RIP Blaze

[papapang2007]

RIP Blaze....

[DontTreadOnMe2]

Originally Posted by slacker-

7 years old is young. what happened?

Protothecosis, a fairly rare fungi that he likely got from digging in the flower bed where the mulch was decaying or eating deer poop. We spent thousands trying to diagnose the cause of his retinal detachment and diarrhea. When he first went blind in one eye we went to the vet and eye specialist who could only take the eye out to test it. At that time we were told it was likely he injured it. That eye never looked bad, and he didn't act like he was in pain. So we didn't have it done, thinking we were saving him the discomfort. He suffered with diarrhea for over a year. But other than the frequent/loose poop he acted fairly normal. We did alot of intestinal testing - but all returned negative results. He finally lost sight in his other eye last Christmas, and shortly after that started limping on his front leg. We found a mass on that leg and while they were testing it he took a turn for the worst.

They never put the two thing together - even though the signs were there.

On the day we took him in to put him down... they gave us the results of the other test which identified the cause. Of course, it was too late. We were told that even if they had identified it a year earlier - that successful treatment was rare. (16/17 dogs didn't respond to the anti-fungi).

He was a good friend. It is amazing how much they integrate into our daily routine. There are too many moments in the day that I think about him.... (my wife and daughter are both distraught).

[Smudgen]

Fine bio about his life man ... nicely done.
The puppy pics are the killer.
Great looking dog man.

It's WAY tough to put one down.
On our end , it's cats.

We had to send Orion , Keka's cat of 9 years , on his way due to a virus the last blood moon we had.
He was very weak/not eating & we had major sedatives from the vet.
I held him in the back yard for a bit & asked Keka to take over til he stopped breathing.
*She never did that before , he was her cat & I always tend to the rough stuff around here , as I should... but I asked if she'd like to hold him for me & love her boy til he goes.
She did & was ok after , though a shitload of crying.

It's a bit rough around here for cats ... buried a few the last 10 years



RIP Blaze ...... damn cool name too.

[TheEngineer]

Travel well Blaze ...

*what a cool name for a dog BTW* ...

[DontTreadOnMe2]

Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Travel well Blaze ...

*what a cool name for a dog BTW* ...

Yeah, my wife named him... She was there for his first breath (she delivered him - his mom was a friends dog) and his last. I always thought it a good name for him.

[DontTreadOnMe2]

http://www.gopetsamerica.com/dog-hea...othecosis.aspx

[MaDKroniK]

Damn I'm sorry, losing a pet is never easy.

I wish you the best. RIP to your puppy brother.

[DontTreadOnMe2]

Thank you all for the sentiments.

[jayboulware]

Sorry that you lost your friend , RIP Blaze.

[Aquina1300]

My sympathies. Blaze was a good looking dog.