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(No, she was not yet dead on the picture, don't be creeped!)
Took me a while to manage to talk about it outside facebook or in person.
My senior Akita Inu, Vanuk, left us on December 28th, just a few hours before the dawn.
That how it went... On December 24th, she only ate half her dish, which is very unusual from her. On December 25th, she didn't ate at all and had troubles finding her confort when trying to sleep. On December 26th, in the morning, I took her to the vet for an emergency check-up... Same day in the afternoon, we were told she has a terminal phase cancer of her digestive system (stomach, intestines). They gave us some meds to see if she could feel better before taking a decision. On December 27th, it was painful, as much for her than for me. She would cry, still not eating, she used to do 3 hours walk daily, well she couldn't even handle more than 20 minutes without being dizzy and weak. I felt really bad and knew she has to go soon, already. As to confirm what I thought, in the very early morning of December 28th, she woke me up, crying loudly, hyperventilating and not finding how to lay down without pain. I called the emergency vet since the normal one was closed in that early hours, he went home to put her down to sleep.
From December 24th-28th, I slept with her on the floor so she could have some rest. I think the heat and the cuddles helped her finding some peaceful rest. :( Those days were so hard, but I'm glad I was able to be by her side until the very last day. I wonder why cancer can be so silent until it's way too late to do anything.
(We adopted her as a senior rescue in the beginning of March, her father -dog yes, not human-, passed away in January and she was in depression until she cames to us and found back the will to live. We took to give her a chance to live happily until the end, end we couldn't expect to be less than a year. I miss her so much :( Now she is back with father Urillo.)
VANUK, November 2004-December 2016.
Took me a while to manage to talk about it outside facebook or in person.
My senior Akita Inu, Vanuk, left us on December 28th, just a few hours before the dawn.
That how it went... On December 24th, she only ate half her dish, which is very unusual from her. On December 25th, she didn't ate at all and had troubles finding her confort when trying to sleep. On December 26th, in the morning, I took her to the vet for an emergency check-up... Same day in the afternoon, we were told she has a terminal phase cancer of her digestive system (stomach, intestines). They gave us some meds to see if she could feel better before taking a decision. On December 27th, it was painful, as much for her than for me. She would cry, still not eating, she used to do 3 hours walk daily, well she couldn't even handle more than 20 minutes without being dizzy and weak. I felt really bad and knew she has to go soon, already. As to confirm what I thought, in the very early morning of December 28th, she woke me up, crying loudly, hyperventilating and not finding how to lay down without pain. I called the emergency vet since the normal one was closed in that early hours, he went home to put her down to sleep.
From December 24th-28th, I slept with her on the floor so she could have some rest. I think the heat and the cuddles helped her finding some peaceful rest. :( Those days were so hard, but I'm glad I was able to be by her side until the very last day. I wonder why cancer can be so silent until it's way too late to do anything.
(We adopted her as a senior rescue in the beginning of March, her father -dog yes, not human-, passed away in January and she was in depression until she cames to us and found back the will to live. We took to give her a chance to live happily until the end, end we couldn't expect to be less than a year. I miss her so much :( Now she is back with father Urillo.)
VANUK, November 2004-December 2016.
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Thank you! She was indeed a very pretty girl and so cuddly.
I still have troubles not crying, I miss her so much. :( Even thought I still have my service dog Ewok and my new prospect, a cuty puppy named Moon Moon... It's just not the same, I feel bad to say that, but Vanuk was my favorite, she was always cheerful, happy to see me, sharing my nap, following me like a shadow.
I did lot of rescues and fosters, but it's the first time I adopted a senior. It's sad how time can be so short and event so unexpected, the vet told us she probably has this cancer already when we adopted her, but we took so much care of her (home-cooking food since she always had digestive issues on kibbles, daily fur brush, long walk everyday in the forest, etc) that she was able to stay all "healthy" until Christmas Eve. She was impressed by how sweet and in good shape she was for a 12 years old Akita Inu (most hardly live to age of 10, and with arthrosis, health issues, etc), even with her last blood drawn, everything was normal, except 2 things, which led to the cancer diagnostic. We couldn't have done better for her, for sure, but I still feel guilty that in not any single vet appointment, there was a sign she was hiding a cancer growing. Despite all that, I still have no regrets to have given her a loving home, she has the best end of life we could offer her. I'm not sure thought if I will be able to find the will to adopt again a senior dog.
I still have troubles not crying, I miss her so much. :( Even thought I still have my service dog Ewok and my new prospect, a cuty puppy named Moon Moon... It's just not the same, I feel bad to say that, but Vanuk was my favorite, she was always cheerful, happy to see me, sharing my nap, following me like a shadow.
I did lot of rescues and fosters, but it's the first time I adopted a senior. It's sad how time can be so short and event so unexpected, the vet told us she probably has this cancer already when we adopted her, but we took so much care of her (home-cooking food since she always had digestive issues on kibbles, daily fur brush, long walk everyday in the forest, etc) that she was able to stay all "healthy" until Christmas Eve. She was impressed by how sweet and in good shape she was for a 12 years old Akita Inu (most hardly live to age of 10, and with arthrosis, health issues, etc), even with her last blood drawn, everything was normal, except 2 things, which led to the cancer diagnostic. We couldn't have done better for her, for sure, but I still feel guilty that in not any single vet appointment, there was a sign she was hiding a cancer growing. Despite all that, I still have no regrets to have given her a loving home, she has the best end of life we could offer her. I'm not sure thought if I will be able to find the will to adopt again a senior dog.
I understand, my cat died not long ago and it was hard for me to not cry for 4 months.. and I still have dreams of him every once in a while. I have two other cats and two other dogs but we have favorites because animals have such varied personalities! My cat helped me through a lot of panic attacks ever since I was a kid, but my dog gets me outside for walks, for instance.
She had a long life, and a high quality one for sure!
I find it sad too how animals live shorter lives than us yet we get just as attached to them as we do people. It seems unjust at times. But they don't comprehend time and death like we do, and that teaches me to not be too worried over that as well. To just enjoy every day with them and to be able to move on, though its hard. I kind of like to think of it as their here to help us, and teach us! ^w^
She had a long life, and a high quality one for sure!
I find it sad too how animals live shorter lives than us yet we get just as attached to them as we do people. It seems unjust at times. But they don't comprehend time and death like we do, and that teaches me to not be too worried over that as well. To just enjoy every day with them and to be able to move on, though its hard. I kind of like to think of it as their here to help us, and teach us! ^w^
It's so hard when they have to leave us! It's so unfair they can't have the same lifespan than us, like parrots do (for example).
Surely it's different for them. When we were waiting for the vet to come in to put her down, I was hugging her and crying, even thought she could barely breathe due to the pain, she was licking my hands like she always loved to do when I feel bad. Dogs loves us so much more than they loves themselves.
Surely it's different for them. When we were waiting for the vet to come in to put her down, I was hugging her and crying, even thought she could barely breathe due to the pain, she was licking my hands like she always loved to do when I feel bad. Dogs loves us so much more than they loves themselves.
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