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MrMagoo said:
We had to say goodbye to our beautiful girl Luna last week 2 weeks before her 7th birthday which was devastating.

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She had visited the vet five times over the past month or so, as she had begun to show signs of lethargy during walks and occasionally while at home. Despite maintaining a healthy appetite, the vets couldn’t find anything wrong—even after three ultrasounds and multiple blood tests. Then we noticed a slight issue with her rear right leg. By the following day, it had worsened significantly. At that point, the vet suspected a neurological issue, as there was no evidence of problems with her joints or limbs, and we were referred to a specialist first thing the next morning.

Within 15 minutes, the specialist diagnosed fluid around her heart, requiring emergency surgery, which was performed immediately. An hour later, we received the devastating news: it was cancer on her heart and inoperable. However, due to her age, they believed chemotherapy could offer her a good quality of life—perhaps 30 to 100 days—without her being aware she was ill. We chose this option to give everyone time to say their goodbyes and enjoy life with her while she was still happy.

After an initially positive response to the chemo she regained mobility in her leg which meant she could go outside and play in the garden, sadly a week later, she suddenly declined. She lost the use of both rear legs and most of her remaining strength, this left her with no quality of life. I had to make one of the hardest decisions of my life. The following morning, we arranged a home visit, and she passed peacefully in her bed, surrounded by family. She was then taken to the local pet crematorium. I’ll be collecting her next week, and she’ll return home to rest in her favourite spot—beside her older sister, under a Luna Hibiscus (her sister lies beneath a Lola Rose).

The house feels empty now, and coming home each day no longer brings the same joy.

We’ll be welcoming another Golden Retriever in the coming months—not as a replacement, but because they bring so much love and happiness. I’ve been around dogs nearly all my life, and wish to be for the remainder.

Thank you, Luna, for everything you gave us in the short time we had with you, as they say you were my favourite hello but the hardest goodbye.
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Sorry for your loss, especially at that age.
 
MrMagoo said:
We had to say goodbye to our beautiful girl Luna last week 2 weeks before her 7th birthday which was devastating.

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She had visited the vet five times over the past month or so, as she had begun to show signs of lethargy during walks and occasionally while at home. Despite maintaining a healthy appetite, the vets couldn’t find anything wrong—even after three ultrasounds and multiple blood tests. Then we noticed a slight issue with her rear right leg. By the following day, it had worsened significantly. At that point, the vet suspected a neurological issue, as there was no evidence of problems with her joints or limbs, and we were referred to a specialist first thing the next morning.

Within 15 minutes, the specialist diagnosed fluid around her heart, requiring emergency surgery, which was performed immediately. An hour later, we received the devastating news: it was cancer on her heart and inoperable. However, due to her age, they believed chemotherapy could offer her a good quality of life—perhaps 30 to 100 days—without her being aware she was ill. We chose this option to give everyone time to say their goodbyes and enjoy life with her while she was still happy.

After an initially positive response to the chemo she regained mobility in her leg which meant she could go outside and play in the garden, sadly a week later, she suddenly declined. She lost the use of both rear legs and most of her remaining strength, this left her with no quality of life. I had to make one of the hardest decisions of my life. The following morning, we arranged a home visit, and she passed peacefully in her bed, surrounded by family. She was then taken to the local pet crematorium. I’ll be collecting her next week, and she’ll return home to rest in her favourite spot—beside her older sister, under a Luna Hibiscus (her sister lies beneath a Lola Rose).

The house feels empty now, and coming home each day no longer brings the same joy.

We’ll be welcoming another Golden Retriever in the coming months—not as a replacement, but because they bring so much love and happiness. I’ve been around dogs nearly all my life, and wish to be for the remainder.

Thank you, Luna, for everything you gave us in the short time we had with you, as they say you were my favourite hello but the hardest goodbye.
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Oh poor, poor Luna and so sorry for all of you too. What a horribly tragic and awful thing to have happened. :(
 
So I thought I'd update this again after my poor experience with attempting to take on a rescue.

Anyway, today we bit the bullet & drove a 5 hour round trip to meet a lovely Cane Corso & a Chocolate Labrador who have had 10 puppies, the lab was mega chilled.

I thought Cane Corso's were meant to be suspicious of new people? This one was kept out of the room for a bit but we could hear him chuntering to himself & he kept trying the door handle, she let him in to meet us after warning us & I can see why she kept him out of the room, it was like a very meaty & hyperactive explosion of energy bouncing about the place.

Anyway, we will be welcoming our new friend Franklin (Frank), the black Cane Corso/Labrador to our house on the 26th or 27th of December all going well.

Pictured is my very happy 7 year old holding Frank for the first time.

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Iamzod said:
So I thought I'd update this again after my poor experience with attempting to take on a rescue.

Anyway, today we bit the bullet & drove a 5 hour round trip to meet a lovely Cane Corso & a Chocolate Labrador who have had 10 puppies, the lab was mega chilled.

I thought Cane Corso's were meant to be suspicious of new people? This one was kept out of the room for a bit but we could hear him chuntering to himself & he kept trying the door handle, she let him in to meet us after warning us & I can see why she kept him out of the room, it was like a very meaty & hyperactive explosion of energy bouncing about the place.

Anyway, we will be welcoming our new friend Franklin (Frank), the black Cane Corso/Labrador to our house on the 26th or 27th of December all going well.

Pictured is my very happy 7 year old holding Frank for the first time.

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Incredibly sad and frustrating a poor dog in need of a home has been denied one due to, on the face of it at least, unnecessary bureaucracy!

Lovely Christmas present for the family though.
 
Jimbeam3678 said:
Incredibly sad and frustrating a poor dog in need of a home has been denied one due to, on the face of it at least, unnecessary bureaucracy!

Lovely Christmas present for the family though.
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Yes, it was frustrating for us. Not least because the last e-mail I sent to them was early on Wednesday morning & we finally got a reply yesterday about an hour after we'd decided to put a deposit down on Frank as we thought we were just not going to get a response.

He was the only black pup in the litter & i've always had black dogs, I just couldn't turn him down or wait & risk losing the opportunity.
 
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We found ourselves in the area on Wednesday after taking our daughter out for the day to Lapland UK.

We ended up popping in to see Frank again as the lady said we can drop in to see him if we are about, he's changed loads as he's now got a little personality! He's a fair bit bigger than he was before & now really lively & alert, his tail wags like crazy now!

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Lyra (our Cairn Terrier) first go at a Barn Hunt competition, she's only being doing it a couple of months so this is her first time in a live competition. Hidden in a cardboard tube is a dead rat (!) somewhere under those bales of hay, she has to idicate where it is by lying down near to it. She has 2 minutes to find it and she did so in 1min 50. This is a video so click on the image to view...

 
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Lyra (our Cairn Terrier) first go at a Barn Hunt competition, she's only being doing it a couple of months so this is her first time in a live competition. Hidden in a cardboard tube is a dead rat (!) somewhere under those bales of hay, she has to idicate where it is by lying down near to it. She has 2 minutes to find it and she did so in 1min 50. This is a video so click on the image to view...

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Poor Roland, used for hide and seek after his demise... :D.

I'm pretty sure that most of our dogs over the years would have smashed this out of the park, they can certainly find everything I've hidden in seconds (and eat the bloody thing just as quick).

While I was dog sitting in October, the damn cat's kept bringing in a mixture of fully live, part live and passed small creatures, and two of our Cockers thought it was like a doggy Deliveroo service :eek::D.
 
We went to pick up Frank earlier.

Aside from the initial excitement in the car he slept most of the way home.

His tail never stops wagging furiously & he's already learned how to get on & off of the sofa, first few attempts resulted in face plants.

He's a proper land shark though & gets zoomies quite a lot, we've bought him a toy elephant that makes crinkly sounds, he attacks it & then goes mental, he's going to be a handful I reckon.
 
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