Like my week couldn't get any bloody worse!
You certainly wouldn't want to risk one without -- Alex "I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away" www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk
It's amazing to think that they were originally bred for food. But I resisted the temptation and laid it to rest in the pet cemetery that is our garden.
Old age and little help from the vet... who looked all of 12. 14 is a good age for a Golden Retriever. Her hips had been bad for a couple of years but she muddled through. This week she went very quickly down hill, unable to stand, confused, listing to one side. The 12 year old vet said it might have been a stroke but she was in a sorry old state when we got her there so it was a no brainer really.
You've done the Right Thing (tm), but it don't make it any easier. Commiserations. -- Rich ============================== 2001 Disco II ES auto 1971 S2a 88" petrol 2005 XT660R Take out the obvious to email me.
Arse. It's horrible when that happens. SWMBO's mum had to have her Yorkie put down last week. Then she got the vet's bill for the tests he had before they decided nothing could be done - 870 fucking quid. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Wrong - that's a recent thing, peculiar to south east Asia. It started as a very temporary solution to hunger, but caught on, when some priest/con artist decided to attribute magical powers to the practice (which, curiously, only work for men). They were bred to work; hunting, guarding, herding. They were also bred as war-dogs. Alongside all of that came companionship and stuff like being a bed warmer, in cold climates.
You did the only possible thing you can. My old lab had to go in November. I still miss him. Commiserations.
Commiserations. I was gutted when my last one died and now I've got two more so I can feel REALLY shitty when they go. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
A friend of mine was offered Guinea Pig by the guides when she did the Inca Trial thing to Mucu Picu. She said the way they prepare it is to get a Guinea Pig and then hit it with a rock until it's flat and then toss it on the fire.
