LifeofRubie
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My Sisters dogs have been putting her through the ringer, lately...
She has two German Shepherds, Cooper and Bella. Cooper was found have bone cancer toward the end of 2022. They were able to amputate his front left leg and he's been through 2-3 rounds of chemo. So we've all been worried about him and what he's going through.
Friday, though, I woke up to texts from my sister that Bella had bloat, they did opt to do emergency surgery (she's 12), but they found the damage was too much and she was riddled with tumors They were able to bring her back long enough for my sister to say goodbye.
I asked her yesterday, Sunday, how she was handling everything and she said Cooper ended up back at the vet on Friday during the day because he wasn't able to get up from laying down. I believe he has dysplasia in his hips so they were going to do some X-Rays to try and figure out what's going on. She's been home all weekend with no dogs She needs to call the vet today at noon to see if they've found anything with him. He has been moving around OK as a tripod but he is a big boy.
This picture is from September 2018. From Left to Right: Zoey (still with us), Bella who just passed, Rubie, baby Moose, Cooper, and Cosmo (still with us).
RIP Bella and hoping for at least not bad news for Cooper... I think with him, it will come down to a quality of life conversation.
She has two German Shepherds, Cooper and Bella. Cooper was found have bone cancer toward the end of 2022. They were able to amputate his front left leg and he's been through 2-3 rounds of chemo. So we've all been worried about him and what he's going through.
Friday, though, I woke up to texts from my sister that Bella had bloat, they did opt to do emergency surgery (she's 12), but they found the damage was too much and she was riddled with tumors They were able to bring her back long enough for my sister to say goodbye.
I asked her yesterday, Sunday, how she was handling everything and she said Cooper ended up back at the vet on Friday during the day because he wasn't able to get up from laying down. I believe he has dysplasia in his hips so they were going to do some X-Rays to try and figure out what's going on. She's been home all weekend with no dogs She needs to call the vet today at noon to see if they've found anything with him. He has been moving around OK as a tripod but he is a big boy.
This picture is from September 2018. From Left to Right: Zoey (still with us), Bella who just passed, Rubie, baby Moose, Cooper, and Cosmo (still with us).
RIP Bella and hoping for at least not bad news for Cooper... I think with him, it will come down to a quality of life conversation.