Right, this half term, what was I greeted with when I arrived at my mums from my dads? I was greeted with a puppy. A beagle named Winston. He clambered all over me when I sat down and consistently stole the place near the fire. Winston was a happy dog. My mum and her boyfriend got him from a farm in Wales named [i]Bell Valley[/i]. Winston was a sweet dog and of course, as a puppy, when he wasn't stealing my place by the fire or munching on my laptop cables or humping my head; he had to go to the vets.
At the vets he was given multiple shots against doggy disease and Winston remained a happy dog. Tumbling back and forth across the carpet. We weren't allowed to take him on a walk due to the fact that he could get the serious disease he was being vaccinated against. Fast forward, it's the next day, and Winston needed his follow up shot (with a slightly stronger dose). He came back and was fairly happy. Slightly more lathargic than normal, but with a dog that's fighting off a minor strain of a virus, that's to be expected.
The next morning Winston was in the lounge when I came down, out of his cage with my mum. My mum wanted to go and have a shower, and since no-one else was awake, she called upon me to watch him. I did so. Something that I didn't really expect a puppy to do started there. He started breathing fast and vomited. Well, you can't stay healthy forever, probably just a stomache bug or something. Another few minutes and again. Again. Again. It just keeps going on. He walks outside and has squits all over the garden. He does this several times before we take to the vets.
Once we take him to the vets, due to the amount that he has been vomiting, he is put on a drip for the day. He comes back at 7pm that evening, and he's not the same dog he was when we first got him, still a little lathargic like I'd expect a dog fighting illness to be. The next day, the symptoms started again. He was taken back to the vets for the drip and was put on several types of medication. We got a phone from the vet that day telling us that we'd have to move vet for the weekend, so we took him to a further away, but 24/7 vet.
During this, his situation plummeted. He was in critical condition and was passing blood by the end of it. That's what we were told at 7:30pm. Fingers crossed and hopes lingering mid-range until 9pm. That's when the phone rings. My mum goes for the phone. What we had never expected for the puppy we had for the half-term is said "Winston has slipped into a coma, we are artificially beating his heart for him and he cannot breathe on his own".
This was followed by half an hour of going to the vets (and half an hour getting back). I didn't want to remember him as a puppy in a coma, and neither did my sister, so we both stayed outside. Apparently it was for the best. He had tubes all over the place and his eyes, although open, were fixed in position. They made the decision to turn the machine off and it was over there and then, with the final pay of respect and a final "Love you, Winston". We left the vet, the distinct cry of sobbing and sadness was in the air that night. The following day saw that continue, at least for the first part. It's amazing how quickly they can get your love.
That day the vet believed he knew what was wrong. The first vaccine hadn't worked the way it was supposed to. There were a large amount of dead cells in the vaccine, and when he had the second vaccine, with all the cells alive (albeit in a weakened form), he contracted the disease. Both in cardio and intestinal strains. Once we had found out what was wrong with him, we realised how slim the chance of him pulling through was. He had both strains of a deadly virus with a 91% mortality rate.
So I type this to you, three days after losing our beloved Winston to tell you the tale that vaccinations will not always vaccinate, and to advise you, if you vaccinate a pet and it seems ill soon after, don't delay like we did, take it to the vet immediately.
[b]R.I.P Winston Thomson[/b]
[img]http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp211/FacepunchChris/winston.jpg[/img]
I loved him so much, it's a shame the week we had him was short lived. I hope had had the best 11 weeks of life he could have.
Also - no TL;DR: Read my story of heart break.
d'awwwwwwwww rated heart
[QUOTE=GarrysDad;20359324]d'awwwwwwwww rated heart[/QUOTE]
Thank you :3
:frown:
My dog that I had for 5 or 6 years was put down in November, I was sick the day we had to do it and I pretty much forced myself to get out of bed and carry him into the car, then into the vets, and sit there with him.
pretty gutting like
I cried.
[QUOTE=lockdown6;20359339]TL;DR: Puppy gets vaccinated, puppy gets ill, puppy dies[/QUOTE]
You could have phrased it more sensitively. That makes you sound like a cold hearted bastard.
[QUOTE=lockdown6;20359339]TL;DR: Puppy gets vaccinated, puppy gets ill, puppy dies
also:[/QUOTE]
Give him a break, his dog died. At least the thread had content instead of just "OMG MY DOG DIED RATE ME HEARTS PLZZZZ"
[QUOTE=lockdown6;20359375]We get a "my X died" thread every week, it's starting to get annoying.[/QUOTE]
Then ignore them, I haven't seen one in GD in a while.
[QUOTE=lockdown6;20359375]We get a "my X died" thread every week, it's starting to get annoying.[/QUOTE]
If you do, I've not seen one with any content. How would you feel if you're 'x' died? Hmm? My dog died here, what if yours died (or cat, grandparents, whatever) and I told you that you weren't allowed to make "My 'x' is dead threads"
How would you feel then?
[QUOTE=lockdown6;20359444]I would make a thread about it to solve all my problems![/QUOTE]
Now wait for it to happen and see where your sarcasm gets you.
[QUOTE=lockdown6;20359444]I would make a thread about it to solve all my problems![/QUOTE]
I never said it would solve anything. Winston's dead, I'm not bringing him back. It's just nice to let it out and tell people, it always seems to make it less sad, knowing that others know.
I just noticed you posted a picture of him to go with the story, here's a picture of my dog before he got sick to go with my sentence long story.
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/977941_Merlin-1_620.jpg[/img]
Didn't take any pictures of him after he got sick, we didn't want to have to remember him like that, he basically lost any and all fat and muscle and his nose was like crusty.
That's a shame, beagles are really nice dogs. My uncle bought a beagle pup for my Grandma and Grandpa once. But they gave it away :(
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20359493]I just noticed you posted a picture of him to go with the story, here's a picture of my dog before he got sick to go with my sentence long story.
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/977941_Merlin-1_620.jpg[/img]
Didn't take any pictures of him after he got sick, we didn't want to have to remember him like that, he basically lost any and all fat and muscle and his nose was like crusty.[/QUOTE]
D'aww he's lovely. Is he a labrador or a golden retreiver. Or both
[QUOTE=Juggernog;20359510]D'aww he's lovely. Is he a labrador or a golden retreiver. Or both[/QUOTE]
Both. Funny thing is, he acted like he was the size of your puppy, and was the biggest baby you'd ever meet. One time he barked when my other dog started barking at the ups truck, and he literally scared himself, then went and tried to burrow under me while I was sitting down.
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20359520]Both. Funny thing is, he acted like he was the size of your puppy, and was the biggest baby you'd ever meet. One time he barked when my other dog started barking at the ups truck, and he literally scared himself, then went and tried to burrow under me while I was sitting down.[/QUOTE]
How do you act like your smaller than you are?
[QUOTE=Juggernog;20359540]How do you act like your smaller than you are?[/QUOTE]
Mostly by attempting to fit in a space that's half the size of him. I also noticed that smaller dogs tend to be jumpier then bigger dogs, like they're always trying to feel taller, while bigger dogs don't do it as much, but he would always be jumping up, though because of his size he'd have to do it one paw at a time so it looked like he was trying to dance\skip.
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20359556]Mostly by attempting to fit in a space that's half the size of him. I also noticed that smaller dogs tend to be jumpier then bigger dogs, like they're always trying to feel taller, while bigger dogs don't do it as much, but he would always be jumping up, though because of his size he'd have to do it one paw at a time so it looked like he was trying to dance\skip.[/QUOTE]
Awww, I wish you had some videos of his dancing. That would have been quite nice to watch. Also, Winston was pretty jumpy, I've never seen a dog (other than my old golden retreiver, Sonny) that's big jump to get higher. My only other dog I've ever had is a labrador called Max (and of course Sonny as I mentioned above)
[QUOTE=Juggernog;20359584]Awww, I wish you had some videos of his dancing. That would have been quite nice to watch. Also, Winston was pretty jumpy, I've never seen a dog (other than my old golden retreiver, Sonny) that's big jump to get higher. My only other dog I've ever had is a labrador called Max (and of course Sonny as I mentioned above)[/QUOTE]
I might somewhere, but we never really took too many, I know my mom has a video of him howling from a few years ago somewhere, but that's it. If I look hard enough I could probably find some other pictures though. I know I have more from that day because it was from a thread I had made.
Winston used to howl...
When we put him in his cage in the conservatory for the night :S.
That story was fucking hard to read without adblocking your avatar.
I cried ):
I can't wait to hug my puppy in the morning.
I found three other pictures of him, and the one I posted in full resolution:
[img_thumb] http://filesmelt.com/dl/dscn0342u.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb] http://filesmelt.com/dl/dscn0343e.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb] http://filesmelt.com/dl/dscn0348a.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb] http://filesmelt.com/dl/dscn0354o.jpg[/img_thumb]
Sorry for kinda hijacking your thread V:v:V
This has made me very sad faced.
my cat ran away when I was about 5 or 6, he was probably the kindest cat ever, he would jump on your lap, play with you, do anything, but one day, he was gone
:sigh:
my other cat(s) [sp] I had 6 [/sp] have died, one a few days ago from worms or something, and now I have one left
:wtc:
why are all my cats dieing
Wait a second. Who the hell rated it funny?
Some Cold Hearted People I Gave It A Heart.
Reminds me of my 9 year old dog.
Best dog ever, he was always happy and would never hate anyone. He never barked, he was a mastiff though.
He shit himself and he got sicker and sicker and we had to carry him to the car which isn't easy for a dog that weighs 70 - 80 kg.
[QUOTE=lockdown6;20359339]TL;DR: Puppy gets vaccinated, puppy gets ill, puppy dies
also:[/QUOTE]
Are you going to laugh if your puppy dies?
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