This has been developing for a while now, but I didn’t want to tell you all since there is so much awful going on in the world, but I feel like I sort of have to so if something does happen, it will not come as a huge surprise out of the blue.
Rosie is not doing very well this year. Her hip degeneration has been worsening over the past few years, and for the past few months she has been really losing weight. I took her to the vets a while back for a battery of tests, and all her bloodwork was fine, so nothing showed up there. However, even though she is eating, she is losing weight, just not herself, and has been drinking a lot of water, and just slowly deteriorating. I’ve watched her fall down the stairs a couple times, and she just sits there afterwards with a sort of sheepish “god damnit” look on her face- the same way I felt when I fell through the deck the day I bought the house.
I’ve spoken with Harry, and he thinks she may have cancer, but there is not really anything we can and should do for it, because with her hip degeneration, any treatment might kill her, and she is too frail to really have surgeries to begin with. So we’re basically just keeping an eye on her, keeping her on her pain meds, and making sure she is still living her best life. I made her some scrambled eggs for lunch, and she is eating like a champ, so that is always good.
Again, there is nothing imminent, but I wanted to let you all know.
Marcelo
Dammit, I’m sorry, John. I remember when you first got Rosie. What an icon.
West of the Cascades
I’m so sorry for you, and Rosie, and the rest of your pets – I hope you’re able to keep her comfortable while figuring out whatever treatment or other decisions you have to make.
wvng
Oh, John, I am so very sorry. You have been just the best friend for her through it all. I hope she bounces back, for a while anyway.
Edmund Dantes
Just give her the best treatment you can.
The animals make this the true top 10,000 blog that it is. Without them we’d barely crack top million.
Heidi Mom
I’m so sorry to hear this, John. Sending good thoughts to you and Rosie.
geg6
Oh, I so love Rosie! When I met her, she was an absolute sweetheart and came over numerous times for a head scritch. Please give her scritches from me and I’ll be sending good thoughts her way every day. :-(
Mj_Oregon
So very sorry to hear this but thankful you let us know. When the time comes, you know we’ll all grieve with you.
kindness
Our critters are our children. Except they don’t live so long.
Quiltingfool
I’m so sorry. Blessings be upon Rosie, you, and all your other fur babies.
Yutsano
Oh no. Please let Rosie get as many months as possible!
zhena gogolia
I love Rosie. You have given her such a wonderful life. She knows it.
trollhattan
Man, so sorry Rosie isn’t doing well. All my best wishes to you both, the whole menagerie actually.
beth
I am so sorry to hear this. It’s something I struggled with the last few months when Coco was having trouble with her back legs, became incontinent and had overall senility symptoms. She was still the happy loving dog she’d been her whole life. I put off making a decision for so long because I felt like I was considering putting her to sleep more for my benefit than hers and I was filled with guilt. She had a stroke that finally made the decision easier but damn it still hurt. Give her lots of love with whatever time she has left.
Emma from FL
Keep living her as you’ve always done. That’s all you need to do.
frosty
I’m so sorry. Thanks for letting us know.
David Hunt
Well, shit.
I hope that this is nowhere near as bad as you fear. I’ll beam good thoughts in her direction.
satby
You saved her from a probably awful fate when you found her that day, and have spoiled her in spite of her disregard of you. You done her good, and will make sure her last weeks are as happy and as pain free as possible. You’re a good guy John.
cmorenc
Is Rosie drinking lots of water while losing weight, esp around her hind-quarters? Our elderly dog is going through that – and slow progression toward kidney failure is the underlying cause. (We had a cat who progressively went through same symptoms and cause). Also, our elderly dog (an Italian Greyhound) has lost her athletic agility and her ability to maintain balance due to slow progressive neurological deterioration – but OTOH she just turned 18.
Like Rosie, our dog has had a fabulous life for a dog with us (just took some flounder home for her from a seafood restaurant). IIRC you don’t really know how old Rosie actually is. So it’s possible Rosie is simply old enough to start noticeably be going through some forms of elderly-age deterioration.
HeleninEire
So sorry. Let’s hope she rallies and surprises us all.
MomSense
I’m so sorry. Rosie is my favorite. She is so lucky to have found you and to have had such a good life with you. Please give her a few skritches from me.
BruceFromOhio
@satby: This. thanks.
Nicole
I’m so sorry, John. I know she’s not a spring chicken, and she’s had a lot of very good years with you (despite her best attempts otherwise), but it’s never easy knowing the time together is drawing to an end. But man, you took in a stray Jack Russell mix and never gave up on her. You deserve a medal.
Thanks for giving us an update. Sending wishes that whatever time she has left is pleasurable for her. Glad she’s eating; that’s a sign she’s still finding joy in life. Animals are good about letting us know.
Baud
My first dog had cancer. It’s the worst. I’m sorry.
Major Major Major Major
Ugh, so awful. {{hugs}}
ruemara
I’m sorry, JC.
SiubhanDuinne
Oh Rosie ?
I’ve always loved her strange backstory and her curmudgeonly presence in your life. So sorry she’s having troubles. I hope her pain is minimal. I know you won’t do anything to prolong it, but I hope she still has some good time left to her, and that when her time finally comes she’ll have an easy ramble over the bridge. Give her a scritch, will you please?
leeleeFL
Bless you, and Rosie and Lily and Thurston and Steve, and anybody I am missing. Hold her close and let her know she’s cherished. None of us can ask for more than that
JeanneT
So sorry to hear this, John; it’s hard to watch our beasties decline (even the cranky ones). Their lives are so damn short at the best of times.
jeffreyw
Over the last umpteen iterations of “I’m so happy just look at this new good boy/girl! So pretty so smart!” I’ve always had a pang of sorrow over all the good boys and girls we’ve laid to rest. And , always, tucked way down deep, the awareness that this bright and shiny puppy that is so damn alive and happy will some day join them. That is, until Gabe came along, all bouncy and bright with those sharp puppy teeth. For the first time I am not sure I will be around for that particular flavor of grief. It’s just arithmetic.
Barbara
So sorry. My beloved corgi who saw me through loneliness and multiple moves and even my first kid died from a kind of cancer. I hope you can keep Rosie safe and comfortable for as long as possible.
Garbo
She so jumped into the right car. I know you’ll make the right decisions for her and I’ll bet she does, too. What a beautifully chaotic and loving home you’ve made for her. Good dog, good dude.
Hungry Joe
And this is the dog Cole “hates,” and that “hates” him. Right. The read-between lines make it clear that theirs is an odd, but still loving relationship. Anyway, we all need some Rosie in our lives to remind us that we ain’t so high and mighty. Hang in there, doggo.
James E Powell
Very sorry to hear this. It’s hard because you suffer for her as well as yourself.
gwangung
Damn. So sorry to hear this…not news to start the week with…
Mohagan
I’m so sorry to hear of Rosie’s decline. Sure sounds like you are doing the best for her. Vets can sometimes get you more time, but they can’t cure the ailments of aging. I’m most familiar with kidney failure (v. common in older cats) and watching the decline is always hard. You’re a good man JC.
Vidya Pradhan
Dammit…I feel your pain. Our 8 year old maltipoo was diagnosed with endocardiosis out of the blue days before her birthday in February…no prospects of improvement, keep her happy and comfortable..if we have another year with her we’re lucky. Dammit. Hugs and surprise treats to Rosie.
MelissaM
So sorry, John. You have given her a better life than she had. Poor bugger.
thalarctosMaritimus
I’m sorry, John. You’ve given her a good life, and you’ll steward her through whatever needs to come next.
I hope that you have a lot of good time left, and that it’s no harder than it absolutely has to be. But whatever comes, I know that Rosie made her life far better when she jumped into your car.
Anne Laurie
Sometimes the best we can hope for a particular pet is a quick, relatively painless ending.
We lost our rescue dog Zevon last fall, just shy of his 18th birthday. He was almost blind, his joints were deteriorating, and he had doggy Alzheimer’s. His appetite was gone, and he was increasingly incontinent. But, being Zevon, what really hurt him was losing his independence — he had always been The Guy Who Could Escape Anything, until he wasn’t. The Spousal Unit was desperate to keep him alive, whatever it took… but it became increasingly clear that the poor dog just wanted to be free of the prison his own body had become.
And we just recently lost Gloria, the Dog Who Bit People — her heart was failing, her joints were going, she desperately needed dental work but wouldn’t have survived anesthesia. And she hated losing her independence, step (literally) by step — we live in a split level, the stairs were getting steeper & steeper for her, but she’d still snap at us if we made the mistake of trying to help. Late one evening, during the excitement of Dinner Hour, she went down and couldn’t get back up. Spousal Unit rushed her to the emergency vet hospital; half-hearted offers for expensive diagnostic tests were offered, but it was clear those would only confirm the inevitable.
She’d hated being caged as a ‘neglect case’, before she came to live with us ten years ago. “Abandoning” her overnight, at the clinic, would probably have killed her anyway. As it was, she died painlessly in the arms of the person she loved best in the world — hard on him, but very much a good death for her…
Given a choice, I’d much rather go like Gloria, comes the day.
chopper
sorry to hear it, cole. it always hurts to see them start to go.
The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion
I’m so very sorry.
Rand Careaga
We marvel from time to time at how well our guy is doing—he’ll be thirteen at year’s end, which is a lot of miles on a 90 lb. dog—but he gave us a fright on Saturday morning up in the California wine country (we crossed the county line for the first time in almost three months to take up a friend’s kind offer of the use of her estate in Sonoma for the long weekend) when, unusually for him in that venue, he was not up at six jonesing for an early morning jaunt along the country lanes nearby. He was still lying down four hours later, and when we attempted to summon him to action, he proved unable to rise. A harness being affixed, he could walk, somewhat gingerly, once we lifted him upright, but was visibly tentative the rest of the day. The following three mornings? Full of piss and vinegar (especially piss) as though his transient infirmity had never occurred. But I know that one day it must reappear.
I wish to hell these creatures came with the option to purchase an extended warranty. All good thoughts to Rosie.
WaterGirl
Cole, your bedside manner with this news is much better than some.
I came home from work one day (decades ago) to find a voicemail from the older lady who used to live in the house behind mine.
To really hear it the way she said in the voicemail, you have to turn the volume way up and make the voice high pitched and screechy.
I was ever so grateful that my little dog was indeed not dead, but had just spent the day at the vet or the groomer, or something.
SW
Sounds like kidney issues. But if it hasn’t shown up in the bloodwork yet that is a good sign. Diet and meds can help for quite some time when they start to go downhill. It is a mistake to just leave it to nature. Intervention could buy her a lot of high quality time.
trnc
Damn it! Well, eating is a good sign. Hoping for some kind of miracle. In any event, you’ve given her the best life she could have had.
Ohio Mom
Oh crap. So sorry to hear this.
I was just starting to visit here occasionally when Rosie jumped in the car. I remember thread after thread of agonizing about whether John and Rosie could learn to live together.
Everyone had an opinion and it was confusing for me as a newbie to sort it out. One thing was clear though, everyone was full of heart and love, and that kept me coming back.
So I owe Rosie for pulling me into this blog community.
Ruckus
John, sorry about Rosie, I know you’ll give her the best life she can live, but there is often only so much that can be done. You’ve already done a huge amount getting her this far. If it’s her time, it’s her time and it comes as it comes.
@cmorenc:
Sounds like me, other than I turned 18 a very long time ago.
raven
@jeffreyw: Our pups are in the same boat with Bohdi at 15 1/2 and Lil Bit of undetermined, but old aged. They are both fairly happy with Lil Bit in a diaper every night and Bohdi struggling on the hard wood floors. We’re doing everything we can and who knows how long they will make it but then I think about whether or not I have another one in me.
I feel for John and Rosie.
Jackie
Since Rosie had a lot of labs done, diabetes was ruled out, I’m guessing. The drinking lots of water, eating lots of food, but losing weight were the symptoms my then 13 yo cat had, and the lab results came back positive for diabetes. He lived another year plus – with insulin injections.
I, too, remember the day you picked up Rosie the Hitchhiker. You are good people, John.
Villago Delenda Est
Rosie has lived a long and very comfortable for the most part life. She’ll be of course missed (like the FANTABULOUS Tunch) but she’s getting up there. No dogs live forever, but they do go to heaven.
The Moar You Know
Keep her comfortable, John. You know best and you’ve done this before.
Nicole
@WaterGirl: I’m sure it was scary at the time, but your retelling of the voice mail message made me laugh out loud.
mrmoshpotato
Shit. Sorry to hear, John.
cain
@cmorenc:
My cat had that as well .. but in the end she died of cancer not kidney failure. I was very surprised. I miss her still.
Sending comforting waves to the lovable curmudgeon that is Rosie.
Salty Sam
Cole, I’ve always loved how you took Rosie in, became her caretaker by default when no one else would claim her, and have taken good care of her even though she doesn’t even like you very much!
And you will, until the end of her run. You’re a good man, JC. I’m glad she is so well cared for.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl:
@Nicole: Now I’m thinking of Yeardley Smith on Maximum Overdrive.
trollhattan
@Hungry Joe:
Best as I can figure, Rosie’s job is letting Thurston know he’s a jerk. :-)
Gotta love the critters and their many quirks.
Elizabelle
Any day that Rosie wakes up and is comfortable is a good day for her, and a gift.
She is lucky that you realize she is not bionic. I also think you will watch closely and not let her go too long, as some pet owners do. As long as she’s eating, and you don’t have to jump through hoops to get her to eat. And she seems comfortable. I know dogs are mostly stoic. It is a mercy to be able to not make them suffer through to the end.
Rosie was the luckiest dog in West Virginia when you happened along and found her. She has been on borrowed time ever since, as are all of our pets, and us.
A pet could do worse than ending up Chez Cole in West Virginia, by gawd.
The Moar You Know
@raven: I think about that a lot. Our current guy is five. Goldens don’t live that long, these days, but he’s in pretty good shape. I’m young enough that I’m pretty sure I have one more in me – but I don’t ever want any pet of mine to have to deal with outliving me. That’s rough on a doggie.
Joy in FL
I’m so sorry about how Rosie is doing. In John’s care, she is as safe as she can be.
Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA)
Please shower her with ear scratches from all of us.
IIRC, she was pretty difficult in the beginning, but you stuck with her and figured out how to help her live with you. Didn’t she just need a crate of her own so she had somewhere to feel safe? As I recall, it was something simple like that that made a big difference.
She’s had many good years because you didn’t give up on her. She knew what she was doing when she chose you.
Raven
@The Moar You Know: At least my bride is only 62!
chrisanthemama
Scrambled eggs for lunch–and lots and lots of pets and skritches–go a long way towards making dear Rosie happier and more comfortable. Whatever happens, all will be well. She is lucky to have you, friend.
Elizabelle
@raven: Pets add so much value to our lives. It would be sad to eventually be without one, while you’re still able to be out and about. You can always make arrangements for the pup, and can start with a middle-aged dog. Or go for a puppy, and then you may live to be 90 plus.
I think dogs, especially, are invaluable for getting us out and about, and are a ready topic of conversation for the neighbors and people you just encounter out walking.
And all the pets need good homes. There will always be some pet who would benefit for being your companion.
stinger
Knowing an eventual decline is inevitable for us all, why is it still so hard to accept? Thinking of you, John Cole, and Rosie and her companions and your dad, the Rosie Whisperer. The two of them nose to nose is still one of my favorite photos.
JPL
Years ago when you stopped and picked up Rosie, she knew then that she hit the jackpot. You did good then and you will continue to do good for as long as she has.
hedgehog mobile
John, I am so sorry. Enjoy the time you have.
J R in WV
John,
Thanks for the update. Does sound a little like kidney trouble, and there is a diet for that. My cats, when they suffered from kidney trouble, wouldn’t touch the kidney diet food at all. Hard for me, wife was in ICU at the time, first Rufus went, then just a few weeks later on Harvey went. Harvey was literally an alley cat from downtown Charleston.
But You’re taking the best care of all your critters, keep that up, and keep us posted.
Rosie is a good girl, even if she is making me cry. Dammit!
And you take care too, John. Keep us posted on you and all the Cole fur babies.
dexwood
Tough news, John, but we know you will do what’s best for Rosie. Keeping her as comfortable and pain-free as possible is an act of love. Don’t forget to treat her to some ice cream. When Dexter Dog was in his final months of cancer, daily ice cream always lifted his spirits.
Barbara
@cmorenc: Kidney failure could be secondary to cancer. It happens that way in humans as well sometimes.
karensky
Rosie knows you are a good critter carer but this news is still sad. Love to you and your motley crew.
e julius drivingstorm
Each time I have had to come to terms with how to give my pets their best life at the end stage, I look back and see how I could have better served them had me and the vet been able to communicate better. I am so sorry this time is getting near for Rosie but from what I’ve learned about John and his pets is that i can have full confidence that she will have her best life.
Miss Bianca
Oh, no, first Lily, now Rosie? So sorry to hear it, JC. : (
But glad to hear she still likes a good plate of scrambled eggs!
Dorothy A. Winsor
Thank you for telling us, John. We’ll be thinking of you.
Mary G
Rosie has always been my secret favorite from the day she jumped into your car and said. “Home, human.” It was obvious that she wasn’t yours, from all the pissing and moaning in the first few years. She was a lot like you with the cantankerous outside and mushy Dad Cole loving inside. You still loved and cared for her faithfully like the mensch you are. I am sorry you have to watch her suffering the ravages of time. Thank you for giving her the life all dogs deserve.
Miss Bianca
@Anne Laurie: Awww… :(
JMG
All my best wishes for the both of you. I know you will make sure that whatever happens, you will do the right thing for her.
HRA
I am sending my best thoughts and wishes for that spunky girl Rosie. When I go back to think of my pets who have left, I think of what my mother said about my children when they were small and “they are given to you as a loan for some day they will be gone”. Yes, our pets are also our children. Be strong, John.
Steeplejack (phone)
So sorry to hear this, Cole. You and Rosie are in my thoughts. ?
The Pale Scot
@satby:
Rosie loves you John, she just has too much terrier pride to admit it to you.
banditqueen
That girl Rosie, so good at finding the right guy to hang with–it’s a blessing that you and Rosie could find the best in each other after all. All of you take care of each other, the rest of the fur fam knows that things are changing.
Elizabelle
@Anne Laurie: My condolences. Knew you had lost Zevon (always loved his name and the updates). Did not realize Gloria had headed off too. Think that leaves you with one pup? And maybe some cats?
WaterGirl
@Nicole: It was funny, but only because I had brought my dog home with me, and I know perfectly well that she was fine.
But I had just lost my beloved other dog just a week before, so if I had lost my little dog, that would NOT have been how I wanted to hear about tit.
HinTN
Goddmammit, Cole, sometimes the best thing we can do is recognize that it’s time. Don’t make her wait too long. You love her. We love you. It’s ok.
Jeffro
Sending good thoughts Cole. We’re in the same boat here with our 10-year-old border collie/cattle dog mix. She has wiped out a couple of times chasing tennis balls around the house and been unable to get up on her own power.
We’ve recently doubled her glucosamine chews and carprovet pills, and it seems to be helping a bit. (Also quit throwing the tennis balls for her to fetch on slippery hardwood floors.)
Ann Marie
John, I’m so sorry. I hope Rosie rallies. If she doesn’t, remember that you rescued her and have given her a home, other four-footed friends, and a great life.
Brachiator
Very sorry to hear this news.
I will keep you in my thoughts.
SiubhanDuinne
@Anne Laurie: I’m so sorry about both Zevon and Gloria. They’ve been important parts of your life for a long time and their departure leaves a couple of big holes. {{{Hugs}}} and condolences to you and your nice Spousal Unit.
Genine Tyson
Oh, no. Poor Rosie! I’m so sorry, John. You were both blessed when she decided to hop in your car and go home with you.
RoonieRoo
Sending you and Rosie our love. You have a community of many that have walked this exact walk with their own dogs so don’t forget to lean on us as you need.
Comrade
:-(
AndyG
I’m so sorry to hear that, John. I vividly remember the post when Rosie “chose” you by hopping into your car, and I also remember you saying how much she stayed by your side when Tunch was taken from you. I hope she isn’t in too much pain, and that she will let you know when it’s time.
Our oldest greyhound (and former BJ calendar model) Frankie will turn 12 next week. He is suffering from arthritis now, and although he is still as eager as ever to go out on a W.A.L.K., he can’t go more than a block or two now. Our other hounds are very understanding, but it still hurts us to see him less active. Thinking of y’all…..
Ruckus
@raven:
I hope that you do have it in you for another. The time and effort are worth it as you very likely well know. But it is effort and that gets harder and harder as we age up and neither of us are spring chickens. There are no guarantees in this life, it is what we make of it. You seem to have done good so it’s time to enjoy the fruits of age, less of a shit to give, the finer things in life – like a good, or even not so good pet, a partner that actually likes you, and the sun coming up.
dr. bloor
So sorry for you, Cole. Despite massive odds at the outset, however, you have been letting her live her best life for a long while now, and she appreciates that every second of every day.
Oh, and go make some more scrambled eggs for her.
Mike in NC
We have a vet appointment tomorrow for one of our boys. He was last diagnosed with a heart murmur. We’re having him evaluated for dental work. Will cost some serious $$$ that we can’t spend on a cruise overseas, so oh well.
Sky BluePink
Am in similar circumstance. C is 14 (?). Survived major medical issue since Autumn. But there are others….
She still wags her tail constantly. And she is a very good girl.
And she is being spoiled beyond rotten.
My thoughts are with you and Rosie.
CliosFanBoy
as if today didn’t suck already. Poor Rosie. You’re a good person for giving her a safe home…
Barry
John, I’m sorry to hear that. I remember you posting when Rosie hopped into your car and life.
WaterGirl
@Sky BluePink: I think you goofed up the spacing in your nym so it went into moderation.
Amir Khalid
Quite a few of us are all too familiar with what age can do to a body, whether our own or that of a furry loved one, and with the ultimate futility of fighting off its ravages. I hope Rosie has all the time that heaven will allow her, and that she feels as well as possible.
moonbat
JC, I am so very sorry to hear this. I know your relationship with Rosie has been complicated from the beginning but the love and care you have showed since you rescued her at the side of that road have sustained her in her independent, cantankerous ways for a good long while. I hope that her last days with you are peaceful and happy ones.
Laura Too
John, I’m so sorry, this sucks. Big hugs.
middlelee
I’m very late to this thread but just want to say how sorry I am John. I came to the blog right after Rosie adopted you and feel like she and I grew old together. She was so lucky to choose you.
MazeDancer
Any day a doggo is eating like a champ is a good day.
You are likely to be dishing out the special dishes for awhile, John. Which we know you won’t mind.
Also, pain meds are good.
Sending Light to you and Rosie.
seefleur
Mr. Cole, I am SO sorry for both Rosie and you.
Kristine
I am sorry, John. Good thoughts for you and Rosie.
mvr
I’m sorry. That’s worry on top of worry. You take care of her and you.
ziggy
May you both have many more good and some wonderful days together.
Noskilz
Hopefully things go as well as they can.
dp
Poor baby. I’ll be thinking of you all, and hoping for the best.
rikyrah
Prayers for Rosie :(
Percysowner
I’m so sorry. I know you love Rosie and, even if her way of showing it is unique, she loves you.
Skepticat
Damn and blast, but hand some of that pain over here. We’ll help you carry it.
Suzanne
ROSIE is my favorite Cole pet, and this is so sad, and I am sorry. But I know you’ll do what is best for her and that she is loved, and had much quality time added to her lifespan because of you.
cintibud
I’m sorry John.
dww44
Sad news, John. I hope that Rosie’s remaining days are pain free and as full of joy as I know you can make them. Personally, this is doubly sad because our daughter and family had to have one of their rescued Bichons put down yesterday. He had tumors in his lungs and had been having difficulty eating for quite some time. So he had a seizure yesterday morning and was taken to emergency vet. The ending, daughter says, was peaceful. First experience for the 4 grandkids in losing a beloved pet.
Debbie(Aussie)
Thank you John for the forewarning, it helps. Love the Rosie chooses John story(was a regular lurker by then). Give her a scritch from me. I will send lots of positive thoughts from down under, that she lives happily (or grumpy) and has an easy passing. Best wishes and thoughts for you too, John.
Msb
I’m so sorry to hear this, John. I know you do what’s best for her.
Betty Cracker
Sorry to hear that, John. I know you’ll do what’s best for her. I hope the old girl surprises everyone and keeps right on being her snarly self for months and years to come.
We’re in a similar watchful mode with our old Daisy, who isn’t sick but is an old boxer girl at 12 and has an elderly dog’s aches and pains. One of the greatest injustices of the universe is that dogs have such a short lifespan compared to humans.
grandmaBear
I’m so sorry, John. We just went through a similar situation with our older golden, Gibby. She was such a good girl. She’d given up coming upstairs at night because she was so afraid of falling and got progressively worse over several months. The vet thought cancer and possibly a stroke, so eventually there was nothing to do but let go. I know it’s tough.
KrusherKing
I am so, so sorry. Watching a loved pet’s health deteriorate is just such an awful experience, and with a dog like Rosie who embodies the word “feisty,” it’s just that much harder.