While we were there, however, we met another little baby. She was just the sweetest thing. They said she was 3 to 4 months old and a lab mix. She looked more like a boxer mix than a lab. She was removed from a home for abuse/neglect along with 4 other dogs and a cat. One of the dogs was a chihuahua with a broken back.
The puppy was very submissive and rolled on her back and peed a number of times. She cowered on the ground. It was heart wrenching. I could not leave without her. I only hoped we would be able to get the submissive peeing under control after showing her love and gentleness. By the time we left the shelter (we were there for over 2 hours - they thought we were weird) she was already less fearful of us and quit peeing when we touched her.
On the way home she was severely car sick. It was an hour drive. By the next morning she was showing signs of kennel cough along with now continuing to regurgitate water cuz her tummy was upset. We took her to the vet that afternoon (which again caused more carsickness). We got an antibiotic and some puppy-pepto. The kennel cough medicine caused nausea. Just what we needed. We also got her some special bland dog food until her tummy settled. She has 3tbsp of the dog food that night.
We had no vomiting on Tuesday, but she would not eat anything. Tuesday night when I gave her her cough medicine, so threw it up and threw up an additional five times. Of course her stomach was a mess again and she continued to regurgitate all day today. I called her vet this morning. They suggested chicken and rice and to bring her in tomorrow morning if she still had not eaten anything.
After she had not eaten anything by 4:30 today, I could not have her go through the night. It had been too long. She was so lethargic. I took her to the vet by our house to reduce the car sickness. They suggested a parvo test, even though she had had not diarrhea. It came back positive. Dakota was with me. There is/was no way we could pay the bill for parvo treatment. We were told it would be a week long treatment that would cost between $350 and $750 a day with no guarantee that it would be successful.
We do not have that kind of money. We live paycheck to paycheck. Having to make a decision based on monetary value over the value of a her precious little life is inconceivable and makes me feel like a horrible person. It is a very hard thing to come to terms with.
It is amazing how attached you can become to a puppy in such a short amount of time. We only had her 3 days, but she was the sweetest most helpless creature. We are all heart broken. Sierra is really struggling with the decision we had to make.
I could not settle on a name regardless of how the others prodded me. I knew in my heart it was because she would not be with us long. But I refused to put the feeling into words. This morning I finally took some pictures of her, as I had not done that. I am very thankful that I did. She will be greatly missed. With the wound of the loss of Napoleon not yet healed, this new wound is made even more painful. I wonder if I will ever be brave enough to try again.
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