Copper has moved on
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- Ginger
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Copper has moved on
This past Saturday DH and I had to have our Boxer Copper put down. We found her in a coma just an hour after she had escaped the yard with her buddy Doc.
She and Doc got loose from the yard Saturday morning. DH and I were in the house stripping the floors and we had put all three dogs in the front yard while we worked. About an hour later we looked out to check on them and the only one in the yard was Temper the oldest female Boxer. DH got on the ATV and found Doc and Copper down in the lower part of our 10 acres and brought them back home. They were both panting like crazy so we knew they had been running hard and having a great time! We put them in the back yard where we have hot wire to keep them from digging out (don't have it in the front yard due to grandkids) and went back to working on the floors. About an hour later DH looked out the window and Copper was just laying on the ground, and her tongue was hanging out of her mouth. He went out to her and she would not respond, would not wake up or anything. He picked her up and put her in the truck and took her to the vet. Our vet was already closed, but I called and he met DH at the office. He hooked her up immediatly to an EKG. He could not get her heart rythem to stabilize and he determined she was in a coma. He worked with her for about two hours, and finally told DH that even if he could get her heart back to normal (it was barely beating, then would beat very very fast, then go back to slow) that she had already sufferered a huge loss of oxygen to her brain and he did not feel she would recover, so DH called me and we decided the best thing for Copper was to let her go.
DH and I both cried like babies and have been doing so for the last few days. It is getting a bit better, I can at least talk about her without crying now, but I miss her so very much. The saddest part is Doc. Copper was his best friend and he is just lost. He looks through the house and outside many times a day and just whines for her. It breaks my heart. I have been giving both my dogs lots of extra TLC. It is good for them and me. I am glad she got one last run in, since she loved to run so much.
Ginger
She and Doc got loose from the yard Saturday morning. DH and I were in the house stripping the floors and we had put all three dogs in the front yard while we worked. About an hour later we looked out to check on them and the only one in the yard was Temper the oldest female Boxer. DH got on the ATV and found Doc and Copper down in the lower part of our 10 acres and brought them back home. They were both panting like crazy so we knew they had been running hard and having a great time! We put them in the back yard where we have hot wire to keep them from digging out (don't have it in the front yard due to grandkids) and went back to working on the floors. About an hour later DH looked out the window and Copper was just laying on the ground, and her tongue was hanging out of her mouth. He went out to her and she would not respond, would not wake up or anything. He picked her up and put her in the truck and took her to the vet. Our vet was already closed, but I called and he met DH at the office. He hooked her up immediatly to an EKG. He could not get her heart rythem to stabilize and he determined she was in a coma. He worked with her for about two hours, and finally told DH that even if he could get her heart back to normal (it was barely beating, then would beat very very fast, then go back to slow) that she had already sufferered a huge loss of oxygen to her brain and he did not feel she would recover, so DH called me and we decided the best thing for Copper was to let her go.
DH and I both cried like babies and have been doing so for the last few days. It is getting a bit better, I can at least talk about her without crying now, but I miss her so very much. The saddest part is Doc. Copper was his best friend and he is just lost. He looks through the house and outside many times a day and just whines for her. It breaks my heart. I have been giving both my dogs lots of extra TLC. It is good for them and me. I am glad she got one last run in, since she loved to run so much.
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Oh Ginger, what sad news. My heart goes out to you and your DH. Losing a furbaby is so hard because we become so attached to them! Hugs to you and your DH.
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I'm so sorry. (((((Ginger)))))
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It's so hard to lose a beloved companion. I am sorry for your loss, but I'm glad that you have the memory of her last day running free and having a great time of it.
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I am just now reading this post for the first time and my heart is just breaking for you. ((((Ginger)))) It's always so hard to lose one of our beloved furkids. I have to agree with you.....the thought of Copper running free and having a blast that day is a wonderful memory. My sympathies go out to you and your family, Ginger.
So very sad
An unexpected and to early death is hard- for you and her friend.
Glad she enjoyed her run
And so happu to read your storry just after the storry of a lef over puppy in the road side... what a difference in belive and nature of humans
Hope both you and Doc will feel better-- do he need a new friend
Pia
An unexpected and to early death is hard- for you and her friend.
Glad she enjoyed her run
And so happu to read your storry just after the storry of a lef over puppy in the road side... what a difference in belive and nature of humans
Hope both you and Doc will feel better-- do he need a new friend
Pia
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