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General => Introductions => Topic started by: Jenna86 on May 20, 2012, 07:47:34 PM
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Hi everyone, I am new to this forum but love it already. We lost our little lady last week to a birth defect of the C1 vertebrae. She damaged her spinal chord due to this whilst running one day, we tried every thing we possibly could including surgery but whilst recovering we had to rush her back to the vet where she had a fit and stopped breathing during the night. She was only 20 months but my god we miss her so much it hurts and haven't stopped crying since, so it is such a comfort to know that there are so many dog lovers about there and in particular Cocker Spaniel lovers (what a fantastic, loving and intelligent breed) Some of you may think it is a bit soon but we are so keen to get another one day in the not so distant future. Our lady was a blue roan but we are not sure if we could have the same colour again for fear of it reminding us of our precious Ellie (although I'm sure this will get easier!) We like the dual coloured type and my friend used to have a tan and white roan, are they hard to come by? is this possible to get a lighter roan? Forgive my ignorance but we have only ever had a Blue Roan and all breeders we have come across so far only have black or blue roans.
I look forward to lot's of dodgy related conversations anyway. Thanks for reading! Jenna
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Hello and Welcome :D
So sorry for your loss :bigarmhug:
You've defiantly come to the right place for all things Cocker :005:
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Hello and Welcome :D
So sorry for your loss :bigarmhug:
You've defiantly come to the right place for all things Cocker :005:
Everything Lily Pup said :) x
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So sorry to hear of your loss, she must have left a very big hole in your lives. I don't blame you at all for waiting to find another little one. I can't help with the availability of colours, just wanted to say hello. I have only had my golden cocker bitch Nerys for 18 months - she was given to me aged 12 months, as a failed gun dog, bless her - but have fallen in love with the breed. Good luck in your search.
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Hello and welcome to COL.
I'm really sorry to read about your little girl, such a young age to lose her. You will know when it's time for your life to be shared again with a 4 legged friend :luv: It's difficult not having a dog if you're used to one.
Good luck in your search, I hope you find a new furbaby soon, to help heal the hole in your heart :luv:
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Hi and welcome so sorry about your loss and I agile you find another beutiful cocker soon all the best
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Hello and welcome to COL.
I'm really sorry to read about your little girl, such a young age to lose her. You will know when it's time for your life to be shared again with a 4 legged friend :luv: It's difficult not having a dog if you're used to one.
Good luck in your search, I hope you find a new furbaby soon, to help heal the hole in your heart :luv:
Thanks Geordietyke...yes me and my husband are only 26, she was our first doggy that we brought to our home together and expected to have her for a good few years whilst we had children and grew together (I have always had cockers as a child and my parents still have one)
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So sorry to hear of your loss, she must have left a very big hole in your lives. I don't blame you at all for waiting to find another little one. I can't help with the availability of colours, just wanted to say hello. I have only had my golden cocker bitch Nerys for 18 months - she was given to me aged 12 months, as a failed gun dog, bless her - but have fallen in love with the breed. Good luck in your search.
Yes a huge hole! thanks for the hello, it is lovely to share this with you all. I have too fallen in love with the breed and with regards to colour I'm sure it won't matter once our grief has gone a little. Thank you so much.
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So sorry to hear about your loss. As the Mum of another wee blue roan girl who has had the same op, it saddens me that your little baby didn't make it. Funny, I never thought about problems with getting the same colour dogs. When I lost my light blue roan Chloe, I got another blue roan Kali.....and then another Lyla! I know what you mean about things reminding you but we are at the stage where we love to see things the girls do that remind us of Chloe :luv: I hope you find what you are looking for xxx
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So sorry to hear about your loss. As the Mum of another wee blue roan girl who has had the same op, it saddens me that your little baby didn't make it. Funny, I never thought about problems with getting the same colour dogs. When I lost my light blue roan Chloe, I got another blue roan Kali.....and then another Lyla! I know what you mean about things reminding you but we are at the stage where we love to see things the girls do that remind us of Chloe :luv: I hope you find what you are looking for xxx
Wow really? same op? she had to have screws put in the top vertebrae as it was missing a piece and was very unstable. unfortunately she bust a screw so it trapped her spinal chord again and then bust the other screw during the night, it caused a fit and stopped her breathing!! thank you for your kind words xxxx
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I am so sorry to hear about your loss :'( :bigarmhug:
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No, not that drastic Hun. She burst a disc in her spine and then during recovery, burst another towards her tail. The first paralysed both back legs, the second gave her more lameness in her right leg. It was only when a little doggie (operated on just before her) died that I realised just how dangerous the op is. I am truly sorry for your loss xx
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So sorry to hear about the loss of your beloved little girl Ellie...you must be utterly heartbroken to lose her at such a young age.
You will know when the time is right for you to open your heart and home to another wonderful cocker furbaby and give another little one a loving home.
Positive thoughts for you and your husband at this sad time :bigarmhug: :bigarmhug:
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Welcome to COL :D
I am sorry for your loss :bigarmhug:
I understand what you mean about not having a fur baby too similar to the special girlie you lost but having another cocker (when the time is right of course ;)) is a fitting tribute to a very special fur baby. :luv:
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Hi Jenna
Firstly, great big :bigarmhug: to you as I know the pain you are going through. I can't really advise on colour but I would like to say I totally understand where you are coming from with getting another one the same colour as your little girl. We lost an orange roan and although I love that colour, I just couldn't find it in my heart to get another orange for fear of being constantly reminded of the darling we lost. So, we went for a black and adore him to pieces BUT, I still hanker for an orange - maybe one day, when Toby is older and calmer :005: You will know when the time is right for you to bring another one into your home. For me, it took 8 months but we are all different. I wish you the best of luck and I promise you will know that special pup as soon as you see it. :luv:
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Meant to say as well.....Kali was nothing like Chloe and Lyla is nothing like either of them! All totally different characters :blink:
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Hi and welcome :D
Just wanted to say how sorry I am for your loss, they make such a huge impact on your life, the hole they leave when gone is truly enormous :bigarmhug: There really is no right or wrong time to be thinking of another little fur baby, they will never replace the ones lost, but can help ease the pain a little and give you new things to start laughing about and new memories to build :luv: When you feel the time is right, thats the right time :luv:
Enjoy the forum, really looking forward to hearing about your new baby, and also stories of little Ellie when you feel able to share them :luv:
xx
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So sorry to hear of the loss of your little girl Ellie. I can understand you not wanting the same colour. After I lost Jess, I knew I couldn't have another black and white. We got our wee Penny Black and she is nothing like Jess, but oh so adorable and has lit up our lives again. I hope this is what your experience will be too.
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I'm so sorry that you lost your girl at such a young age :'( such a very sad loss.
I understand exactly where you're coming from about not choosing the same colour so soon, I loved my wee black Bess so much and couldn't bear to have another black one after we lost her. Our Morgan, who is now nearly 4, is orange roan and so different in so many ways. I'm sure that any cocker you choose will help heal that huge hole in your life although Ellie will always have a special place in your heart.
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So sorry to hear about your loss, she was so young , i had a blue roan girl who had a spinal op the same as Sheryls girl, she was 11 when she had the op and had a good 3 years i lost her and my blue roan boy Bruno last year within 2 months of each other, we went out quite quickly and got an orange roan pup as though they can never be replaced it just gives you something to smile about again :luv:
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Firstly I'd like to send you :bigarmhug: :bigarmhug:
It's never easy when we lose our beloved fur babies, especially one so young, and I totally understand how you feel about the colour thing as I'm pretty sure I would be the same ;)
I do believe you know exactly when the time is right to get another little bundle of joy and I want to wish you and your OH all the best in finding a suitable little boy/girl :luv: :luv:
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Sorry for your loss. We lost our first blue Roan boy, Monty, alsmost a year ago. The grief was so bad that within 2 weeks we had found another pup. Like you, I was concerned whether we should go for one the same or another colour. We got another blue roan boy, however the similarity moreorless stops with appearance! Milo is very different personality-wise to Monty, he is a real lap dog. I hope you find the right pup for you soon and mend the hole in your heart.
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so sorry to hear of your loss :bigarmhug: they become such a big part of our lives dont they.I hope you can find a lovelly doggie to help bring smiles back to your face xx