busterman62
I got a pocket full of kryptonite
Putting this in dead thread because I’d already posted about my dog dying here.
I have a 13 year old dog who is now confused and saddened after the loss of her brother. They were together ten years with me. I’ve had the 13 year old her entire life and a few years after getting her, I found a 4 year old boy who needed a home and it just fit. So for ten years we were a family of 3.
he died one week ago, Wednesday morning. I had her sniff his body before it was taken away. Three days later she started vomiting and having diarrhea, then stopped drinking water and leaking urine (she does have early stage kidney disease). Sooo emergency room yesterday, no signs of anything being wrong, doc thinks it’s all stress from grief. So we’re loading her up on gaba and have her a fluid pack. Today I’m feeding her rice and wet pumpkin puree to get some water in her, but I’m nervous. It’s like she doesn’t want to drink out of the bowl she shared with kobey now that he’s gone.
any ideas? Get a new bowl? Desperately needing to avoid another er visit this week as July 4 is total nightmare at those places
First off, let me extend my deepest sympathies. We went through a similar scenario last year. One of our Goldens and our beagle mix passed away. It left our remaining Golden despondent. The solution ended up being two new Goldens (Rose Tyler & River Song). After about a week of showing the new puppies the hierarchy, she started having fun and has been back to her "normal" self. While this may not be an option for you, it has been fantastic for us.