well. here i go again unloading more sad news on here,.....if you dont wanna be sad, stop reading right now,..........
my $2600 30th b day present to myself didnt make it much past my birthday. i had to put him to sleep tonight. absolutely the hardest thing ive ever had to go through in my life!! ive had many people close to me die in my life so far, but noone really close. i mean like a parent, child, wife, long time girlfriend, whatever. good friends were pretty tough though. might as well be family.
ive wanted a dog of my own as soon as i moved out of my parents house at 19. always loved dogs, every kind. even the dirty mutts. they are still fun. ill play with them all. had the family dog for a long time, but i wanted my own. every place ive lived or rented since i was 19, did not allow dogs. so i wasnt able to get one until i bought a house at 29 years old. did some remodeling for a while and by that time my 30th birthday is comming up. everyone usually tripps out when they turn 30. i didnt think it was that bad at all. all those people got me all worked up about it for nothing. anyway, so i figure im gonna need to do something to make turning 30 unforgetable.
i had my heart set on getting a pit bull puppy for my first dog. i wanted that for years. then a girl i was with was always talking about english bulldogs. i thought they were cool and all, but not like a pit bull. then she bought a bulldog puppy named maggie (after maggie simpson) that was the first bulldog puppy ive met and gotten to know. that dog was the shit! i changed my mind totally. i wanted one right away. turning 30 seemed like the perfect time to finally get my dog.
the bullshit i went through to get the puppy i got is a whole other story. damn internet scams! unreal. had me freakin out for months.
i finally found a breeder in california with the perfect puppy. alot more money than i thought, but i had to. took the chance of getting scammed again for 3 times the amount of money. it worked out though.
i picked him up from the airport. he got a cold the next day. the vet said it was stress from the trip and being away from his family. gave him some pills and it went away. the same cold came back a few weeks later. took him in again. 50 bucks just for the visit each time. then i pay for shots, pills, digging through his shit, and all that. this time the vet says its because he has an enlongated soft pallete. pretty much the roof of his mouth was too long and blocking his throat. making him struggle to breath which ends up getting him sick. never ending cycle. he suggests sugery to trim it up a bit to clear the path. extremely common thing to do with bulldogs. well, bumser also has an extra small trachea (throat pipe). i paid for the $850 sugery and he ended up having swelling that blocked his throat even more. they said to just watch him while the swelling goes down and he should be great.
he got sick again, right away. took him to many, many vet and emergency visits in a matter of 4 days. the money got insane. so earlier today(fri) i took him in again because i just was seeing no improvement what so ever. he was doing so rough trying to breathe, wouldnt eat or drink, respond to his name, or even play with cardboard(his crack) he loved that shit. tore it up. just miserable. the vet said i needed to take him to this other vet with the proper equipment for him right away. so i left that vet to go to the other. they wanted me to leave him there right then and there to put him down. they said he could be put on oxygen til the swelling goes down. again here is the unbelievable money shit again. thousands.. not only that, they said no matter what, the thousands of dollars sugery would have to be done fairly regularly through his life because of his extra thin trachea. they also noticed that his paws were starting to turn upwards. like hes walking more on the backs of his ankles. pins could be put in but he would still have arthritis the rest of his life.
they wanted me to leave him there to be put to sleep right away.i wanted one more night with my little guy. i know my dog and i know that when im with him every minute, like i have been. he does fine. he just needs his head lifted and have some pillows propped up so he can sleep. when hes on his own and walking, he was just gasping for every breath. he would walk to the nearest thing to prop his head on to breathe. wall, couch, my leg, anything. he did take care of himself very good. he would find the spot nomatter what. just hard to watch him go through all that, so i helped him. my plan was to take him in after he had a chance to say goodbye to everyone. he made alot of friends in his short time with me. i called everyone that loved him to come have a drink with me at my house before i took him in. gave him a shitload of treats and even gave him some beer in his water dish. he loved it. then everyone gathered around me and him for a bunch of group photos. ill post them soon.
i took him in at about 12 30 midnight. a few of my friends wanted to come with. i tell ya. i have some super fuckin duper supportive friends. they are great. in the room with me the whole time. they asked me if they could. i didnt mind at all as long as they didnt mind seeing a big tattooed guy a blubbering mess. they joined right in with the mess. he was put to sleep right in my arms. every night i told bumser it was "time for bed" and he would go in his cage to sleep. right before she gave him the injection, i told bumser it was time for bed. he was so tired from choking and wheezing for days, he hardly slept. that must have felt so fuckin good to him to close his eyes like that. the doctor said it is just an overdose of anesthesia and he basicly just falls asleep and never wakes up. i felt his body just sink. it was so soft and smooth, he looked like he loved it.
i miss him more than anything i have ever missed before in my 30 years. he was the best dog and exactly what i wanted in a dog for a very long time. i just wish me and bumser could have hung out a little longer though. ill miss you buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R.I.P
Starker Bumser
may 26th 2004 - october 9th 2004
my $2600 30th b day present to myself didnt make it much past my birthday. i had to put him to sleep tonight. absolutely the hardest thing ive ever had to go through in my life!! ive had many people close to me die in my life so far, but noone really close. i mean like a parent, child, wife, long time girlfriend, whatever. good friends were pretty tough though. might as well be family.
ive wanted a dog of my own as soon as i moved out of my parents house at 19. always loved dogs, every kind. even the dirty mutts. they are still fun. ill play with them all. had the family dog for a long time, but i wanted my own. every place ive lived or rented since i was 19, did not allow dogs. so i wasnt able to get one until i bought a house at 29 years old. did some remodeling for a while and by that time my 30th birthday is comming up. everyone usually tripps out when they turn 30. i didnt think it was that bad at all. all those people got me all worked up about it for nothing. anyway, so i figure im gonna need to do something to make turning 30 unforgetable.
i had my heart set on getting a pit bull puppy for my first dog. i wanted that for years. then a girl i was with was always talking about english bulldogs. i thought they were cool and all, but not like a pit bull. then she bought a bulldog puppy named maggie (after maggie simpson) that was the first bulldog puppy ive met and gotten to know. that dog was the shit! i changed my mind totally. i wanted one right away. turning 30 seemed like the perfect time to finally get my dog.
the bullshit i went through to get the puppy i got is a whole other story. damn internet scams! unreal. had me freakin out for months.
i finally found a breeder in california with the perfect puppy. alot more money than i thought, but i had to. took the chance of getting scammed again for 3 times the amount of money. it worked out though.
i picked him up from the airport. he got a cold the next day. the vet said it was stress from the trip and being away from his family. gave him some pills and it went away. the same cold came back a few weeks later. took him in again. 50 bucks just for the visit each time. then i pay for shots, pills, digging through his shit, and all that. this time the vet says its because he has an enlongated soft pallete. pretty much the roof of his mouth was too long and blocking his throat. making him struggle to breath which ends up getting him sick. never ending cycle. he suggests sugery to trim it up a bit to clear the path. extremely common thing to do with bulldogs. well, bumser also has an extra small trachea (throat pipe). i paid for the $850 sugery and he ended up having swelling that blocked his throat even more. they said to just watch him while the swelling goes down and he should be great.
he got sick again, right away. took him to many, many vet and emergency visits in a matter of 4 days. the money got insane. so earlier today(fri) i took him in again because i just was seeing no improvement what so ever. he was doing so rough trying to breathe, wouldnt eat or drink, respond to his name, or even play with cardboard(his crack) he loved that shit. tore it up. just miserable. the vet said i needed to take him to this other vet with the proper equipment for him right away. so i left that vet to go to the other. they wanted me to leave him there right then and there to put him down. they said he could be put on oxygen til the swelling goes down. again here is the unbelievable money shit again. thousands.. not only that, they said no matter what, the thousands of dollars sugery would have to be done fairly regularly through his life because of his extra thin trachea. they also noticed that his paws were starting to turn upwards. like hes walking more on the backs of his ankles. pins could be put in but he would still have arthritis the rest of his life.
they wanted me to leave him there to be put to sleep right away.i wanted one more night with my little guy. i know my dog and i know that when im with him every minute, like i have been. he does fine. he just needs his head lifted and have some pillows propped up so he can sleep. when hes on his own and walking, he was just gasping for every breath. he would walk to the nearest thing to prop his head on to breathe. wall, couch, my leg, anything. he did take care of himself very good. he would find the spot nomatter what. just hard to watch him go through all that, so i helped him. my plan was to take him in after he had a chance to say goodbye to everyone. he made alot of friends in his short time with me. i called everyone that loved him to come have a drink with me at my house before i took him in. gave him a shitload of treats and even gave him some beer in his water dish. he loved it. then everyone gathered around me and him for a bunch of group photos. ill post them soon.
i took him in at about 12 30 midnight. a few of my friends wanted to come with. i tell ya. i have some super fuckin duper supportive friends. they are great. in the room with me the whole time. they asked me if they could. i didnt mind at all as long as they didnt mind seeing a big tattooed guy a blubbering mess. they joined right in with the mess. he was put to sleep right in my arms. every night i told bumser it was "time for bed" and he would go in his cage to sleep. right before she gave him the injection, i told bumser it was time for bed. he was so tired from choking and wheezing for days, he hardly slept. that must have felt so fuckin good to him to close his eyes like that. the doctor said it is just an overdose of anesthesia and he basicly just falls asleep and never wakes up. i felt his body just sink. it was so soft and smooth, he looked like he loved it.
i miss him more than anything i have ever missed before in my 30 years. he was the best dog and exactly what i wanted in a dog for a very long time. i just wish me and bumser could have hung out a little longer though. ill miss you buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R.I.P
Starker Bumser
may 26th 2004 - october 9th 2004
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arsenic:
see you in a couple days! 
batty:
Hey read your story after you posted about mine.. Well, Limone luvs me to death which isn't too good..because I have 3 other dogs that are all female and 2 are chihuahuas and my chihuahuas are very clingy and Limone wants to kill them and she easily could. I'm very scared that she will...and they don't like her at all not even my french bullodog.. So sad.. So, when she does get 100% better I may have to find her a new home where she won't have to share her owner with 3 other bitches, So, let me know if you would be interested, and also if you have questions about doggies feel free to ask me because you are right there is confliting shit out there because people don't know what the hell they are talking about but I can clear most of it up..