LEGEND My Dog ROCKS!

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Mine was very edgy And aggressive when I first got him. Over time, if you assert you are the stable, calm, dominant, they will relax a bit, as they feel they no longer have to be the dominant one.

If he is A rescue, take him to a vet soon as well. They use a general wormer, but it is not effective against tape worms. My boy had a cracked tooth and tape worms. His aggressive behavior was reduced greatly when those 2 issues were corrected.
 
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That is so cool. I actually spent an aggregate 6 months in Turkey - all over, every corner.

Great country and people. And at the time, (mid eighties), very pro-American.
Don't know that that's the case now.
 
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Had to say goodbye to my boy Max today. Was suffering from kidney failure and had some kind of mass on his spleen that had ruptured and was inoperable due to his age.

My house feels empty right now
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Very sorry Bro, take comfort he had a great life with you and would still want you to have a great life going forward. Take care my friend
 
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Mikey... my heart goes out to you Brudda. Hopefully the pain eases up soon.

Just know... he knows how lucky he was to have you as his Papa. He KNOWS!
 
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VegasRam said:
Mari and I had to put our 14 year old lab down yesterday. Everybody's dog is the best dog ever - I get that, and actually, I believe it. Reason isn't important, but she was in obvious pain - spine/hip problems - and it was time. Fortunately (a relative term), my Vet is a friend, and he came by the house, so we were with her at the end.

I added an office on to my house in 2006, and have worked at home ever since, so Mari, Roxy and I have basically been together 24/7 for a long time now. I've had to put dogs down before, but this time is as painful as it gets. Maybe it's my age (67 in a couple weeks), but I don't think so. Read a lot on the web yesterday about grief over losing a pet, and would recommend that to anyone dealing with this. Crying is not an option either - it is required.

I don't usually share this kind of stuff, and don't know how cathartic it is (if at all), but the attitude of all the members here is unique as forums go, and and I just felt like honoring Rox.

Y'all give your dog a hug - he or she probably deserves it.
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Not sure how I didn't find this post 'til just now...big dog guy.

Something about Labs...they will worm their way into your heart (frankly, every dog will to one degree or another) and never leave.

We moved to Phoenix the first time in 2002 from So Cal. My wife's two conditions were simple: a house with grass in the yard and a puppy. The house came first in less than 6 months but the puppy took a little more time.

The following year we were at a church ministry event up in Prescott Valley when one of the local church families arrive with a lab puppy to let folks in their church body know they had a new litter of available pups. My wife asked to pet her, she fell asleep in her arms and the rest was history.

Like most labs, Lacy was all energy and loved to get into trouble. She chewed everything she could get her paws on, swiped food off the counter and did all the things that you think of when you think of a stereo-typical Labrador Retreiver. She even swallowed a sock and once broke out of her crate, went into every room in the house, chewed on something in each and locked her self in the downstairs bathroom for the rest of the day until we got home. Talented dog.

Three years ago just a few days before Christmas and just a day after my birthday we had to put her down. She'd developed multiple lipomas and while none were a malignant growth, one had gotten so big it was about to rupture or would have to be removed. We couldn't justify the cost of the surgery and difficult recovery for a 14 1/2 yr old dog so we put her down.

The biggest struggle was that we'd just had her for so damn long...we'd been married 18 years at that point and she'd been a part of the family for nearly 15 of those. At one point we'd been told that we would likely never have kids on our own or without prohibitive costs.

She lived long enough, along with the other two we'd added over the years to see the birth of our miracle baby in 2015. And while we tried to never be 'those people' she and the other pups had become our kids, granted with four legs instead of two. She was central to everything about our lives as a family.

The hardest thing for me was the hole I sensed where she'd been; I couldn't hardly remember the three years before she arrived.

While time blunts the pain, even though your loss is five-plus years ago I'm sure it still hurts. I'm so sorry.

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AZRams said:
Not sure how I didn't find this post 'til just now...big dog guy.

Something about Labs...they will worm their way into your heart (frankly, every dog will to one degree or another) and never leave.

We moved to Phoenix the first time in 2002 from So Cal. My wife's two conditions were simple: a house with grass in the yard and a puppy. The house came first in less than 6 months but the puppy took a little more time.

The following year we were at a church ministry event up in Prescott Valley when one of the local church families arrive with a lab puppy to let folks in their church body know they had a new litter of available pups. My wife asked to pet her, she fell asleep in her arms and the rest was history.

Like most labs, Lacy was all energy and loved to get into trouble. She chewed everything she could get her paws on, swiped food off the counter and did all the things that you think of when you think of a stereo-typical Labrador Retreiver. She even swallowed a sock and once broke out of her crate, went into every room in the house, chewed on something in each and locked her self in the downstairs bathroom for the rest of the day until we got home. Talented dog.

Three years ago just a few days before Christmas and just a day after my birthday we had to put her down. She'd developed multiple lipomas and while none were a malignant growth, one had gotten so big it was about to rupture or would have to be removed. We couldn't justify the cost of the surgery and difficult recovery for a 14 1/2 yr old dog so we put her down.

The biggest struggle was that we'd just had her for so damn long...we'd been married 18 years at that point and she'd been a part of the family for nearly 15 of those. At one point we'd been told that we would likely never have kids on our own or without prohibitive costs.

She lived long enough, along with the other two we'd added over the years to see the birth of our miracle baby in 2015. And while we tried to never be 'those people' she and the other pups had become our kids, granted with four legs instead of two. She was central to everything about our lives as a family.

The hardest thing for me was the hole I sensed where she'd been; I couldn't hardly remember the three years before she arrived.

While time blunts the pain, even though your loss is five-plus years ago I'm sure it still hurts. I'm so sorry.

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Thanks for sharing AZ -- Sounds like she had a great life. (y)
 
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Had to say goodbye to my boy Max today. Was suffering from kidney failure and had some kind of mass on his spleen that had ruptured and was inoperable due to his age.

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Brings tears to my eyes.I know you're a Good Owner and Sad to hear.

Just to let you know my neighbor is doing Very Good with her Pit from the heads up you and @Deac gave me.
 
AZRams said:
Not sure how I didn't find this post 'til just now...big dog guy.

Something about Labs...they will worm their way into your heart (frankly, every dog will to one degree or another) and never leave.

We moved to Phoenix the first time in 2002 from So Cal. My wife's two conditions were simple: a house with grass in the yard and a puppy. The house came first in less than 6 months but the puppy took a little more time.

The following year we were at a church ministry event up in Prescott Valley when one of the local church families arrive with a lab puppy to let folks in their church body know they had a new litter of available pups. My wife asked to pet her, she fell asleep in her arms and the rest was history.

Like most labs, Lacy was all energy and loved to get into trouble. She chewed everything she could get her paws on, swiped food off the counter and did all the things that you think of when you think of a stereo-typical Labrador Retreiver. She even swallowed a sock and once broke out of her crate, went into every room in the house, chewed on something in each and locked her self in the downstairs bathroom for the rest of the day until we got home. Talented dog.

Three years ago just a few days before Christmas and just a day after my birthday we had to put her down. She'd developed multiple lipomas and while none were a malignant growth, one had gotten so big it was about to rupture or would have to be removed. We couldn't justify the cost of the surgery and difficult recovery for a 14 1/2 yr old dog so we put her down.

The biggest struggle was that we'd just had her for so damn long...we'd been married 18 years at that point and she'd been a part of the family for nearly 15 of those. At one point we'd been told that we would likely never have kids on our own or without prohibitive costs.

She lived long enough, along with the other two we'd added over the years to see the birth of our miracle baby in 2015. And while we tried to never be 'those people' she and the other pups had become our kids, granted with four legs instead of two. She was central to everything about our lives as a family.

The hardest thing for me was the hole I sensed where she'd been; I couldn't hardly remember the three years before she arrived.

While time blunts the pain, even though your loss is five-plus years ago I'm sure it still hurts. I'm so sorry.

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Nice Post. I've got a 5 year old pit and don't know what I will do if she goes before me.

She's My Everything.
 
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One of my sons dug up this picture that I had forgotten all about. So this is a pic of a pic and a screenshot as well. This pic was taken around 1990 I'm guessing.

It's a pic of my 2 pugs. I've talked about the fat one on the right here on the site before. His name was Blade... named after Jim Everett of course. It's funny to me that my dog Blade was fat and Jim got his nickname Blade for being so skinny. I had the GQ magazine cover that Everett was on... the one were he was wearing a fur coat... framed and hanging over Blade's dog bed.

The little pug coming out of the igloo dog house was named Serge. I named him after the gay guy on Beverly Hills Cop... the one obviously named Serge. I found out that Serge was gay soon after I brought him home to be Blade's best friend. Trust me... it wasn't a humping thing that convinced everyone Serge was gay. I'm not gonna go into it... but Serge was the perfect name for that little dude.


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