so). Unfortunetly, a lady at our doggy daycare had to rehome this guy because he was just a little too much for her given her age. She apparently had this kind of dog her whole life, but had not realized how much she had slowed down in the years siunce her last puppy. So the place asked us to take him.

Fate brings you your dogs, friends.

*She called him Wulfgang, so we went with Puck.

Cool shoe, is it a... Hush Puppy?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Last night, our beloved 13yo border collie got out of our yard via a gate left open by the lawn crew. 12 hours later, we got her back…but we almost lost her permanently.

She had fallen into a drainage ditch and couldn’t get out. Fortunately, a nearby homeowner’s daughter and his pool guy heard her barking up the storm drain, and he got her out. She was covered in twigs from thorny bramble bushes, and smelly from the muddy algae covered water.

Right now, she’s been bathed, trimmed & fed. She’s got a slight limp, but hopefully that’s a minor injury + exhaustion.

HOWEVER…

I’ve been contacted by several scammers who claimed to have found her and asking about rewards…AFTER I already had her home.

The last scammer was the worst: he claimed to be an animal control officer informing us about a complaint that we’d violated the leash laws and were being fined. He wanted to do some kind of transaction over the phone, but the more he talked, the more he tipped off that he was a scammer. When he tried to tell me the court clerk wanted to do these transactions contactless, I identified myself as a lawyer who deals with court clerks all the time and would happily have a face to face with the clerk.

He hung up.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: there’s no situation so bad that people can’t make it worse.

 

[MGibster]

I’ve been contacted by several scammers who claimed to have found her and asking about rewards…AFTER I already had her home.

I'm happy you and the dog are all happy, healthy, and at home. Now I have an important message about your car's warranty and if you don't send me gift cards within the next 30 minutes you'll be fined by the Department of the Interior.