Wicked cute. I love when puppies/dogs sleep like this.Purebred Irish Wolfhound. She's 9 weeks old in this photo. Mom is 140 lbs and dad is 160 lbs. She's going to be extremely tall.
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So sorry for your loss and she was a beautiful dog. I don't want this to come off as criticizing you or whoever was caring for her at the time because I'm sure you loved and cared for her very much but why was she running free around the road when she couldn't see?
We live in the country, and she hated any form of restraint. I decided a long time again I wasn’t going to put that dog through that, being she’d dedicate the next 30mins of her life to getting out of whatever form of restraint she was in.
This could’ve been avoided? Absolutely. But she rarely left the house and if you saw her in a cage you’d understand where I’m coming from. I understand the point you’re trying to make, and if I did it my dog would probably be alive.
Pick your poison.
So, so sorry for your loss. RIP Midnight.Buried my girl about an hour ago. We found out she was a diabetic in December of 2016. After research I found out the typical lifespan of a dog after the diagnosis of diabetes is 2-3 years. She required 2 shots of insulin, a day, for the rest of her life. One of the side effects from the diabetes is they can loose their sight. The vision in her left eye (looking at her in the photo) was gone and her right eye wasn’t much better. It hurt watching her run into stuff, and she continued to loose weight. Keep in mind she was 90lbs before the diagnosis. I planned on taking her back this week for a revaluation of her diabetes, I was convinced she wasn’t getting enough insulin, as she ate like a pig but didn’t gain weight.
So, I get a call say she got hit by a car (my assumption is she couldn’t see the car) and I rushed home. My mother was waiting for me and a few neighbors were with Midnight. She was calm, but you could tell her leg was broken. They tell me the low life POS didn’t even stop. Common. Anyway we get her to the vet and I got to hear exactly what I feared the most. Due to her age, size, and medical condition she had the odds heavily against her for surviving the surgery. I couldn’t and didn’t want to say it, but my mother gave the ok, to end her suffering. In my eyes it’s killing the dog, but I understand that sometimes it’s more humane for the dog. Being she would eventually go fully blind and most likely the same situation would happen.
The only flaw with having a dog is their lives are so short compared to ours. So, all we can do is enjoy our time with them while they’re with us.
Gone but never forgotten. I’ll love you always Midnight.
December 13, 2007 - April 20, 2018