Can I have some vibes please?

Oh no, that is truly terrible news and my heartfelt sympathies are with you. I lost my lad almost to the day last year. It's the hardest part of having these wonderful creatures in our lives. No matter how long they are with us it's never long enough. When they are taken young it's even more tragic.

So sorry to hear of your loss. xx
 
My heart sunk for you asoon as I read your OP, liver failure takes them so quickly (well actually because its such a remarkable organ) the damage is done way before u see the symptoms, dogs/humans can function normally on a very low percentage of liver function it regenerates so well, until its literally passed the point of no return.
OH walked a doberman (I never spoke about in on here) because I was pretty heart broken both for the dog(even though she was a pain in the butt) and her owners a young couple who worshipped her and worked very hard with her from being a baby to get her perfectly trained only to lose her 2months back at the age of 2, to liver failure, her liver was tiny, there where no symptoms till the very last week, she was taken the the Edinburgh vet hospital and died on a ventilator and had begun to seizure due to the toxins in her body jsut as her owners got to her:( it was horrendous, and I feel your pain, as she was not even my dog and I was in tears, as we had helped train her since she was baby.

Sleep tight Isa xxx, your where a beautiful girl and hugs to you Jenna xxxxx
 
I'm so sorry for your loss, I lost my girl 3years ago to kidney failure she was 7 and started to loose weight but no other signs till a few days later she collasped had test but was to much damage. Its horrible to loose them so sudden.

RIP Isa x
 
Poor you, how horrible:(:(:( No consolation but at least she didn't suffer for long, she was very beautiful. I lost one of my dogs in the summer with kidney failure so I know how awful you must feel:( Lots of vibes to support you.
 
Thank you everyone. You're all so lovely!

Just spoken to the vet again - she's done an autopsy. Turns out poor Isa only had one kidney too. The liver was very small and fibrotic and although she's sent off a sample for toxicology she's pretty sure it was congenital.

I'm just so shocked - yesterday she was here, and today she's not. We've been through so much together, she and I. She was my rock and my reason for being on more than one occasion when all else seemed pointless.

She was just such an amazingly intelligent, loyal, beautiful dog.
 
I sent her an email this afternoon - she hasn't got back to me yet. Be very interested in what she has to say - especially after the discovery of a missing kidney too.
 
Its just awful isnt it, has she had a lot of litters? It would be awful to think there are potentially more people going to suffer the same loss :(
Take comfort in the fact you gave her the best life possible whilst she was here, she was lucky to have you. Its very sad that the ones that were never destined to be here long are always the ones that shine the brightest whilst with us...and leave the biggest holes in our hearts :(
 
I will be a bit peeved if they come back to me and tell me they knew it was an issue. At least I could have been prepared. Isa was one of five, her dam's first litter. That was four years ago, so there could be potentially a dozen or more pups from the same bitch. If it's from the stud dog - it doesn't bear thinking about.

Well, yeah. It's not like she spent 8 hours at home alone while I went to work. I think that makes it harder - she came everywhere and did everything with me. Where I was, she was. It feels like I've lost my right arm.
 
Not in anyway trying to defend the breeder if they are at fault, but wanted to point out there is a difference between a congenital defect and a hereditary one. As I understand it, a congenital condition is present at birth but is not carried in the parents genes, it can however be something caused by something like an illness the bitch may have picked up while pregnant.
I do feel for you, it is hard to lose any dog, but when they have been so close, and in many ways a support through bad times, it is doubly gutting. Please try and find comfort in the fact that one day you will be able to look back at all your lovely memories of her with a smile not pain.
 
Thats true MM but it is often down to poor breeding...lines too close etc. ~My girls congenital birth defect was as a direct result of poor breeding lines....lines I wouldnt touch with a bargepole again and have some nasty hereditary conditons in them too. As you say it equally could just be a one off....maybe I am just a bit suspicious because I would guess they have been breeding closey in their endevour to produce their 'new breed'.
 
You're absolutely right, MM, it may well just be 'one of those things'. In a way, I hope that is the case, and that none of the others have to go through this.

When I was in the bath, Isa's place was to lay right outside the bathroom door - I could always hear her there, the odd scratch, the sound of her moving around on the carpet. When I got out the bath I would sit on the top stair and we would have our own private cuddle.

I was just in there, and I could hear movement outside the door. I thought Shadow, my lurcher, had taken up her position, and I cried. When I got out, there was no dog there, but a warm patch on the carpet, but when I spoke to my son he said that Shadow had been on the sofa the whole time.
 
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You're absolutely right, MM, it may well just be 'one of those things'. In a way, I hope that is the case, and that none of the others have to go through this.

When I was in the bath, Isa's place was to lay right outside the bathroom door - I could always hear her there, the odd scratch, the sound of her moving around on the carpet. When I got out the bath I would sit on the top stair and we would have our own private cuddle.

I was just in there, and I could hear movement outside the door. I thought Shadow, my lurcher, had taken up her position, and I cried. When I got out, there was no dog there, but a warm patch on the carpet, but when I spoke to my son he said that Shadow had been on the sofa the whole time.
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This just made me cry - I went through the same thing when we lost our spaniel earlier this year. They stay with us forever, they really do - she'll always be just outside the bathroom door xx
 
Jenna500 said:
You're absolutely right, MM, it may well just be 'one of those things'. In a way, I hope that is the case, and that none of the others have to go through this.

When I was in the bath, Isa's place was to lay right outside the bathroom door - I could always hear her there, the odd scratch, the sound of her moving around on the carpet. When I got out the bath I would sit on the top stair and we would have our own private cuddle.

I was just in there, and I could hear movement outside the door. I thought Shadow, my lurcher, had taken up her position, and I cried. When I got out, there was no dog there, but a warm patch on the carpet, but when I spoke to my son he said that Shadow had been on the sofa the whole time.
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I am soo sorry for your loss :(

When Ben died in may i could here him every night down stairs :( when he went to bed he turned round about 10 times then flopped down with a bang :) i heard the noise every night until i got his ashes back. Hubby thought i was going mad until he herad something and woke me up.
She will always be around you xxxx
 
So sorry to hear this :(

My two's sire died of liver failure. Definitely do say to the breeder, if only to give the other owner the heads-up.

Going to send you a PM whenever your ready x
 
I've only just caught up with this, I'm so sorry:( The bathroom door bit has made me tear up a bit too:(

As NN says, they never leave, I always walk two dogs in certain places - Henry and the late, great Barney.
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I bought an orchid in her memory today.

I know most people plant rose bushes, but I rent my house and I didn't want to plant something in the garden then have to leave it behind if we ever move. So I wanted a houseplant, something that is easy to look after, but something beautiful and preferably winter flowering as that was her season.

So I went into Tesco for something else, and lo and behold they had reduced-price orchids.

It's difficult - people don't know what to say to me. "How are you?" seems a fairly daft question!

I made some lovely bread last night though - must have been the amount I pummelled the dough!

And thank you for all your lovely comments. She certainly was a beautiful dog - she drew attention wherever we went. But she had an amazing temperament too - I've had small children rush up and throw their arms around her neck (before I could stop them) and she'd just roll her eyes at me and ask me to remove them.
 
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My vibes have come too late for Isa so I'm sending them to you and hope you're coping. Such a beautiful girl and tragically young.

Your story about the warm patch outside the bathroom door...... oh dear :(

RIP Isa xx
 
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