Doggy's Time coming too soon

Yes..and she had other issues...like hip displacia....that also comes from overbreeding from what I understand. She was a very wonderful pet..and part of our family. The kids really took it hard when she passed!

I know how sad this can be. I met Stryder when my ex decided to bring him home from his sisters where he had been staying temporarily because he lived in an apartment where he couldn't have dogs. When we got our house he decided to bring him home. He was such a dear. Got put in doggy jail a couple of times for biting the mailman. Bad dog but he was just protecting his area and we refused to chain him up. He was usually in the back yard until someone came on the property and then he was alert and came to the front. Most of his friends and such were okay and passed his muster just fine. Except for Craig but that's a different story. Anyway, We could go traveling, leave our belongings and Stryder in the back of the truck and now they would still be there when we got back. Stryder got old. He couldn't see. He wasn't let out much because he wasn't good. But one day he took out in the opposite direction when a jockey boxer came by. It was rather funny although we wished he'd bitten him. He fall down the inside stairs and just couldn't see anymore. We finally had him euthanized and buried up in a meadow in the mountains where we used to go camp. He was a dear animal and I spent alot of time with him. He was a blue heeler, short and stout. Sounds like your lab had a hard life.

That's so sad. You know, that people weren't careful enough with her. But I'm so glad she had you guys because she was able to be happy and live a longer life than predicted. Could she have cataracts? I wondered if that was what was making her eyes cloud over.

Giving up a friend to premature old age is always difficult, and it's not less hard because she is a dog. You can give yourselves a pat on the back. You gave her a life twice as long as predicted by her doctors, and what sounds like a happy one.

A dog's lifespan should be 8-9 years old, all teh dogs I have had or friends have lived well over 16 - 25 years old. But again breeding your animals you are basically killing, they will just have even more and more complications as they age. I personally could never do this to an animal, they have passed some stricter laws about breeding which is good, but it doesn't stop the backyard breeders. But again they should all be charged with neglect and abuse of their animals.

we have two dogs at home and they like 7 years old in human age. they are two male dogs. actually i'm already preparing myself for the scary part. i guess we should just love them while they're with us. we treated them like a part of the family.

Im sure she has had a great life with you there. Sometimes they surprise us and life alot longer, due to their big hearts. Im sure you will take great care of her there. happy new years..