Some of you may not know that our old, faithful family pet, Tosca, has been ailing lately. Today we made the painful, but necessary and humane decision to have her euthanized. For the past few days she has been unable to stand up on her own, and walked with great difficulty - and she had stopped eating. This is something we knew would happen ever since she had been diagnosed with Cushing's disease, an adrenal gland disorder that affects many older dogs. But even though we knew it was an eventuality, we still were not ready.
This afternoon we took her to kind Dr. Kellogg at the Winsted Hospital for Animals where he gave her a shot that put her to sleep. After he told us that her heart had stopped beating, we brought her home and buried her out in the yard that she had enjoyed for her 16 1/2 years.
A gentler, more affectionate, funny and intelligent dog we could never have hoped for when we adopted her from the Animal Rescue Foundation in 1990. She will long be remembered with love and good memories.
This afternoon we took her to kind Dr. Kellogg at the Winsted Hospital for Animals where he gave her a shot that put her to sleep. After he told us that her heart had stopped beating, we brought her home and buried her out in the yard that she had enjoyed for her 16 1/2 years.
A gentler, more affectionate, funny and intelligent dog we could never have hoped for when we adopted her from the Animal Rescue Foundation in 1990. She will long be remembered with love and good memories.
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She was a wonderful dog, and I always looked forward to when our family would dog sit. Love to your family.
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