Hard to say goodbye
A short time back my daughter came upon a dog, part lab and part pit, the owners were not able to properly take care of the dog and Stacie asked if we might be able to take him in. Knowing how bad she would like a dog we did. The situation it was in was bad and when I saw him all I could do was hope we could help him. He was sickening thin and had diarrhea and was coughing bad. With no promises to Stacie I said we will see what we are able to do. First thought was to take it to a shelter but seeing its physical condition I knew it would be put to sleep immediately. We got the dog up to 60 pounds and the diarrhea is gone. But it still has the cough. Took him to the vets the other day and he has heartworms. That is what the coughing has implied and tests proved it. The cost is high and the procedure takes several months. We have made a decision to put him to sleep. It is breaking my heart to do this. It is againt everything inside of me. Yes he does have a problem with one of our friends and has not seemed to gotten over it. I am so angry at the people who had this baby before. Even with the promise of a new baby it does not help with the decision we have made. Just had to get this off my chest. I am sorry if this post troubles anyone.