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KukriKhan
11-11-2005, 23:03
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This was Lobo, a decorated, retired Military Police Bomb Dog, and the Kukri-family's adopted daily companion these past 12 years.
I've just now returned from the Animal Doc's, where we discovered that cancer had taken hold in his spleen, then spread throughout the rest of his organs. We knew trouble was afoot this past Sunday when he began bumping into walls.
He rests now in the Elysian Fields of Canine Contentment.
May he find, threefold and more, the mercy and loyalty he showed me. He'll be missed.
Big King Sanctaphrax
11-11-2005, 23:08
He looks like a great dog, Kukri. Sorry for your loss.
The Stranger
11-11-2005, 23:16
my condolences kukri...
Geoffrey S
11-11-2005, 23:33
Looks like you took good care of him, it's hard to lose such a loyal companion.
Alexanderofmacedon
11-11-2005, 23:38
Bye Lobo.
R.I.P
:bow:
Craterus
11-12-2005, 00:08
R.I.P Lobo.
Sorry for your loss, Kukri.
Marcellus
11-12-2005, 00:12
Rest in peace, Lobo.
My condolences, Kukri.
Togakure
11-12-2005, 00:35
My condolences. I lost my cat of 14 or so years in August. I miss the lil ninja.
KukriKhan,
Well, at least your dog and my dog can hang out together now.
Very sorry you don't have your buddy around anymore. A terribly sad day when a man carries his best friend somewhere and has to leave without him.
All my best. Have a drink or two.
Papewaio
11-12-2005, 03:31
Condolences on the dog.
Looks more like a golden retriever then a german shepard...
Uesugi Kenshin
11-12-2005, 04:42
R.I.P Lobo.
Sorry for your loss Kukri, I know what it's like to lose a great pet to cancer.
Gregoshi
11-12-2005, 06:18
Condolences to you and your family Kukri. :sad2:
Good boy, Lobo. ~:pat:
Divinus Arma
11-12-2005, 06:43
I was a military police dog handler for almost three years.
I am very sorry for your loss. And thank you for taking care of him over the past 12 years. He obviously didn't cut the mustard in the service to be booted after such short tenure. He would have otherwise been relegated to a miserable life as a training aid or been destroyed. Your adoption was very kind.
He'll be missed.
Indeed he will be. I say farewell to another, excellent public servant
What's important is the time we do have together, and that looks like one very much loved pup.
My heart goes out to you mate
ichi:bow:
Just A Girl
11-12-2005, 09:30
Condolences on the dog.
Looks more like a golden retriever then a german shepard...
most definatly a german shepard or maby alsation.
Condolances on the loss of your freind
KukriKhan
11-12-2005, 10:22
KukriKhan,
Have a drink or two.
Did that. You guys have been kind. Thanks a lot.:bow:
Sorry for your loss, Kukri. May he rest in peace.
I went though something similar some nine years ago. Damn the incompetent vet! He never even noticed our dog was ill.
Kagemusha
11-12-2005, 15:09
My condolences Kukri.:bow:
Maybe he is now in somewhere better place chasing cats and bitches for eternity.~:)
LeftEyeNine
11-12-2005, 16:01
12 years is even enough for a souvenir to get used to the existence..
For a pet like that, it would be hard to accept the absence.. Sharing your grief..
I know the absence of your pet is hard... especially when you know he won't be back...after all it's like a good friend to you. my condolences KukriKhan.
Dîn-Heru
11-12-2005, 17:23
My sympathies. Rest in Peace Lobo.
:bow:
Copperhaired Berserker!
11-12-2005, 18:45
My sympthies too. Dogs are a man's best friend. It has been, and always will be.
Rest in peace, Lobo.~:mecry:
Kralizec
11-12-2005, 19:20
My condoleances. I myself had to burry thee cats, so I know it sucks when your pet and friend dies.
Papewaio
11-13-2005, 06:35
Well our family pet was put down earlier this year after a long struggle... he was going on 17 years old (advantage of being a mongrel).
His first issues was he had an ear infection, which led the vet to find cancer and the dog having his nuts cut off... I told my dad if I that was my doc I would be getting a second opinion... ear infection = no nuts? eeekkk ~:eek:
Anyhow over the next few years he got less fit and eventually his back legs would give out for a half a day or more, he would need help getting into the car.
He was a Kelpie/Lab cross, black with a white chest marking and the kind of dog that was a family pet with a nice temperment. He was kind of scared of the cat though. ~D
solypsist
11-13-2005, 07:09
condolences Kukri. it's sad when a family member passes. but he died, loved, which is what any petl would want.
edyzmedieval
11-13-2005, 12:57
Good bye Lobo! May your soul live for eternity....
Kukri, you really made me cry... ~:mecry:
Anyhow over the next few years he got less fit and eventually his back legs would give out for a half a day or more, he would need help getting into the car.
I'm sorry to take the focus away from Kukri's excellent hound, but it's for a good reason.
When my beloved Beirut got old and had trouble walking, his back legs would give out as Papy mentioned, the vet prescribed a pill that worked wonders. Some little white pill, I think you give the dog half a pill a day for a few weeks. It's a temporary solution, but at least the dog can walk.
Ask the vet if your old dog is having the same problems.
Dogs... gotta love 'em.
edyzmedieval
11-13-2005, 13:07
Dogs... gotta love 'em.
True.... ~:cheers:
Especially when the vet takes them to the hospital, and after 1 week of medication, they run away, opening 3 doors and 2 lockers..... ~:mecry:
Papewaio
11-14-2005, 00:34
I'm sorry to take the focus away from Kukri's excellent hound, but it's for a good reason.
Ask the vet if your old dog is having the same problems.
Dogs... gotta love 'em.
Thanks Beirut... he has already departed, the vets couldn't do anything for him as it was the later stages of cancer... systemic collapse. But he was a very very good dog to have around.
Kaiser of Arabia
11-14-2005, 02:14
Condolences, and RIP Lobo.
Devastatin Dave
11-14-2005, 05:49
Sorry for your loss my friend. I know the pain.
A sad fact of life that a dog will love you unconditionally for its short life only to leave too soon. But the memories live on and your life is better for loving that wonderful friend. May he rest in peace.:bow:
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