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We have been blessed to have our wonderful dog, Friday, since the month before DH and I got married. I had been searching the local (and not so local) kennels for a puppy that my sister (who lived in AZ at the time) had found. The puppy had been hit by a car, broken it''s leg, and was nursed back to health by my sister. Unable to keep the dog herself, she asked my DH (FI at the time) and I if we would like to give the dog a home since we had just purchased our house and were getting married the next month. We said that we would, she flew the dog from AZ to OH. Long story short, the dog was scared and got loose at the airport...ran away. We searched for this dog...went to the airport parking garages since there had been sightings, but never found her.
In looking for the lost pooch, my mom and I stumbled across Friday...the only dog in the kennel who was not barking, she looked so scared. She got up to walk over to her cage door and lost her balance. There was a man that was looking too and said "That poor dog, there is something wrong with her...she will never find a home, and you know what the means". Right at that moment, I knew that she had to come and live with us!
I did not have proof pf my new address, so I could not adopt her on my own. I had an hour...I rushed home, told FI "We have to go NOW! We have to save this dogs life"! Unable to say no to me, we headed back.
We adopted Friday without DH even seeing her...the last adoption of the day, they were closing. Friday had been there 7 days.
She has truly been the best dog you could ever imagine, but now she is 13 years old and the years are catching up with her. She has lost so much weight...she looks so sad
I have been crying for days. I want to do what is best for her, but I am just not ready to say goodbye. She has not been to the vet...I struggle with "should I get her a blood test to see for sure"? Should I just come to terms with this??? Money is tight, and I do not want to add stress to her...she nver did like the vet.
So those of you who have been through this, what did you do? I did this with my cat, but I knew that he was sick with cancer...this is hard =(
In looking for the lost pooch, my mom and I stumbled across Friday...the only dog in the kennel who was not barking, she looked so scared. She got up to walk over to her cage door and lost her balance. There was a man that was looking too and said "That poor dog, there is something wrong with her...she will never find a home, and you know what the means". Right at that moment, I knew that she had to come and live with us!
I did not have proof pf my new address, so I could not adopt her on my own. I had an hour...I rushed home, told FI "We have to go NOW! We have to save this dogs life"! Unable to say no to me, we headed back.
We adopted Friday without DH even seeing her...the last adoption of the day, they were closing. Friday had been there 7 days.
She has truly been the best dog you could ever imagine, but now she is 13 years old and the years are catching up with her. She has lost so much weight...she looks so sad
So those of you who have been through this, what did you do? I did this with my cat, but I knew that he was sick with cancer...this is hard =(