Feed at 6am then sicked it up after being restless .Then in obvious pain .Running around barking and yelping. He hasn't barked in over a year. His back was arched in pain and panting badly. Vet opens at 8.30. Anyway get there and myself plus two Vets agreed to end his life for his own good.
Three weeks ago he had a suspected seed in his ear having been tossing his head. On the Vet's computer today it said "Suspected old dog stroke." That's the first it was mentioned. I think the practice should have phoned me to say he may have had a stroke and I would have said to not bring him back from the sedation.
As it was. the sedation was an ordeal. Poor Pat was so distressed at being apart from me the practice asked me to fetch him an hour earlier than arranged. He had to be carried to my car and walked to my house with his back legs flailing him.
Had they just phoned and said, We think Pat had an old dog stroke, best let him go, I would have agreed.
Any way he's gone.
I remember how Pat jumped in to my arms and said he was coming home with me, to deep snow.
I so loved him.