My mate Billy

[Phil Pascoe]

Nigel - ours is Pet Plan. £7000 max, but in the fine print £750 for a cruciate ligament. The vet was surprised - he said PP is one of best. We seem to have got the right man for the job -he's not our vet, but we were passed on to him as he specialises in these operations. He asked permission to take photos if there was anything unusual as he lectures all over the Country on these particular operations.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I had a J.Russell that never reacted to noise until one Nov.5th when he was ten. He climbed a wire netting fence, ran two miles and got run over. Stainless pins down his nearside legs for the rest of his life, put down at fourteen as he was so unpredictable around my three year old.

 

[Nigel Burden]

Phil, I think I'll get my daughter to check her policy in that case as they've always paid out with no problems.

On the subject of unpredictable dogs, my daughters previous dog, an English Springer Spaniel, was put to sleep because he would suddenly launch an attack on us without warning. After the attack he would wander around with his tail between his legs looking confused. The general consensus of opinion amongst the vets was that he probably had a brain tumor, or was suffering from what is known by some as Springer rage, or by others as Cocker rage. It seems to be a condition that is more prevalent in dogs with liver colouring.

Nigel.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

What a difference a year makes :shock:

 

[Phil Pascoe]

R.I.P. Moose 19/4/19 - 1/11/20

He wrecked the other cruciate ligament on Friday and had become unstable and unpredictable after the first one. It would have been unkind to put him through all the pain again.

 

[doctor Bob]

I'm so sorry Phil. Heartbreaking.

 

[Fidget]

Very sorry for you, so young

 

[Ttrees]

Gutted to heat that Phil, such sad news.
A cruel world it is.
My condolences, and wishing you and yours will keep strong during these times ahead.

 

[Trevanion]

Sorry to hear that Phil.

Unfortunately that’s a very common problem with Rottweilers (Which is apparently down to years of dodgy breeding practices), our last two had the same problem but not so early in life, the last one had spinal arthritis as well towards the end and it was kinder to let him go than let him keep suffering.

 

[clogs]

we lost 2 Border collies just before we left for here.....12 and 13...these were our working dogs, family pets.....both had cancer......
laid to rest in our woods.....
just down to 3 now.......
but we rescue and foster dumped puppies...the 2 we have now were in a bin/skip at 2-3 days old....!!!!!!!!!......
very poorly they were, lost a lot of sleep over them......now 4 months old and a dream to be around.....
waiting for a flight partner's now.....one to Germany the other to the UK.....

also found these little perishers, again dumped in a bin......but these are our's now and totally safe....

sorry for ur future loss.....gotta say just get another, can't replace the lost one but smoothes out the pain...
getting tearful.....oh, memories hurt.....

 

[AES]

Really sorry to hear that Phil. I do know the feeling - rather like Marmite, I think people either love dogs (and cats) or hate 'em! Our Bella had to be put down YEARS ago now (not a dry eye in the house) and even now, when I think of her I get a lump in my throat. But at least Bella was 17!

Condolences mate.

But speaking of cats (kitten?) little "Fred" in you pic looos like he/she will go some way to keep at least some animal fun going in "Chez Shaft City".

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The cat knew something was amiss - my wife took the dog after I'd said my goodbyes and he sat by my side for an hour. He's never done that before.

 

[Bm101]

Sorry to hear that Phil.

 

[Racers]

Sorry to hear about your dog.

I am taking the cat too the vets on Wednesday we think he is diabetic.

Pete

 

[AES]

The cat knew something was amiss - my wife took the dog after I'd said my goodbyes and he sat by my side for an hour. He's never done that before.

Yeah, it's "funny" what animals can feel/sense, isn't it? Hope he keeps that new habit up for a while.

 

[Nigel Burden]

Sorry to hear that Phil. My daughter had to have her Springer Spaniel put to sleep at four years due to a neurological problem. He became very unpredictable. It's heart breaking.

Nigel.

 

[HOJ]

Truly sorry for your loss, I also lost one of mine recently, her legs gave up, she had been running on three for the last eight years though.

 

[rafezetter]

Sorry for your loss Phil, he looks like he was a fine dog. It's odd how other pets know when something is wrong - my friends cat was pawing at him in the early hours one day which woke him up, and it went to the other room where the dogs slept and one looked like it was having a mild siezure, but then passed shortly after.

 

[Keefy.]

Heartbreaking Phil. Feel your pain.

This geezer we have, Harley, is a rescue and he is absolutely ace. Just a year old when he came to us, had him five now.
We've had Retrievers for years, I thought when we were going to say goodbye to the old fella it would be clean clothes, spur of the moment hol's, no worries about getting someone to look after a dog but no, the Boss got him to keep the last of three brothers going for a bit longer, which he did.
He's my best buddy now.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I shall miss Moose this Xmas, but I still miss the old lady. A boxer is possibly on the horizon in the new year ...