I'm crying as I write this and haven't posted on this blog about it until now, but our precious fur baby passed away January 9th. We did everything we could to give her the best end of life care. We're heartbroken and still grieving for her. She was essentially our fur daughter and it's a shock to go from daily, scheduled care to sudden freedom. Because she had epilepsy and dementia and incontinence, she couldn't be left alone, so we did certain errands in shifts and took her with us wherever dogs were welcome.
She was a senior rescue and the vet guessed her age at the time we adopted her at 8-10 years, which meant she was about 14-16 years old when she died. The average age for a chug is 12 so we feel she beat the odds there. She seemed to be a happy dog, despite her fear-aggression to other dogs. Our trainer guessed that she was taken from her mother too soon and never socialized. For dogs, there is a window in which they need that socialization. She was our only fur baby and that was fine with her and with us, as she got and needed all the attention.
We're doing our best to live without her but it's very hard. We love you, little girl, and hope that you are running free and have many doggy friends now.
She was a senior rescue and the vet guessed her age at the time we adopted her at 8-10 years, which meant she was about 14-16 years old when she died. The average age for a chug is 12 so we feel she beat the odds there. She seemed to be a happy dog, despite her fear-aggression to other dogs. Our trainer guessed that she was taken from her mother too soon and never socialized. For dogs, there is a window in which they need that socialization. She was our only fur baby and that was fine with her and with us, as she got and needed all the attention.
We're doing our best to live without her but it's very hard. We love you, little girl, and hope that you are running free and have many doggy friends now.
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