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My parent's rescue Mastiff died tonight  He was already about 7 when they got him which is about the average lifespan for a dog that size, but he made it another 3 years with them.  He was already on a couple of different medications just from being old, and these last few months he'd started having seizures, but between those he seemed relatively normal / comfortable.  Note: Not his bed  He seemed fine today, but seized up once this afternoon and again right after dinner. He seemed to recover from that and was able to walk out in the back yard, but then collapsed in the grass and wasn't able to move again.  The time between breaths got longer and longer, then he rattled a bit and that was that.  A bummer, obviously, but in terms of timing that's got to be hitting it as close to perfect as you can get.  Obviously he didn't give one poo poo about getting wet, much to the chagrin of whoever was tasked with giving him his daily walk when it was raining.  Aside from that he was content to lay around the house all day doing not a drat thing.  He was a good dog. vvv Thanks, and yeah we think so. Sometimes I fantasize about adopting exclusively old pets that no one else wants, but going through this every couple of years would suuuuuuuuuuck. After a while I'm going to float the idea of fostering, so they could take care of a rescue for a few weeks or months but not have to make the lifetime commitment with each one. Takes No Damage fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Mar 15, 2020 |
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