A heartfelt thank you for all your good wishes. It is very hard but it does help that others understand the pain and sadness of Aibou's passing for me.
AIBOU — May 2006 to 2 July 2018 — 12 years old
(Aibou was euthanized today — and this is my Tribute to him; sorry if it is very long but I wanted to put down all my thoughts).
In early winter 2006 we drove fourteen hours in one day to Rotorua and back to pick up a beautiful bulldog puppy with a...
Well Aibou has gone now, after 12 years of an often rambunctious life. He had stopped eating and in the last couple of days was very weak but did not seem too uncomfortable when medicated, which thanks to a tip on this forum to give meds with ice cream did mean I was able to keep giving meds to...
Just passing these on for what they are worth:
(a) Problems with peeing at night (an intermittent problem) - carry him out last thing at night and first thing in the morning; put a plastic sheet on top of the foam mattress he usually sleeps on and a sleeping bag laid flat and duvet on top of...
Thanks for comments - and CBrugs and Jax - hope you are ok.
Took him to the vet who put him on a drip, antibiotics and a pain injection, and stayed on for an hour past their closing so that was nice. This vet thinks he has pancreatitis, so was not constipation but the pancreas etc not...
Unfortunately things are not getting better. I thought he had diarrhea but realize now it must be constipation, and it has gotten to the stage where I am having great difficulty in getting him to take his meds. (He is not eating much and won't take his meds in chicken, cheese or ice cream). That...
Few pics from his younger days. Thanks 2BullyMama - will try and spoil him although it needs to be giving him affection or taking him to a nice walk as he is eating less foods. Does anyone know of a good way to get him to take his (numerous) pills - this morning he didn't want his mince (chicken...
We had a bit of a rough week this past week as Aibou had oneday where he vomited up five separate times, was very listless and ate nothingthat day, although he has gotten better since. I will be following the vetsadvice to cook his food at all times, as although he has eaten raw much of hislife...
Aibou is now twelve years old and has been through the wars the last few years. We believe he had a stroke about three years ago, he has gone virtually blind, and his arthritis is very bad.
His vet is starting to raise the possibility of him being "put to sleep" and my ex-partner who lives with...
Thanks for the comments. Just as an update he seems to have come right again. It may be that he is going blind and gets extremely upset if there are any changes made and then that sends him into a state. Recently my partner's mother came to stay, and we also moved a foam mattress out of his...
Have not posted on this site for a few years, and seem to have mislaid my prior post somehow so hope this is not a double post.
Our boy Aibou is now around nine and is medicated for various health issues in particular for joint soreness and also he gets two different eye ointments as nearly...
When he was young this was one of the issues the big boy had (on walks round the block from our house). I got round it by just taking off his lead and walking on with the rest of the family one day - he decided to follow. I think it was just an "ocd" type thing in relation to this particular...
Here is a picture off the net showing a children's playground flying fox for those who don't know what it is. I think it may be called a zip line in the States.
You must not have flying foxes in the States? It is a cable with an attachment to roll down the cable on (for people) - an adventure activity. The string part at the bottom is for the flying fox to be hauled up to the top, and the red seat is to sit on as it glides down. Most are for kids but...
The big boy went completely nuts trying to get his teeth on the red seat of this flying fox today.
It isn't actually a good idea for him to jump so much (and he was breathing really hard and I had to start driving away before he would come!)
But I think he had a great time!!
Well I'm gonna disagree with everyone and say why neuter him? It is actually healthier for the dog's health on balance not to neuter - type in "long term effects of spay neuter" into google if you want some scientific facts on the matter. In some countries in Scandinavia it is rare to neuter and...
Our boyhas never been crated, but he was left in our big bedroom up until he was about one and a half I think. We did have to "bully proof" the room a little eg move books up to the second shelf as once he decided to give those a chew. However he was pretty good. When he got a bit older he made...
Well our bully is pretty much not afraid of anything! When he was a pup though he was scared of some things. He was scared when he went for his first walk in the outside world and he was scared by a passing express train which unfortunately passed right overhead when we were walking under it...
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I guess if your dog does act right out of the ordinary that may be an indication that things aren't quite right. I know our boy Aibou doesn't like the application of the flea medication just like he will go under the table if he has sore wrinkles and I am coming to wipe them. But he...