When will it end? The hole she has left in our household is HUGE!
Friday, July 30th, was the day our beautiful springer, Yogurt, wouldn't get up off the grass out the back deck in our yard. I was hurrying to get her to her grooming appointment, woke up--she wasn't in bed with me--got dressed, asked family where she was, hubby said, out in the grass. I walked out on the back deck and she turned her head and wiggled her tail (whole butt wiggles!), gave me a long look, and I knew that she knew! After a rush to the vet, tests, exploratory surgery for a tumor found attached to her spleen, found cancer up through her liver, we didn't revive her. The vet said he could sew her up and wake her up for us to say goodbye, but that wasn't doing her any favors - just us! We had hugged and kissed her before taking her into the vet's office, and I didn't want her getting upset and excited just to say a tearful goodbye for our benefit. By 5:30 p.m., she was gone.

The last 6 months, I knew the time was coming - she was on DES for incontinence and thyroid. We made sure we catered to her every need, re-arranged our walking schedule - she couldn't walk as far as we wanted to-so we did another separate one without her. But the last night, she and I had our little walk - she led the way and made sure she kept ahead of me.
I told her I loved her for the past 13 years - and she had a good run. Every day I told her over and over she was a good girl (even when she got in the trash!!)

hi iknow what you mean by that empty space in your heart. we had a kitty that died unexpetly 2 weeks ago and i feel the same way. it is getting better to deal with. i have been reading the emails from here and that is helping. i want to get another kitten but i dont know how my husband will react. so i am taking my time. i hope this helps
sheri

She did have a good long run. Yogurt -- there has to be a story behind that name?

Don't think I can get upset when the neighbor's Springer meanders through my yard after this. I'll be thinking 'Yogurt.'

I'm so sorry for your loss of Yogurt. She sounds like such a sweetie. I loved your description of her wiggling butt...Shiloh was the same way...she didn't have a tail, but boy she could sure wiggle her butt.

You and Yogurt are in my thoughts.
Hugs,
Kathleen

Estie,

My heart goes out to you!


You were so in tune with your baby!


I so admire your selflessness. You put Yogurt's comfort and feelings before your own.

Hi there Estie,

I'm so sorry for your loss, Springer Spaniels are such cuties, and they have the best personalities. I love the name, Yogurt!! Any photos??

I can really relate to your story. My little border collie of 10 years was seemingly doing well, until one day she went outside and just lay on the grass. At first we thought it was something she ate (she had a taste for anything gross, and had made herself sick after eating icky things many times before). But she just didn't look right, and when I hugged her she rested her head in my arms- something she rarely, if ever, did. I thought that something seemed very wrong here, so we took her to the vet where they found she had been bleeding internally from (suspected, at that time) tumours on the spleen and liver.

The vets weren't optimistic, but seeing as though they didn't know 100% what it was, we opted for a blood transfusion to save her. She was great after that, back to her normal self. It seemed kind of unbelievable each time a vet would tell us the cancer was most likely not a very nice one, and she would eventually go downhill. We made the decision, too, that if the cancer was inoperable, we wouldn't wake her from the anaesthetic. Jackie didn't like the vet much, and it didn't seem fair to her to have to wake her to face more needles and the veterinary surgery all over again. I can understand how incredibly hard that decision is to make. You want to see them again, but can't bear to put them through waking up in the unfamiliar vet surgery, probably feeling really sick and icky.

Sadly my girl suffered another bleed the morning of her surgery, and just passed later at the vet. They couldn't revive her.

Wishing you the very best...