mudji
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This afternoon at 2:45 pm EDT, Mowgli crossed Rainbow Bridge.
We had left the house about 1:30 to go to a festival sponsored by the local animal shelter. Mudji was going to go but he was a little s**t today, and did not deserve to go. Angus is not moving well, so he was out as far as socializing today. So Mowgli got to go. Being the good mom, we put his ruffrider seat belt harness on, and as I loaded the car for some errands I was planning to do after the festival, he ran around outside. I thought he had run away, but when I yelled "Mowgli, Ride" he was right there, tail wagging, ready to go. We drove by my mother's house and he barked at her, as he usually did. We got to the festival, and he mingled with the dogs with the other dogs with the obilgatory sniffing.... Then he dropped a stool, and I just thought that he couldn't hold it. Well, when we got ready to go, he was not moving. My groomer was there, and she and her helper, loaded Mowgli into the car for the speed run to the vets. (Yes, the vets that were burned out just a month ago were back in business just a week after the fire.) I rang the vets and alerted them of our arrival. When we arrived, Mowgli's temp was 105. Bottom line.... He got fluids, and did not seem to be in too much pain, but was obviously not doing well. I told them, that if we had to put him down, then that was what was to happen. After working on him, after a while, I could see that he had no pulse... But he was still Mowgli, there on the table... DH arrived, but Mowgli had already crossed Rainbow Bridge... All the vet staff kept saying was how sorry they were that there was not a different ending, but Mowgli made the choice, as I look at it. It just seems really hard to think about not hearing him breath at night,. or to not hear the thud when he moved to a different part of the bedroom...
I am definitely a fatalist, but I was definitely not prepared for all the pain I feel at the moment. Mowgli is in a better place, did not suffer, but it's still empty here..... He followed me everywhere, and now he's not here......He's over Rainbow Bridge playing with Marilyn Whelpley, the SENC rescue chair when we got him... He survived wandering the streets..heartworm... and we had 8 long years with him........
We will miss you Mowgli...........
Thanks for all who are listening to me......
hannah
in Maine with, now, 2 four legged, Angus, 12+, Mudji, 19 months, and one other 2 legged, boys....
PS I have an updated picture of Mowgli that I want as my avatar but cannot seem to get the blasted thing updated.....EERRGGHHHHHH
[ 06-14-2003, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: mudji ]
We had left the house about 1:30 to go to a festival sponsored by the local animal shelter. Mudji was going to go but he was a little s**t today, and did not deserve to go. Angus is not moving well, so he was out as far as socializing today. So Mowgli got to go. Being the good mom, we put his ruffrider seat belt harness on, and as I loaded the car for some errands I was planning to do after the festival, he ran around outside. I thought he had run away, but when I yelled "Mowgli, Ride" he was right there, tail wagging, ready to go. We drove by my mother's house and he barked at her, as he usually did. We got to the festival, and he mingled with the dogs with the other dogs with the obilgatory sniffing.... Then he dropped a stool, and I just thought that he couldn't hold it. Well, when we got ready to go, he was not moving. My groomer was there, and she and her helper, loaded Mowgli into the car for the speed run to the vets. (Yes, the vets that were burned out just a month ago were back in business just a week after the fire.) I rang the vets and alerted them of our arrival. When we arrived, Mowgli's temp was 105. Bottom line.... He got fluids, and did not seem to be in too much pain, but was obviously not doing well. I told them, that if we had to put him down, then that was what was to happen. After working on him, after a while, I could see that he had no pulse... But he was still Mowgli, there on the table... DH arrived, but Mowgli had already crossed Rainbow Bridge... All the vet staff kept saying was how sorry they were that there was not a different ending, but Mowgli made the choice, as I look at it. It just seems really hard to think about not hearing him breath at night,. or to not hear the thud when he moved to a different part of the bedroom...
I am definitely a fatalist, but I was definitely not prepared for all the pain I feel at the moment. Mowgli is in a better place, did not suffer, but it's still empty here..... He followed me everywhere, and now he's not here......He's over Rainbow Bridge playing with Marilyn Whelpley, the SENC rescue chair when we got him... He survived wandering the streets..heartworm... and we had 8 long years with him........
We will miss you Mowgli...........
Thanks for all who are listening to me......
hannah
in Maine with, now, 2 four legged, Angus, 12+, Mudji, 19 months, and one other 2 legged, boys....
PS I have an updated picture of Mowgli that I want as my avatar but cannot seem to get the blasted thing updated.....EERRGGHHHHHH
[ 06-14-2003, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: mudji ]
Remember all the good years you had with Mowgli. His memory will live in your heart forever.
