[livingwith]

We brought our little Copper (Golden Retriever) home on July 4th. She was just getting ready to turn 11 weeks. She seemed very sweet, quiet, and a little nervous. She was great on the drive home, and so sweet. No accidents, and no motion sickness. That night she threw up, but seemed to sleep okay. We figured her stomach was nervous from the drive. The next day we brought her to the vet, and she was so lethargic, but the vet told us, it was probably from all the changes. That night she vom...Read the full article

[Corney]

Here is an update on poor Copper. After we saw the neurologist, he confirmed our worse fears. Copper had Distemper and it had spread to her Central Nervous System. We decided to do a Spinal Tap to see if there was any way to save her at all. We left her in the office and went to get a soda. After a long hard look at all the print outs we had on Distemper we decided to leave it to fate. We would go back to the Neurologist and if the spinal tap had been done we would wait out the results, if it had not been done, we would take her home give her a good meal, and bring her to her own vet, and put her down. Well, the Spinal had not been done, so with heavy hearts we brought her home, gave her a good meal, had our three children say goodbye, and we brought her to the vet she had come to know and trust. It was the single most horrible, hardest thing we both had ever had to do. She was so young, and we hadn't even had four weeks with her. We are now contemplating what to do next. The breeders whom we got her from, are expecting another litter, and acknowledge that there was a problem, yet still sold us a sick puppy even after they lost 10 puppies at their home (of a different breed) to the same symptoms. We have talked to many AKC breeders since, and are expecting to pick up our new fully vaccinated puppy this weekend, from different breeders (6 weeks after Copper's death). We have gone to extremes to make sure our home is safe for a new puppy, and are so lucky to have found breeders that feel the same way. We are excited to start fresh, but still miss our poor little Copper, and will forever remember what a sweet pup she was, and are comforted knowing we did everything we could have for her, but in the end eased her pain the only way we could.

[bani]

Dear Corney,
Very sorry to hear about Copper, it is very hard to let go and move on but I am glad to know that you would be getting a new pup soon to fill in the vacume, wish you all the love for your new dog.

Bani