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I know I don't post here so much but :(

We lost Herman yesterday evening. Utterly, utterly shocked. Had taken him to the vets as he was being sick and was starting to appear a little dehydrated. Vet felt tummy & felt something so x rayed and saw something blocking his intestine. I thought it was a bloody stick, he had a bad habit of picking one up then racing off with it to chew in peace before I come bustling up after him to get it off him. He did it on his walk yesterday morning.

Vet sent me home and said they'd ring as soon as any news. When the phone rang within 40minutes of me getting back, I knew it wasn't going to be good news but I didn't expect to be told he had aggressive cancer EVERYWHERE. One of his tumours had burst so there was absolutely no decision to make and he didn't wake up. I am utterly bereft.

I've gone over and over it, there was NO outside sign he had cancer, even the vet was shocked at just how normal he was (for a weimaraner ;) ). He was only 3.

I don't know what to do! You have to believe me when I say he was my shadow. He came EVERYWHERE with me, he slept at my feet (a 36kg dog hogging the duvet is even less fun than the boyfriend), he came to work with me, the only times we were apart was at the yard (jealous of the cob) and when I was at the gym (and he was so liked he was even allowed to come there with me on a couple of occasions when it was quiet!). He knew my car was coming from 3 streets away and would be at the window waiting to watch me pull up the drive & would be by the door to greet me. My cats, god love them, have taken his place at the foot of the bed so I still have weight there, even if it isn't Barky-weight. My boyfriend is a mess as well. I swear that dog was nearly human.

I'm rambling now but I just can't believe he has gone. And I know it hasn't hit me fully yet. I just wish I could have had one last kiss of his snout :wub: He wouldn't go with the vet to the x ray room so I had to lead him in then shoot out before he tried to get out with me. It's the last time I saw him :(

Hug your hound today and think of Herman for me.
 
Thats so sad :(

There is nothing worse than looseing such a good friend that quickly, when you were so unprepared for it and at such a young age. Life is so unfair sometimes, it's sickening!

All I can offer is (((hugs))):(

Run to the bridge Herman and play in the sun.
 
Oh no, I am so very sorry, my heart goes out to you. A friend lost her l/h weim on Tuesday from a spinal tumour, she was only 7, like Herman she showed no signs until 24 hours earlier , these weim must be tough. It is bad enough losing an old dog but at such a young age it is so cruel. My thoughts to you and your boyfriend. x
 
So very sorry. It is so hard to lose our much loved friends. Nothing anyone can say to make you feel better but just that there are a lot of people here who know exactly what he have been through.
 
So very sorry. The way you describe him is so lovely.
Dear Herman, your life may have been short, but to be loved, and to love, the way you did, was very special.
 
Oh my Goodess:(, I am so shcoed to read this and so very very sorry for you:( you must be in total shock, esp him being so young this happening so quick with no time to prepare (always the worst way to lose them) imo.
Alteast it came quick and he went under the anaesthetic, always the best way, the heart ache and pain is now left with you but not your boy as sad as that sounds.
My thoughts are with you ((huges)) and sleep tight handsome boy.

Ps, we are seeing an increased rate of this in labradoodles funnily enough and a rescue one we had in last year was let go under anaesthetic at only 12 months.:(
 
Thank you everyone, I'm just reeling still at the minute. I've just spent a couple of hours at the yard chatting about him which has helped and although its horrible for me, I'm glad he went the way he did. We've been playing what if's and were they's this morning, the boyfriend and I but on his walk yesterday morning, he was fine - completely as normal. I have a video of him 2 weeks ago, chasing geese and being FURIOUS he couldn't fly as well but I can't get it to upload. He was such a cheerful boy, he really was.

MM, your friend has sent me a message on FB - my heart is breaking for her as well, D was a beautiful girl.
 
Im so sorry MM :( RIP Herman.
He was lovely and I know how much you doted on him, what a fabulous time you gave him while he was here. Massive massive hugs xxxx
 
Nothing can prepare you for a shock like that, it is the most dreadful feeling to hear that from your vet, my heart goes out to you.

I too lost my dog of a lifetime age 4yrs old took him to the vet on Sunday morning, came home,worsened in the afternoon so took him back and he stayed there until we were called by the vet on Monday morning to say they wanted to put him down.

Like you we were consumed by what ifs but in all honesty there was no picking it up earlier.

Herman sounded the most wonderful dog and as he was so young doubley painful, Im sure you feel like I did that you were robbed of his young life but in time you will also realise you were blessed to have him in your life.

Hugs to you xx
 
(((((((((((((((((((((HUGE HUGS))))))))))))))))))))))))))

We lost our beloved Stan in June (at 4 years old) - bone cancer. So sudden, but so horrific. I wish with all my heart he was still here, but after a lot of soul searching, we now have Percy (born the same week Stan died). He is so like Stan, and is helping to mend broken hearts, he's wonderful in his own way.

My heart goes out to you. Please try Bach Remedy "Star of Bethlehem" - for total grief, it really helped us.

RIP Herman. xxx
 
Thank you everyone. It's starting to sink in now, just little routines we had, like this morning I got up to go to the yard, the dog would always come downstairs with me and make himself comfy on the sofa, I'd potter about getting ready, then I'd go say bye to the boyfriend and tell him not to forget the dog (he never would, it was just one of our sayings). There was an empty, awkward silence after I said bye. Then when I pulled out of the drive, he [Herman] wasn't watching me go. That was painful. I'm at work now and there's a load of treats on my desk, the stag bar I got for him but had never given him and hardest of all, I've taken his baby gate down from the office door. There's still some biscuits he hadn't eaten in his bowl from Friday (it was normal for him to be a finicky little pest, so we didn't think anything of it) but I can't bring myself to bin them yet. Ridiculous.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151026265290458&set=vb.511365457&type=2&theater If you can cope with the sound of geese, leave the sound up, he's so cross he can't get them he's barking at them. That was on 16th August. I cannot believe he got so ill so quick.

I do miss my most perfect special best boy RIP kiddo xxx
 
Its the little routine things that really get you! After we had Buffy pts I still got 2 biscuits out for bedtime every night for ages.:( I should have realised that in the close world of long hairs you and L would know of each other. I hope in some small way you are able to comfort each other, I am sure Herman and D are together over Rainbow Bridge and she will be mothering him.
 
Had a similar situation earlier this year with my GSP boy(liver cancer-perfectly healthy until a few days before he died). I feel for you,my greatest sympathies:( Time helps but there is no escaping the grief at the beginning. RIP Herman.
 
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