On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:58:54 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Just got back from the vet. My dog, the English Pointer, has been showing an abdominal distention.
This could be caused by gas, water, or blood in the abdominal cavity. She's been acting very
lethargic and stuporous, at times, also. So today we went to the vet.

The vet inserted a needle and withdrew about two cc's of blood. Initial thought was ruptured spleen,
although it could just be some form of cancer going crazy inside her. I showed the vet two small
growths, which look like bright red warts, and the diagnosis was mast cell tumors.

So, the vet says removing the spleen, if that's the cause of the bleeding, could add a month or two
to Kiya's life. But, if the dog is ridden with cancer, then they would just not let the dog recover
on the operating table.

So, again, we've decided to put Kiya down tomorrow.

Crap!

It is always a hard decision but you have to think about what is best
for the dog. If I get that sick, I want to be put down too.

On Friday, 15 June 2018 14:03:20 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:58:54 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Just got back from the vet. My dog, the English Pointer, has been showing an abdominal distention.
This could be caused by gas, water, or blood in the abdominal cavity. She's been acting very
lethargic and stuporous, at times, also. So today we went to the vet.

The vet inserted a needle and withdrew about two cc's of blood. Initial thought was ruptured spleen,
although it could just be some form of cancer going crazy inside her. I showed the vet two small
growths, which look like bright red warts, and the diagnosis was mast cell tumors.

So, the vet says removing the spleen, if that's the cause of the bleeding, could add a month or two
to Kiya's life. But, if the dog is ridden with cancer, then they would just not let the dog recover
on the operating table.

So, again, we've decided to put Kiya down tomorrow.

Crap!

It is always a hard decision but you have to think about what is best
for the dog. If I get that sick, I want to be put down too.


Don't want to get too morbid here but off and on I think about Bronson's future and what to do when the time comes. Last thing we want to do is have him suffering. After he's gone I was thinking of cremation and spreading his ashes in his favourite off leash park...on a wooded trail. i wonder how careful the workers are at the crematorium for getting the proper ashes back to you. I asked our former vet this and he admitted he had never been out to inspect the local service. He didn't offer any guarantees that I would get back our dogs ashes. makes me wonder if they burn a bunch at one time or single file like I assume they do for humans. It used to be around $200.00 for a dog but I'll bet that has more than doubled in the 15 years since we last had it done.

On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:23:59 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Friday, 15 June 2018 14:03:20 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:58:54 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Just got back from the vet. My dog, the English Pointer, has been showing an abdominal distention.
This could be caused by gas, water, or blood in the abdominal cavity. She's been acting very
lethargic and stuporous, at times, also. So today we went to the vet.

The vet inserted a needle and withdrew about two cc's of blood. Initial thought was ruptured spleen,
although it could just be some form of cancer going crazy inside her. I showed the vet two small
growths, which look like bright red warts, and the diagnosis was mast cell tumors.

So, the vet says removing the spleen, if that's the cause of the bleeding, could add a month or two
to Kiya's life. But, if the dog is ridden with cancer, then they would just not let the dog recover
on the operating table.

So, again, we've decided to put Kiya down tomorrow.

Crap!

It is always a hard decision but you have to think about what is best
for the dog. If I get that sick, I want to be put down too.


Don't want to get too morbid here but off and on I think about Bronson's future and what to do when the time comes. Last thing we want to do is have him suffering. After he's gone I was thinking of cremation and spreading his ashes in his favourite off leash park...on a wooded trail. i wonder how careful the workers are at the crematorium for getting the proper ashes back to you. I asked our former vet this and he admitted he had never been out to inspect the local service. He didn't offer any guarantees that I would get back our dogs ashes. makes me wonder if they burn a bunch at one time or single file like I assume they do for humans. It used to be around $200.00 for a dog but I'll bet that has more than doubled in the 15 years since we last had it done.

We will have Kiya cremated, because that's what my wife wants. I'd just as soon bury the dog in the
back yard. Once we have a bag of ashes, we'll bury or scatter them in the back yard. I'm really not
worried about getting the 'correct' ashes.