The Pet Thread • Page 62

I'm so sorry, RIP Buster.

 

So sorry for your loss! Hope he’s forever enjoying his time in a sunbeam!

 

I’m so sorry @oncenowagain I hope you and your family are holding up okay

 

sorry king @oncenowagain appreciate u bud

 

Is it unhealthy that I love my cat more than the majority of human beings? Like, I think my fiance and mom are maybe the only people I love more. And I have a siblings and a dad and shit. Lol

 

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my dad and sisters and there is zero bad blood there to be clear ahaha.

 

Too late. I already called and gave them the news.

 

I mean animals in general are better than humans.

 

Was on a walk with my pups and Angus got attacked by a Pitbull. My first born son! He’ll recover, but damn. Just walking by and it lunges under a fence to bite his snout. Left two puncture holes and patch of ripped out flesh.

 

Oh no! Poor Angus. Get well soon buddy.

 

I’ve lived a very cushy middle America life and easily the most traumatic moment of my life was last summer walking my dog and having Cujo come out of nowhere and just fucking torpedo at us from 50 yards away. I don’t know for sure if I would have been better off having it sneak up on us but listening to the owner screaming hysterically for her dog to come back and then change to yelling “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Run! Run!” as it came right at us will be a sound I never get out of my head.

I picked up my dog (60 pounds!) and after that it’s a blur of growling, feeling hot breath on my neck/back and can feel the dog just fucking tackle me with absolutely no slowing down. Didn’t get bit or badly scratched, my dog was safe but of course startled and he was already a bit of a cowardly apprehensive guy and I never thought I could be mean to an animal but obviously everything goes out to the window when your pet (who definitely is a family member in my opinion) is in danger.

not trying to make this about me lol but @billyboatman glad you and Angus are ok and hopefully you continue to be ok. I didn’t expect that event to really stick with me or cause anxiety but I found myself hesitant to even go outside with my dog after that for a few months, constantly on edge of what if it happened again or what do I do if we pass a dog that suddenly moves too quick for my liking? Took a long time to settle back down and probably never truly back to what it was like before that.

 

I was afraid of dogs until I was like 16 because a dog got off his leash and chased me on my bike when I was like 8 years old. It’s definitely a traumatic experience.

 

It’s taken me until my late 20’s to be comfy around a lot of pets for bad experience with various pets as a kid.

 

Yeah I was bitten by a small dog that got off its leash when I was in middle school and had to get stitches. It's a traumatic experience, despite me living most pets to this day.

 

You’re totally fine. It’s crazy to hear your story.

I for sure was more messed up than him. I feel that exact same way. I’m kind of scared to take him on a walk now. I hope angus isn’t all anxious and such from it either.
It was a crazy experience.

I kinda undersold it too. That Pit had Angus by the muzzle and the only reason he let go was cause I started kicking. I think the only reason it wasn’t worse was luckily the angle of the dogs neck because of the fence.

glad your incident ended the way it did. No bites is always a good thing.

 

When I lived in my first apartment, it was always a routine of mine and my wife to do a pre-check of the outside area because we had a neighbor whose dog was really not acclimated to a social environment.

I have no idea how they were able to get this dog into the apartments because we had to have our dogs go through a pre-signing “dog interview” where the apartment staff interacts with your dog and sees how they perform. I don’t know how their dog could have passed it given the way they usually react to seeing people from our experience because it was often barking and struggling against its leash when people were close.

Anyways, we had one encounter with this dog when it ran off its leash and bolted over to us when we were walking our Aussie mix and it was looking for a fight. Took about 10-15 seconds to separate a brawl that sounded and looked really nasty. I won’t forget the sounds they made and how scary they both looked, but it thankfully didn’t end with any real injuries from what I remember.

From then on, we were always apprehensive about walking our dog whenever the neighbors dog was out and if we ever heard them coming in from a walk, we would stop what we were doing to take advantage of a stress free stroll.

Sorry to hear you both had to go through that scary experience @billyboatman and hope your doggo has a quick recovery

 

It’s crazy, especially me growing up and just assuming all dogs are gonna act right and then something like what you describe happens and you’re like oh.. maybe not haha.

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words.

Just hoping none of his cuts or punctures get infected. Would definitely suck.

 

Phil didn’t want to come to the living room and harass me for my lunch today

 

These flowers have been blooming in our backyard so bribed Sammy with treats to get this... 99 photos to get one good one.

 

This most goodest boy of all time just got diagnosed with a form of cancer and has at most 2 months to live. Hes only 9 and is in the best most fullest health. We legit just took him on a 10mile camping hike last week. We always got compliments about how youthful and great he looked for his age.

Totally bummed and pissed that this is happening now! He had at least 3 good years left easily. Not fair. His breed is prone to stuff but not yet!

Devastated. Such an amazing dog. When I say he has a temperament of 0, no one believes it. Has never barked once his entire life. A dog or anyone could push him around or bully him for hours and he would just accept it and fall asleep. Loyal. Didnt like most people but loved the people he loved. And boy did he love food like no other dog I've ever seen haha.


Amazing memories.

 

I’m so sorry to hear that. Make the most of your time left together with that good boy.

 

I’m so sorry

 

Damn, that's so sad to hear. Our kids want another dog (especially lately, so many people giving away puppies) but realisticly with life right now we can't, and even when Sammy does pass (he turns 13 this year) I'm not sure we (my wife and I) would be okay replacing him so soon.

Enjoy these final weeks with him.

 

We're doing it tonight!

I can't fucking believe it. He was so normal three days ago!! We just went on a hike. He had his big zoomie. Even now, he doesn't look like a dying dog (he's not 100% but definitely doesn't look dire). But that's it. We took him for an echo/xray thing. There's nothing at all we can do and our only options is today or tomorrow.

Even the last few days I've been thinking "its grover, he will be fine. They'll say this was a fluke and he will be back to normal. He's never sick! Nothung ever bothers him.

Its too soon. He's only 9. He never got to reach "old man" stage. We always talked about when its his time, its his time... this isn't his time. He doesn't deserve this.

 

Sorry to hear that buddy. Enjoy the time you have left with him.