Comments on: A Neccessary Untruth

By: Sue C.

Sue C. — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:40:59 +0000

Sorry to hear about this. This is a scary thing to happen – Tess had a bout of this when she was 14 years while I was on my way to teach out of town. Ted was sure she was having a stroke… I drove white knuckled waiting for the phone call to tell me she was gone. Luckily they diagnosed her correctly and, while she was never quite the same again, she lived another very happy 12 months. You are right in that it is a signal to slow down a bit, but there is every chance that he will continue to live a long and happy life.

By: Mary Jo

Mary Jo — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:13:27 +0000

I feel blessed to have been able to see Buzz as a youngster and through the early years of training and of course seeing the growth of you as a team, everyone always would stop to watch Buzz (and no matter where you were at a trial, you always knew when he was running, LOL!) You are so blessed to have had your dogs for such long lives, and hope that Buzz is next on the list. I always seem to lose mine earlier than I expect to, and it’s always so hard, no matter when they go.

By: Teri

Teri — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:53:27 +0000

My 14 year old lab just had her second bout of vestibular (first one was in Nov). We unfortunately were away on holidays and mom was looking after them. Scared the crap out of her but luckily we were only a few hours drive away so I went home to check and recognized the situation and then smuggled the old girl back on holidays with us so I could look after her. I’m starting to think maybe she plotted the whole thing to be included (hehehe). It sucks seeing them age, my heart breaks a wee bit with every old dog problem but until she stops smiling we will fight the good fight.

By: Sarah Mairs

Sarah Mairs — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:25:05 +0000

HUGS to Buzz!!!!!!!!

By: Kim Collins

Kim Collins — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:59:34 +0000

Yup he is an amazing dog and taught us all so much. I think Sierra benefitted from me meeting Buzz in 1999 when you brought him and Stoni out to PG. It’s a bitch getting old…for all of us….give him a hug for all of us here…

Kim

By: Nat Kirkwood

Nat Kirkwood — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:04:46 +0000

Hi Susan,
I too went through tis with 2 old dogs earlier this year (14 & 15). But an amazing thing happened when I took them to see the specialist (re chiro/physi/vet/Dr Doolittle), she did some maipulation stuff on their skulls and within 3 hours they were significantly improved. One I had to her within 3 hours of onset (just fortunate I already had an appointment that day with a different dog), the other had a bout a month later and had to wait 6 days for an appointment (there was no improvement in those 6 days, but within 3 hours of seeing her, she was also significantly improved). Neither have looked back.

By: Anne Stocum

Anne Stocum — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:15:00 +0000

Susan – I have a lot of Buzz memories but your photo reminded me of a Y agility trial moment. You sent Buzz onto the DW and ran way ahead and lateral. He never took his eyes off you and as you cut lateral, He couldn’t bare to be left behind so he simply jumped off the DW horizontal plank to follow you, screaming (well – loudly barking) until he caught up. Took my breath away!

By: Mary M

Mary M — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:15:11 +0000

I am sure Buzzy is happy to have the mama home….it has to be difficult to be on the road so often for the people and the pups!

By: Karen M

Karen M — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:27:17 +0000

Thank you Susan for sharing this. For those of us who have old dogs, it arms us with that extra information for our vets to consider at consultations.

By: Julie Stokes

Julie Stokes — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:38:39 +0000

My old girl had a bout with the same thing a few weeks ago but she is up and running again. She will be 14 in August. Hope Buzz recovers as well as Shandy.