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I lost the love of my life “Chouchou”
by: Helene on Thu, Sep 20 2007

My dog was caughing [coughing] and I was told that it was caused by her teeth infection. She was put on antibiotics for stopping the infection, soon she needed stonger doses, which affected her digestion, so she was eating less and less. I tought that if her teeth were removed, the problems would be solved, no more antibiotics and she would eat again. But the doctor knew that my dog was 15 about since she was adopted, after the surgery she went down hill. The doctor said may be the caughing was caused by her heart, she heart murmur but not on medication, her lungs were clear. Doctor have science knowledge so I trusted him. May be if Chouchou would have been put on heart med. we could have rule out the cause of her caughing. Also before the surgery her heart was checked but was not given a special test to see really what was going on. I trusted the doctor but apparently he should have tried other venues. After the surgery my sweet dog had epilepsies attacks, I could not see her suffering and I knew she would not improve. Please do not let operate on an older dog. Ask for alternative. I feel so guilty for not protecting her since she had only me. I hope my story will someone else.
Helene

September 2007

I lost my Captain today - by Vickie - (Sun, Sep 23 2007)
I would have never described myself as a cat person, I’ve alway’s had Great Danes as pet’s. About 8 mths ago my son asked if he could bring home this really cute kitty that he wanted so bad. I finally consented and needless to say this Kitty grew on me. I loved him wholeheartedly. He slept with me, he followed me everywhere!! [more..]
I lost the love of my life “Chouchou” - by Helene - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
My dog was caughing [coughing] and I was told that it was caused by her teeth infection. She was put on antibiotics for stopping the infection, soon she needed stonger doses, which affected her digestion, so she was eating less and less. I tought that if her teeth were removed, the problems would be solved, no more antibiotics and she would eat again. [more..]
Polo - by Celeste - (Fri, Sep 14 2007)
My dearest Polo passed away 11/08. a day after my birthday. He was not my dearest when he 1st came to our house. Not because i dislike him, just that my sister didn’t prepare anything before bringing him home. [more..]
Mama Black - by S - (Fri, Sep 14 2007)
I went on vacation for two weeks. I sprayed some ants spray around the cat’s food. For some reason when I left that day, I had a funny feeling. When I came back home I searched for all the cars and could not find mama black. [more..]
Rest in Peace Joey “Tux” Ogle - by Lori - (Tue, Sep 11 2007)
I will start off by saying, that losing a pet is one of the hardest things anyone can go through, no matter if you’ve had the animal for 2 weeks or 20 years. After losing my dog, I decided to get a cat, as I have always grown up with felines. [more..]
My Lucky girl - by Alexis - (Sun, Sep 09 2007)
My precious cat died not even a week ago…July 26th 2007 @ 12:03 pm. She was only 6 years old and came as a huge shock to me. [more..]
Ebony - by Glenda - (Sat, Sep 08 2007)
I grew up in the country and cats have always been a part of my life. This is my story about the Queen of them all… [more..]

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