How Do We Honor Pets After They Pass?

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Aww, that's so sweet, I forget how fast they grow.
 
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We found out yesterday that our Chocolate Lab has mast cell cancer :cry:.

So, now we schedule more tests, and decide where to go after we get the results back.

I sooooo badly don't want to go down this road, but we don't get a choice about a lot of things in life I guess.

The picture is blurry - EVERY picture of her is blurry; she's never still!

This is Bonnie:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8264/goofydogqf5.jpg

She really is as whacky as she looks.
 
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What an adorable dog! Oh, that face! :!)

Oh lisab, my heart is breaking for you.

They're not pets, they're family.
 
Ohhh, so sorry to hear the bad news!
 
Lisa, I am so sorry to hear that terrible news. She is absolutely gorgeous. I know what you fear and I don't want you to experience that at all with your dog. I can only give you my best wishes.
 
Thanks, everyone. I just hope the road ahead doesn't have too much anguish...:frown:

She doesn't seem sick now, though. So maybe she's still has a long time left with us. She's a total clown of a dog! And easily the boldest, most self-assured dog I've ever known!
 
Lisab, that is a lovely, engaging dog. I hope that you can have some wonderful times together...she looks like a sweetie!
 
That is terrible news, I hope you have lots of time left with her. She looks like a hilarious dog that is impossible not to love.
 
Here is the pup we will be getting next week.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2826/navyanpink9km2.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3521/navyanpink71yj4.jpg
 
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Kurdt said:
How is your dog lisa?

She's doing well, thanks. Really, she doesn't look or act sick.

The tumors that she has are slow-growing. One of them is on the top of her head and it might be difficult to remove, so we have to go see a canine oncologist to find out how to procede. She's an older dog so I don't want to put her through a difficult chemotherapy. From what I've read, chemo doesn't work well against this cancer, anyway.

We'll see what the specialist thinks about it.
 
As long as she's not in any pain at the minute and has a good quality of life then that is good. Its always a very difficult position that you're in and I can only hope that your dog has many more happy days and does not suffer in the end.
 
Thanks for posting it here Kurdt{shakes fist at the chat Gods}, she is really beautiful!
 
lisab said:
She's doing well, thanks. Really, she doesn't look or act sick.

The tumors that she has are slow-growing. One of them is on the top of her head and it might be difficult to remove, so we have to go see a canine oncologist to find out how to procede. She's an older dog so I don't want to put her through a difficult chemotherapy. From what I've read, chemo doesn't work well against this cancer, anyway.

We'll see what the specialist thinks about it.

I know that's a tough decision. Went through a similar situation with my kitty. She developed vaccination site sarcomas. http://www.avma.org/vafstf/ownbroch.asp

I decided not to do chemotherapy, and we still had a good year and a half together before she passed on. The tumors didn't seem to bother her very much until the very end.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I know that's a tough decision. Went through a similar situation with my kitty. She developed vaccination site sarcomas. http://www.avma.org/vafstf/ownbroch.asp

I decided not to do chemotherapy, and we still had a good year and a half together before she passed on. The tumors didn't seem to bother her very much until the very end.

So sorry to hear about your kitty! I hate seeing their health fail - it's the hardest part of having pets.
 
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Came to this thread a little late. What a gorgeous pup!
 
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Kurdt said:
The kitty suspects nothing.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1719/catondeskzo0.jpg

:rolleyes:
I she that's she's resting up after a long physics session. :smile:
 
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Kurdt said:
She'd just finished tutoring me.

lisab said:
...in the finer points of napping!

Very important when studying physics. :biggrin:

She is an adorable kitty. I'm much more of a fan of the big fluffy ones than the short haired cats (Ember told me I had to write that. :biggrin:)