When dogs get old...

AllenK said:
Congrats! That's probably the best way to deal with the loss of a pet. Go get another one to ease the pain!
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Thanks Allen.

Here are a few more pics, Kinzer showing affection...

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Kinzer being a silly boy...

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This boy "Kinzer" is just the sweetest dog. He's turning out to be such a good dog and smart as a whip too. He's already learned to sit, lay down, lay on side, heel, stop before crossing the road, drop it, and we're currently working on "stay".

Kinzer has severe separation anxiety. When we leave the house and he's alone he has to be in the window and at his size he knocks a lot of stuff down doing so. He's so excited when I get home that I can't settle him down so I just have to stand at the kitchen sink looking out the window til he calms down.

I bought him the largest wire crate available and we're trying to get him acclimated to being in it. Right now I'm feeding him from the crate and I've sat in front of the door with him in there..but I have yet to close the door with him in it. I'll close the door starting with 5 minute intervals and work toward him being OK in there for longer as we go.

When I look at photos of "My girl Jack" for too long or think of her too much, I feel the tears well up in my eyes. Kinzer is really helping me through it though. I am helping improve Kinzer's life tremendously. We go for long walks and he loves it and I'm shedding the pounds off rather quickly too. It's win win for sure.
 
Thats so good to hear dave. Please continue to give us updates.
 
tuscarora dave said:
This boy "Kinzer" is just the sweetest dog. He's turning out to be such a good dog and smart as a whip too. He's already learned to sit, lay down, lay on side, heel, stop before crossing the road, drop it, and we're currently working on "stay".

Kinzer has severe separation anxiety. When we leave the house and he's alone he has to be in the window and at his size he knocks a lot of stuff down doing so. He's so excited when I get home that I can't settle him down so I just have to stand at the kitchen sink looking out the window til he calms down.

I bought him the largest wire crate available and we're trying to get him acclimated to being in it. Right now I'm feeding him from the crate and I've sat in front of the door with him in there..but I have yet to close the door with him in it. I'll close the door starting with 5 minute intervals and work toward him being OK in there for longer as we go.

When I look at photos of "My girl Jack" for too long or think of her too much, I feel the tears well up in my eyes. Kinzer is really helping me through it though. I am helping improve Kinzer's life tremendously. We go for long walks and he loves it and I'm shedding the pounds off rather quickly too. It's win win for sure.
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Dave I'm so glad that things are working out with Kinzer........Think of the past , Dwell on the furture, and live the present.
 
Dave

I'm thrilled to read about you and Kinzer. I hope things continue to get better for both of you. :applause:
 
It's awfully hard to read this thread without tearing up at the thought of my own dog who had to be put down a few years ago. His name was Buddy and he passed the day after his 13th birthday. I'm so sorry, Dave; I hope you're doing well with your new dog.
 
Had to take my youngest to the doctor last week. Been shedding really bad and his head started to really look like the bones were sticking out on the top of his head and lost some weight. He weighed 163lbs that visit. Doc put him on steroid and prednisone. Today he looks much worse, so I took him back and he lost 6lbs from last week and he is actually losing muscle mass in his head. They are running a tick panel now to see if maybe he has a tick borne illness. I have a good friend that works for one of the best animal surgeons here in OKC and she said that if the panel come back negative it could really start costing a lot for MRI's, X-rays, etc.. If it was a tick illness not really sure if he will still recover from deteriorating like that or even build some of that muscle back. He's not suffering, he still eats like a pig and still goes outside and plays. My 4 year old son knows something's wrong and I'm not sure how to tell him if something does need to be done with Jethro.
 
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