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Everyone, please be careful doing things with your dogs in this heat. I know you all know this, but I got an awfuly hard lesson in how easy it can happen today.
I took Thor with me today, and he ran with me for about a mile. This is about 1/4 of his normal workout, but he was acting off. By the time we got back to the pickup his hind legs were not working right, and I knew he was in trouble. I put him in a slough for a while to cool off, but I never got ahead of it. I did not have any cold packs or anything along, like I would have if I was hunting, and I could not make him drink anything.
He went into convulsions and died in my arms.
I am sitting here thinking what else I could have done, and cant come up with anything. I was a hundred miles from my vet, and...... well excuses are like ********, I let him down. That is something I will have to live with.
Please be extra careful so you dont have to.
He was my first hunting dog, and a very special boy. I hope the next one can equal him, I know he will never exceed him.
Where's the bird Thor????????
I took Thor with me today, and he ran with me for about a mile. This is about 1/4 of his normal workout, but he was acting off. By the time we got back to the pickup his hind legs were not working right, and I knew he was in trouble. I put him in a slough for a while to cool off, but I never got ahead of it. I did not have any cold packs or anything along, like I would have if I was hunting, and I could not make him drink anything.
He went into convulsions and died in my arms.
I am sitting here thinking what else I could have done, and cant come up with anything. I was a hundred miles from my vet, and...... well excuses are like ********, I let him down. That is something I will have to live with.
Please be extra careful so you dont have to.
He was my first hunting dog, and a very special boy. I hope the next one can equal him, I know he will never exceed him.
Where's the bird Thor????????