Last Friday morning, our 7 year old golden retriever mix passed away from congestive heart failure. We noticed a few weeks ago she was panting more than she should be with no real activity. At first the vet thought she had a respiratory infection. But after she didn't improve, x-rays were done that showed an enlarged heart. She was prescribed some meds to try and help her, but she did not respond and gave up the fight last week. Tough on the family.
We adopted her about a year before our first son was born and she has grown up with him and his younger brother. The kids seem to be OK with it and haven't asked too many hard questions for mommy and daddy. My wife is taking it pretty hard. The "funny" thing is we also have a 14 year old pure bred golden that is still with us, albeit slower these days. Been hard to explain to family and friends that the dog who passed was not the "old" one we would have expected to have died, but the younger one.
Bob
We adopted her about a year before our first son was born and she has grown up with him and his younger brother. The kids seem to be OK with it and haven't asked too many hard questions for mommy and daddy. My wife is taking it pretty hard. The "funny" thing is we also have a 14 year old pure bred golden that is still with us, albeit slower these days. Been hard to explain to family and friends that the dog who passed was not the "old" one we would have expected to have died, but the younger one.
Bob
