I'm sorry to hear about Max. We believe that if they can spend their last days in the comfort of a home and receive some love and compassion, we've done our job. I know you thought he was going to get more than he did out of this life, I'm sorry, that's really hard, but thank you for caring about him and making his last days comfortable.
I've volunteered to take on a hospice case. We have two at the rescue right now and they can't afford a third unadoptable dog. This one is a beautiful boy with Wobblers. He's at the shelter, but everyone loves him to death. He's a great dog. He was collapsed when he came in, he couldn't walk. I actually diagnosed him and I've never worked in a vet's office a day in my life. I told them to take neck X-rays and look for Wobblers. They came back and said I was right. They've nursed him back to leap frogging. He won't be adoptable. They have one guy who wants to foster him, if that works great, but I need to know he understands that it's hospice, the dog's probably not getting better or moving on. If that doesn't work, he's coming here. I suspect he's coming here. Wobblers dogs can't be around slick surfaces. My place is carpet and slate. He won't slip here. I had a greyhound who lost his home in his twilight years. Luckily his family worked to find him someplace to go and didn't dump him at the shelter. I took on a red Doberman a few years back who's owner died and the family didn't want her. She lived here for 19 months before the cancer got her. I can do a Wobblers dog until the pain is too much and let him go knowing he was loved.
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