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Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(((Citrus & Chloe)))

Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
He has always had a block to jump on and then onto the bed, but he just really can't jump anymore. I now have to figure out what to construct so he can get on and off the couch. Dachshunds like to be on top of things and look outside, so his favorite spot to be is on the back of the couch looking out the window onto the front yard.

Grannyg
Member

05-28-2002

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(((Spy and Toby))) Hope everything goes well!! I'll be praying for all of you!

Scootersmom
Member

08-10-2002

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(((Toby))) Hiya little fella. Hope you start feeling better very soon. Mommy & Daddy are there to help and are doing the best things possible for you. But, you know that don't you?
(((Spy and Flyboy))) I know how you feel.

Citrus, good thoughts for Chloe. It's so hard to wait. Take care.

Lucy
Member

10-08-2002

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(((((Spy, Fly and Toby))))))
(((((Citrus and Chloe)))))))

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
((((citrus & chloe))))

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 10:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spy, can Fly build another ramp or maybe a small staircase that can be set on the side of the couch (so it's not right in the way for humans to trip over?)

Sending lots of good vibes for Toby and Chloe!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 11:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
((Toby)) ((Chloe)))

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 1:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{Spy, Fly, Toby, Citrus, Chloe}}} all in my thoughts!

Spy, what Wargod said.. my brother has sets of stairs that they bought that are covered with carpet and allow his cat to get up a couple of places where he can no longer jump. I bet Flyboy could whomp one up and like War says it could be at the end (or the back depending on your setup) of the couch.. and if you have carpet scraps left over from yours it could even match!

I hope the bone spurs can be treated.. if they are impinging on nerves (ouch) maybe acupuncture could be helpful.. I know it can be useful for horses, dogs and cats, as well as humans.

Citrus, what kind of furkid is Chloe?? I understand about that worrying thing!

Citruscitygal
Member

08-07-2003

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sea~
Chloe is a 10 yr old Black Lab mix. Her mom was a pure bred white Lab, her dad 1/2 Australian Shepard, 1/2 Samoyed. Her personality is definitely Lab. She gets lots of compliments on her longer velvety black coat.

Caught my eye to see ((Toby)) & ((Chloe)) in posts. Chloe has a brother named Toby (a white lab mix) who lives with my brother. Chloe's mother was his dog, and he kept one of the pups. When we have family get togethers, where the dogs always attend, there's alot of "Toby & Chloe" conversation.

Thanks to everyone for the support. It helps to talk to people who understand that she's my baby and are not calling me crazy.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Labs rock!!! Hope she feels better soon! Hope both she and Toby get good reports! Good luck to both!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well I understand about loving those doggies and I was a Lab breeder/exhibitor. etc for a long time. An actual white lab wouldn't be registerable but I'll admit that many of them got awfully far into the "light cream" area at some point. Not that the dog gives a rip.

That's cool that you have sibling canine companions! Anyway I hope your baby is better very soon, Citrus!

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Toby

Chloe



Citruscitygal
Member

08-07-2003

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I probably didn't describe Zoe, Chloe's mom, very well. She was in fact a registered pure bred and you're right, more of cream color. I just used the term white as opposed to black. My bad!

These are pics of Zoe & Jack, Chloe's mom & dad, and one of my girl Chloe.
Zoe&JackChloe

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FYI Citrus, there are three types of Labs: yellow, black and chocolate. They all have great temperaments and the only difference is the coloring. Black ones out number yellow and chocolate. The number of yellow and chocolate are about the same. They all ROCK! They shed like crazy. They are even better with kids than Golden Retrievers. And they act like puppies til they are at least 2 years old.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
BTW what good looking dogs!

Cinnamongirl
Member

01-10-2001

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Citrus....very cute dogs!!

My 13 yr old dog went thru the same things...bloodwork, liver enzymes a bit out of whack, ultrasound....TWICE! and both times the Ultrasound Dr said it was just normal aging for the liver, says that vets tend to be over cautious. Hope thats the case with Chloe

Citruscitygal
Member

08-07-2003

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you - for the info and compliment. You're not kidding about the shedding. Chloe's fur is longer and finer because of her dad and I swear she throws it on the floor and the furniture.

Zoe had that puppy energy for most of her 14 years. She was a maniac when she was very young, it was hard to get her to sit still. She would chase tennis balls (sometimes throwing them for herself) until you hid them away. Other wise she wouldn't quit.

Chloe has the Lab personality and thinks she is a person. Wonder where she got that idea?

Cher
Member

08-18-2004

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very cute dogs!! ((((Chloe))) (((Citrus))) you are not crazy - I love my Rocky Road a ton too!

((((Spy)))((((Toby))))

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They sure are a smiley threesome.

Citruscitygal
Member

08-07-2003

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cinnamongirl~
Thank you for sharing your story. Worrier that I am, it really helps for me to hear about a similar situation with a good outcome.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL yes Zoe is not white.. light but not white and she has wonderful dark pigment!! She looks like she could be from Saddlehill or might be a relative (or not).

Julie, not sure about these days but the number of purebred labs, divided by color, tends to drift.. for quite a long time yellows were being bred and produced way out of proportion to blacks.. of course if you just let the labs loose there would be more blacks since that is the dominant color and many non-purebreds that are black are called Labs even if they have no lab in them at all. We did have some years when there was a wildly popular black lab being shown.. multiple best in shows, even owner-handled and also there were some popular black stud dogs who didn't carry yellow so there were lots of lovely black babies around. I had several all black litters myself and when I bred my yellow b!tch it was to a dominant black dog.. Still most of the time, especially for pet homes, the yellow or chocolate pups were snapped up first.

Now and then there will pop up a black and tan lab (those ancient hound lines that were used way way back there..) which are handsome but not registerable .. I saw a few of those from other breeders and also witnessed the birth of a seal point!! Not sure exactly how that crept into the gene pool.. but again, not registerable and the ones I saw didn't thrive well so probably had some genetic connection between that coat color and some negative traits

Citrus with those parents I can imagine that Chloe is just dripping with coat.. after all Labs should have a great deal of undercoat and the father.. LOL!! Coat city!! Very cute doggies in your pics.

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i am so sad, you guys. i made a very difficult decision regarding lola today. you all know how much i love and adore that sweet little thing, don't you? well, it just wasn't working out for us here. i know she is just a baby, but the non-stop whining was just too much for me to handle. if i was living in a house or home where there are no animal restrictions it would be a different story, but she is just so loud when she whines, there is no way she wasn't heard in the surrounding apartments. i could get evicted for that.

on top of that, she has been sleeping with me for the entire time i've had her, except for the first 2 days. and i thought she hadn't been pottying on the bed, because she didn't those 2 nights in her crate. well, early this morning i caught her. this means she has probably been doing it the whole time. i was so grossed out! the problem is, i can't put her in her crate to sleep at night, because guess what, she WHINES loudly.

so i got up this morning and wrestled with decisions and prayed about it, and decided it would be in both of our best interests to go live with my sister, and her family. she has 2 babies (chihuahuas), also, including lola's sister, foxy. this way she can play with them and not be all by her self all day. and i can still see her whenever i want to. melissa (sis) also told me that if she grows out of her whineyness that i could have her back if i wanted.

i took her over there about 3 hours ago. i cried when i got there, but stayed for a couple of hours and played with them and watched her play with the other pups. it was good to see her playing. i think it will be good for her to be around them and grow up a bit. i also cried when i left, and am crying again now. :-(

i only had her here for 2 weeks and i am already this attached and sad about it. i feel so bad, and already miss her, but i really feel like this was the best decision for now...at least until i can move. and i know that she will be loved, but it doesn't make it any easier, i still wish she were here. :-(

please be thinking of me. i may not be around much for the next few days.


Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jbean, it sure sounds to me as a loving momma you made the best decision for Lola. Heartbreaking as it was, you did the right thing.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Aww,Jbean,I'm sorry it didn't work out. I agree with Ophilia,you did the best thing for her. And like you said,you can still see her.