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**Lymnempomma** · 06-01-2010, 08:05 PM

Goodbye Arnie.

That's a fairly old picture, but he's the Golden Retriever mix pictured (that was taken many years ago). He had lived a good life for 13 years, but these last few months he had really slowed down. He stopped eating, he had trouble getting up by himself, and he was having trouble breathing. The vet did blood work and x-rays and determined it was liver cancer. At his age, the treatments just aren't worth it. He is pretty much at his life expectancy, and even if the treatment could prolong his life, he would still be suffering through the end of it anyway.

06-01-2010, 08:05 PM	#1
Lymnempomma Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 313 Senior Member	Family dog had to be put to sleep Goodbye Arnie. That's a fairly old picture, but he's the Golden Retriever mix pictured (that was taken many years ago). He had lived a good life for 13 years, but these last few months he had really slowed down. He stopped eating, he had trouble getting up by himself, and he was having trouble breathing. The vet did blood work and x-rays and determined it was liver cancer. At his age, the treatments just aren't worth it. He is pretty much at his life expectancy, and even if the treatment could prolong his life, he would still be suffering through the end of it anyway.
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