<p>Yay for Roxie!!! Yay for you and your family!!! And also, yay and fond remembrances to Trixie!!! She schooled you well in the love of little doggies. :)</p>
<p>CGM, we have two rescues who desperately needed a loving, caring home. They have been the best companion animals ever! And yes, Mary TN, they bloom in their own way…and in their own time.</p>
<p>Lots of love and luck to you and your new “baby”.</p>
<p>Good luck, CGM! I’m sure you are a great pet owner and that Roxie will fit right in! Happy barking going your way from my two furry friends!!</p>
<p>CGM…this is about a month later, but please know you have my sympathies. I can’t imagine life without my dog. He’s my constant companion and I believe he’s the reason I’m handling my daughter leaving for college. (I can baby him) </p>
<p>Border Collies are wonderful. Daughter 2 volunteers at the humane society. Loves the borders and they always find homes, fast!</p>
<p>I have a border collie/aussie mix whom I adopted as a pup from the pound…her name is Reese. Now that we are “empty nesters” she is my best buddy. I love her smile and her intelligent gaze. </p>
<p>All my best to you and Roxie!!!</p>
<p>CGM,</p>
<p>I just saw this thread about your dog. I am sorry for your loss. Good luck with Roxie. </p>
<p>Chruchmusicmom, </p>
<p>I have a border collie/lab/corgie mix whom D adopted as a puppy so yes I have become a reluctant dog owner since she has gone to college. (But don’t tell my D that I really do love the dog and she is great company).</p>
<p>I am so sorry for your loss. It is terrible to lose a pet.
We may be going through doggy hospice right now-he had surgery Friday, was fine over the weekend. The vet doesn’t know how to explain the lethargy and rapid heart beat w/normal rhythm and BP. Waiting on labs. Re spider bite-can you see the bite?<br>
LA</p>
<p>I am so sorry to hear about your beloved Trixie. It’s hard enough to have a pet die, but it’s even harder when it happen so suddenly.</p>
<p>cgm: I hope your other dogs are ready to be herded. Ha. Good luck!</p>
<p>CGM,</p>
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<p>What part of the US do you live? How common are they? I am in LA and I don’t even remember when was last time I saw a spider. </p>
<p>Sorry about the loss.</p>
<p>Hey, Sybbie! It’s great to hear from you. </p>
<p>Yes, I got this dog not really knowing much about the breed. Of course, I have learned a LOT since and even my husband now loves this dog (reluctantly…she was sort of out of control there for a while due to our lack of expertise, mostly). Recently a “Man’s Best Friend” center opened a reasonable distance from us, so I can take her for lessons and every now and then for a day in “doggie daycare” so she can run and play with other dogs! She seems to like it and really does not get a chance to do so otherwise with the leash laws around here.</p>
<p>LA: How is your dog? We had a scare this weekend, everything was fine, then the nex day he was bad off, then better, then worse- of course a weekend- now, vet visits, lab tests, “near fatal scares” and days of meds & fluids and he seems to be making a full recovery- it will take the family far longer to recover.</p>
<p>Hope all is improving for your pooch.</p>
<p>her lip was a bit swolen, but the vet didn’t think it was a spider bite at the time, and if it was, there wasn’t much to do- no anti- whatever- as for seeing the bite, it depends,some people have a serious obvious reaction to the skin after a bit of time, but with our dog the reaction to her blood was so quick, it didn’t have time to manifest itself</p>
<p>she was already on antibiotics for an elbow cut infection, and that is basically the remedy for the bite, and the vet said that is maybe why she lasted longer, with her reaction and ultimate, well you know…another dog may well have survived with minimal reaction</p>
<p>on the brighter side, we met the new dog today, we won’t know for sure yet if we are getting her, but its looks really good (one other lady is interested), but they LOVED us…turns out one of our rescue dogs, the big one, was also helped by the same lady that saved the new dog, (we changed the name so we didn’t figure it out right away), she was AMAZED at how well the rescue dog is-she almost wanted to cry</p>
<p>The dog is so sweet but man talk about energy!!! </p>
<p>we are lucky, we have lots of off leash parks…</p>
<p>cross your fingers!!!</p>
<p>Dear somemom,
Thanks for asking. Glad your dog has recovered.</p>
<p>Our dog is back to his normal. He did not move for 12 hrs, got up to poop & pee. Was down another 16 hrs then husband came home from work and the dog got up to great him. Labs were normal. The vet can only guess it was an allergic reaction to the post op antibiotic-Keflex. It was scary, he would eat only ice cream, chicken broth and water while he was “resting”. I was sleeping downstairs to keep him company. Husband thought he was going to wake up and find out dog had died.
It will be nice to see him walk into the vet Monday for suture removal. It wasn’t easy bringing him in on a towel stretcher. He is 98# & 12 or 13 yrs old.<br>
citygirlsmom-thanks for the info, keeping fingers crossed.</p>
<p>well, life works in mysterious ways</p>
<p>we didn’t get the first “roxie” the foster dad decided to keep her, long story</p>
<p>but last night we get a call from a rescue group asking us if we could take in a foster dog- an 8 year old border collie with a bad eye, but otherwise in amazing shape</p>
<p>they found her and 2 other BCs wandering the highway up north</p>
<p>they took the two younger ones to adopt out, but mom, well, she was going to be used in a class at the county animal shelter to teach employees about how to kill unwanted dogs</p>
<p>omg</p>
<p>anyway, she is sound asleep on Trixie’s old bed, after 2 walks and a real dinner</p>
<p>she is scared of stairs, probablly something to do with her vision and maybe never having used stairs before, so our goal this weekend is to get her going up stairs- its not her body, its her depth perception mosts likely, but we gots stairs, so its an adventure teaching an old dog new tricks</p>
<p>here is a link to her profile: they say she is a mix, but I don’t think so:</p>
<p><a href=“http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8902660[/url]”>http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8902660</a></p>
<p>CGM, so sorry for your loss and am so glad that you have found a really heartwarming way to remember her by fostering another dog. You and your family have big hearts.</p>
<p>I feel fortunate to have an understanding H who “gets it” and :)</p>
<p>we will probably end up keeping our new/old roxie- she is older and may be hard to adopt out and she is soooo sweet</p>
<p>the name suits as she is lovely, but seems to have been through some stuff, like an old showgirl</p>
<p>cgm - you’ve earned a big gold star on my chart for considering the adoption of a senior! Older animals are SO grateful for a warm, loving home.</p>
<p>cgm,</p>
<p>I just saw this thread and am so sorry for the loss of your beloved Trixie.</p>
<p>That said, I am thrilled by the news of Roxie - she sounds like a sweetheart.</p>
<p>We learned - many years ago - by doing it the wrong way - that a new dog helps heal the heart in amazing ways. We waited much too long to replaced our beloved golden - we didn’t think “we were ready”. But, we learned that the addition of a new dog, the memories that made you cry yesterday can make you smile today.</p>
<p>All the best wishes for you and your new family member.</p>
<p>CGM ~ Just saw the updated thread…</p>
<p>I’m SO happy for you and your family. What a beautiful, beautiful sweet pea! What striking coloration! It thrills me to see another rescue success story…these animals make absolutely wonderful pets…and they bring out something very special in the families THEY rescue. :D</p>
<p>Love and Yummy Treats!</p>