We said goodbye this morning.

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We said goodbye to our labxcollie this morning.

She had lost another four ish kilos in three weeks, was being fed every two hours and was still so hungry and she had attacked both the two other dogs one needing stitches in his face.
She wasn't a nasty dog, she had so much love to give but something just switches in her. We think and vet agrees it is more than likely she has a brain tumor as her glassy eyes stare and just general lethargy was getting worse too.

She would have been two end of September.

Good night my gorgeous Penny, ping pong over the clouds in your now fixed body.


























 
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So incredibly sad to lose such a young dog. It is sad enough to PTS an oldie, who has had a full life, but to lose her at 2 mmust be so heartbreaking.
I hope your other dogs can give you some solace.
 
So sorry, such a lovely looking dog. Sure she had a brilliant life though and you clearly did right by her.
 
Slightlyconfused said:
Thank you.
All of our animals are special but she had something extra.

Two more pictures, she loved posing and she was such a tiny pup.




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What a lovely looking dog, she was so young, as mentioned hard too lose a young dog. You put her first and that is important RIP little one.

thinking of you xx
 
Slightlyconfused,

Penny had a remarkably 'hard-eye' and that's not a criticism, but an observation. A hard-eye isn't just to do with the eye but the facial conformity and ear carriage. They're interesting pics. I've always found myself gravitating towards hard-eyed/hard-wired dogs! Though a cross-bred, and female too, she was remarkably 'handsome'.

At the age of 2 years and when weight melts away and that's accompanied by a marked behaviour change, then quite clearly there is something which is very wrong. It seems that you refused to subject her to invasive treatment which would probably only have extended the time of her suffering, and for that and from here, you're to be applauded.

Handsome or otherwise, it's difficult to lose dogs at such a young age. I understand that.

Alec.
 
I'm so sorry. She had a wonderful life, albeit short, with you and will have so many memories to cherish. Run free Penny.
 
Alec Swan said:
Slightlyconfused,

Penny had a remarkably 'hard-eye' and that's not a criticism, but an observation. A hard-eye isn't just to do with the eye but the facial conformity and ear carriage. They're interesting pics. I've always found myself gravitating towards hard-eyed/hard-wired dogs! Though a cross-bred, and female too, she was remarkably 'handsome'.

At the age of 2 years and when weight melts away and that's accompanied by a marked behaviour change, then quite clearly there is something which is very wrong. It seems that you refused to subject her to invasive treatment which would probably only have extended the time of her suffering, and for that and from here, you're to be applauded.

Handsome or otherwise, it's difficult to lose dogs at such a young age. I understand that.

Alec.
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Thank you Alec the devastating thing is that she would have made an amazing working dog, she loved learning new things and my plan was to take her gun dog training and teach her to pick up/do trails with her.
She was so eager to please and the vets said that structurally she was one of the most perfect put together dogs they had seen in a long time and her hip xrays were 95% perfect.

We wasn't going to let her become someone she wasn't and any more tests would have most likely led to the same conclusion.

She was a very handsome dog people often stopped to say love beautiful she was and to watch her move was a thing of beauty.
 
So sorry for your loss, she was far too young, but she was a lucky girl to have spent her short life with an owner who put her first in making such a tough decision.
 
So sorry to read about Penny, a great looking dog. Extra sadness when so young, a brave decision putting the dog first. Happy memories.
 
Thank you all.

We are all still struggling with not having her here but my brother is just completely in a daze.
Not sure if yiu remember from my previous post he is disabled and she was his.
If he wasn't well she spent the day by his side, when he came down stairs in the morning she would go up and say morning and have a cuddle.
When we were on holiday with the horses I slept in the lorry with the dogs and my brother in his tent ams she would wake me up as six am to go and check on him, she wouldn't come away from his tent until I opened it up and let her see he was okay then she would come back to bed for a bit.

The house is empty and the little cocker who was her best friend keeps laying in places penny would lay and the collie is just trying to cuddle every one

I know it will get better but it's so heart breaking not to be able to help my brother or the other two dogs.
 
Such difficult times ahead for all. It won't be easy for sure, but hopefully will become a tad easier as time goes on. Confess that it took me so much longer than I ever imagined it could. Grief has undefined boundaries and will take as long as it takes.
 
So sorry, what a hard but selfless act. I am sure she knew how well loved she was and I hope you have many happy memories to help you through the pain of her loss.
 
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