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Bit of a sad thing... I am sat here feeling low..My dog has cancer.. he is a 7 yrold black lab.I spend 24 hours a day with him, allways have, he sleeps The the botttom of my bed. Such kind and gentle dog, he lets the grandchildren who are toddlers climb all over him. He never leaves my side... Glued to my leg anytime we go anywhere. Been mucking out at stupid o'clock rain snow and hail... with me all his life.. ok I know you get the picture..anyway, he developed a limp.. off to the vets. I have allways known he had dodgey elbows, elbow displaysia way diagnosed when he was a pup. But this was different. Vet and a specialist later.... The verdict was, he has a tumour ..omg.. and it's inoperable, could take his leg off and buy him maybe a. Couple of months... Wow.. sooo they said he had maybe two or three weeks.. and that I would know when the time was right... We are now three weeks down the line, he has an Awful limp, and his leg is quite swollen. But he is happy, quite lively and very interested in everything. He still wants to come do the horses every day, and gets his bone and toys out of his toy box and. Chews them...BUT .. I know.. it's so close to "the time".. and I am sat here at 1am stroking him coz I don't want to miss a single minute of time with him.. and I'll be off at 5am to do horses.. it is sooo not fair,and i am so. Very sad. I have had dogs for the past 40 odd years... This one..., my Jack.. is so very special he is one in a million, and I do t know how I am going to cope without him.
 
Oh I am so so sorry for you and your lovely lad. I can only imagine what you must be going through, and that is enough to send me into tears. I have a kitten who I hand reared, and he is only a year old now. He has a heart murmur, and whilst I know it is unlikely to affect him now, if he reaches old age and still has it, it may well do. He is like my shadow, and sleeps in bed with me and the OH, drapes himself over my neck when I lay down, and is, well my little baby.

I can't find the words to say to you I'm afraid, other than I think you have given him the most wonderful life he could ever have wished for, and he will have the most loving send off when the time comes. Try not to dwell right now on the 'afterwards', but concentrate on every minute you still have with him in a positive way - I know that's so hard, but it's very important, for him and you. He loves you, and he wants you to be happy, and stay happy.
 
How very sad, and I feel so much for you. 7 is too young to lose any dog, and he sounds as if he is a very special one. As Moomin says try very hard to enjoy the time you have with him, and any time you want to come on here to talk about him there will be many people who will understand what you are going through.
 
So sad for you. Give Jack a pat from me. Good boy. Just grim when things like this happen. Thank goodness though that he has a caring and loving owner who is there for him.
 
I feel for you hun, its so awful we lost our Newfy at 6 to an unknown hock problem- they originally thought cancer but it was never proven.
Make every second count and don't grieve while you still have him, love him, cuddle him, spoil him, but be strong when you have to make that decision.
We are all here for you, both before and after the time has come. X
 
((((((Hugs))))))

We all know that it can happen, but it is one thing when it is just a vague risk that could happen anytime, anywhere between now and years away in the future, and another thing when you know that time is ticking here and now. It does give you precious time, but at the same time it can be difficult to not think about whether this is the last time we'll do this or that. I hope you most of the time can try to think "like a dog", and live in the present.

I don't know how you will cope with your loss, I can only say that I still remember how I stood looking out through a window on the street outside my house, the day after that my fourth bitch had been euthanised 2008, and that it felt so strange that cars drove past like as if nothing had happened, that they hadn't noticed that my world had stopped moving. But some days later, the memories of how much Humla had loved life and how special she was, began to slowly take over. When I think of her today, there is still an aching hole in my heart, but the rest of my heart and my body, is filled with warmth and love.
 
Thankyou for your kind words...I rang the vet today. He is coming on Friday. So I am going to have the last 2 happy days with Jack
 
Feel for you, so so terribly sad as you say. Why is life so unfair? Take care and know that there are many people out there feeling for you ((((((((hugs)))))))
 
I am so so sorry for you. My girl that we bred had cancer at 7 and one day she was fine the next she was gone. It was such a shock like yours. Just treasure every second with him. Will be thinking of you on friday. X
 
So sad - I can sympathise 100% as my 8 year old Rott was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in December last year - we did go for the amputation and unbelievably he is still with us and currently very well, but every day is still borrowed time as the osteosarcoma will catch up with him in the end :(
Will be thinking of you on Friday.
 
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