My beautiful dog Flash "smiling" for the camera. - Page 21

targa911S · 03-17-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by Seahawk
You get what you give, Mike.

Hang in there.

yep...spot on there. You love them...they love you. Not as complicated as a woman.

Seahawk · 03-17-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally posted by targa911S
yep...spot on there. You love them...they love you. Not as complicated as a woman.

Sad thing is, I've got one very close. There will not be a dry eye in the house. What a dog she has been.

Erik Mckenna · 03-17-2007, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by MOMO3.2
I typically don't look off topic, but this thread grabbed at my heart. My dog Pete became very ill Thursday night. He was projectile vomiting. I brought him to the vet at 7:00 a.m. Friday. They wathced him, gave him meds, and got his stomach calmed down. My wife picked Pete up at about 4:00 Friday evening. Well, he would not eat and he went RAPIDLY downhill over night. I brought him in this morning again and they are doing exploratory surgery in a couple hours from now.

The reason this is so upsetting is that I had to put our beloved eight year old dog Emma down just over a year ago when she was suferring from very similar symptoms. Emma was never healthy having struggled with a serious bout with Parvo before we adopted her from a pet rescue.

Pete, however, has never been ill. He is young, strong, active, and healthy.

Please say a prayer for our dog Pete.

Pete after finding a hose left running.

Pete "living the good life" on the deck

Mike

What a great looking fella..
i will say a ptayer for sure for the little guy..
He is awesome looking.. did he find some mud? hah!

targa911S · 03-17-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by Seahawk
Sad thing is, I've got one very close. There will not be a dry eye in the house. What a dog she has been.

Sorry to hear this. It's like losing a child for christ sake. They don't ever live long enough. The good thing is that we can put them down when the quality of life decays to a point that they are miserable. I wish we could have done that for my mother last month, she suffered so much it was unbearable for all of us.

MOMO3.2 · 03-17-2007, 02:43 PM

YES!

Thanks to everyone for the positive vibes. Pete just got out of surgery. He literally had a cork stuck in his small intestines. The odd part is, we have not had wine at this house since Thanksgiving...

Again, the news is great! Thank you all.

Mike

targa911S · 03-17-2007, 02:47 PM

A CORK!!!! WHat a hoot! Glad he's OK. Give him a hug from all of us here in the frozen tundra. Henry and Buddy are rolling their eyes and laughing.

MOMO3.2 · 03-17-2007, 02:48 PM

I was trying to remember if I had used a cork on the Porsche and that maybe that is where Pete found it.

Eventually, I realized I was confusing my self with Anthony Hopkins' character in The World's Fastest Indian--doh!

I must be getting old.

Mike

widgeon13 · 03-17-2007, 03:06 PM

Days like that can make you old, great news.

notfarnow · 03-17-2007, 03:31 PM

Great news!

Wow, that's two pelican dogs that pulled through form pretty serious illness. targa911S' Henry pulled through last year, and now Pete.

scottmandue · 03-17-2007, 03:37 PM

Great news, I will hoist a St Pat toast to Pete as soon as I get home from work.

Not my dog:

notfarnow · 08:02 AM

Chance ejoying his favorite spot, all he needs is a good book to chew on:

lisa_spyder · 03-18-2007, 02:43 PM

Great news about Pete (he is VERY cute BTW)...

I often wonder whether I'll be rushing our little "darling" off to the vet for something similar - she always seems to have something in her mouth she shouldn't. Even though I pick up anything I find that is not "Layla safe" she still manages to find stuff - it's like having another baby in the house

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Here she is yesterday - bath time! She's just gone 15 weeks old and is still a little titch. She is the Belle of the Ball at puppy pre-school and has developed a "thing" for an enormous American Bull Dog puppy named Chuckie who at 16 weeks is about the size of a smallish Lab on steroids! He's a gentle giant; but he still manages to whack Layla almost across the room when they are romping. But she simply adores him...I can understand why as he is just gorgeous.

thrown_hammer · 03-19-2007, 11:36 AM

Go Pete!

MOMO3.2 · 03-19-2007, 06:50 PM

Updat:

Pete came through the surgery fine. However, he aspirated some vomit during his bouts before the surgery and has developed pneumonia. It looks like Pete will spend two more days at the vets until he can eat enough food to take his antibiotics orally instead of through an IV.

My wife and I visited Pete today. He was able top wag his tail, but he is still pretty out of it. I will post pics when he is happy, healthy and home.

Thank you for the words of encouragement.

Sincerely,

Mike

targa911S · 03-19-2007, 06:54 PM

Poor Pete. Give him a hug for us. At least he is in good care and has lots of love from his owners.

lisa_spyder · 03-21-2007, 02:14 PM

Mike,

Any update on Pete? Hope he pulls through all this OK...

MOMO3.2 · 03-21-2007, 07:40 PM

I am sorry to say that Pete is really going through a tough episode. The sutures in his intestines opened up. The Dr. had to re-open Pete and remove the area of necrosis. He had fluid all through his abdomen. The surgery was completed at midnight on Tuesday. We had to transfer him to an overnight emergency clinic and put him in ICU. Pete was vomiting blood and I really was not sure he would make it through the night.

Pete is really in trouble right now. The next 48 hours are critical. My wife and I have been visiting him and he is really in pain.

This is devistation.

Pete has gone through 6 days of hell. I cannot bare the thought of losing him so young and putting him through all this discomfort for nothing.

Mike

lisa_spyder · 03-21-2007, 09:43 PM

NO!

I'm almost sorry I asked Mike...and very, very sorry to hear this news.

I'm sending every positive vibe I can muster for Pete (and for you guys too)...I hope things go well in the next few hours.

targa911S · 03-22-2007, 04:11 AM

Oh man! When we didn't get an update yesterday I started to worry. This is not good news and I am SO sorry to here this. Please hug and kiss him for us. We are pulling for lil Pete here.

MOMO3.2 · 03-23-2007, 02:32 PM

I am very sad to say we lost our beloved dog Pete this morning.

My wife and our children are crushed.

Pete was very special to us. He was the definitive loving and loyal companion to our family.

We love you Pete.

Sincerely,

Mike