charlestonchick

I think we will wait awhile and see how my son is doing later on in the summer. He really enjoys having a dog to play with and think he will be lonely for a dog especially when school is out. I would love to go the rescue route, in fact I tried to look into that before we got Pappy. As far as I can tell, there aren't any BC Rescues in Iowa or within a few hundred miles. I used petfinder.org to look for dogs in area shelters as well, but if there was ever a bc mix listed it seemed to get adopted immediately. They seem to be pretty popular. Anyway, we will take our time & do what feels right. Thanks for all of the imput, I appreciate it!! Am feeling a bit better today, my eyes aren't quite as crusted over as yesterday.

I need some advice. Some people are telling me we should get another dog right away to help us get over Pappy's death. My son (10) is so torn up, he is crying all the time. But he says he doesn't want another dog. Should we wait awhile and see? I miss having a dog so much, but I miss Pappy--- not just a dog. Part of me wants to call the breeder we got Pappy from and get another pup, but maybe this would be a mistake so soon after?? Any advice you can give would be helpful. Pappy was the first dog we've had as a family, so we don't have much experience with this. Also, thanks so much for the outpouring of kind words and thought!! You all are so kind and it has really helped me though the past few days.

I'm been searching on "intestinal hemorrage" and found something--- eating grass can be a symptom of an intestional obstruction. Maybe this is something you all know already. I guess I had noticed him eating more grass, but always heard that dogs eat grass when it's going to rain (is this bogus??) anyway, it's been raining a lot here, so I didn't think much of it. They eat the grass so that they can get fiber, but at the same time the grass irritates their intestines. I feel terrible that I didn't know this. Does this sound feasible? Would he have other symptoms if he had an obstruction? TIA for any help, you all have already been a great help to me, I love the poems, they make me cry even more. (

Thanks so much for all of your kind words! Well, my initial call to the vet, the receptionist could only tell me that there was hemoraging in the intestines and asked if he could have gotten into anything. We checked all over & can't find anything that would have hurt him. I'm more confused than ever. What else besides poison would cause this?

Yes, I will post whatever we find out from the vet. Thanks for you kind thoughts.

My one year old BC Pappy died last night and we are at a loss as to what happened, as well as heart-broken, of course. He was perfectly fine at 4:30, he had been out playing with my son, running around like a mad-dog as is his usual. Nothing whatsoever the matter with him. My husband & son put him in his kennel at 4:30, at 5:40 I went to get him out to take him for a walk and he was dead. I'm so, so sad & my son is devastated as well. He wasn't poisened, he wasn't acting sick or anything, he didn't vomit or have blood coming from his mouth/nose. He seemed perfectly fine. My DH checked his throat and his airway is clear. Does anyone have an idea what could have happened to him?? He had plenty of water & shade, it wasn't even very warm yesterday, 74 I think. I've read a little about epilepsy in BC, do you think this could be it? My DH is taking him to the vet this a.m. to see if thay can find the cause of death. Has anyone else experienced this? We got him on May 5 one year ago, and he was born in March of 2005. He wasn't with us very long but he was very loved.