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Doggone good dog thread

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The vet has called. My daughter is now headed home from College to join me as we go meet Jaden for our last time. We’ve exhausted all avenues and have done everything possible to save Jaden. I can sleep well knowing that I have done my part to serve Jaden that best served our family and friends. He was God’s blessing to my family and today we get to return Jaden back to God. We will never be the same and he will always have a special place in our hearts. He will be missed on those tough tracking days. So long; my best friend. 🥲View attachment 186910
Had a sick feeling this was in here somewhere... So Sorry Ben. I cannot even imagine buddy...
(Guess I just didn't want to see it) Blessings to Everyone!
 
Just got word that our daughter and Son in-law had to put their shepherd down.
He started life as a working pup but unfortunately had troubles breaching doors and washed out. He spent close to a year being shuffled around and neglected because he started having issues. Our SIL got word of him from a friend in Texas and he worked it out to get him to Ohio so they could nurse him back to health and foster until they could find him a suitable home.
After a month of having him my daughter said we’re keeping him.
He had a lot of issues and was very neurotic and would just pace back and forth when he got nervous
He was flat footed from living in a kennel for so long. But he was a sweet dog and was very protective of our daughter.
He developed some neurological issues in his hind quarters and got to the point of not being able to stand for very long or traverse stairs.
He got even worse yesterday and they made the hard decision to put him out of his misery.
They’re devastated at the loss and will be a long while before the sting wears off.
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Blitz is on the left. We took this picture last Christmas with all the dogs when they were down.
He had a rough year and a half at the beginning of his life but had a great life after arriving at our daughter’s house.
RIP Blitzy!