Thursday 7 January 2016

Another sad Goodbye


Just when we started to get used to a house without Lucky, our old little Bibi passed away, 1 week after Lucky. Two losses in such a short time is heart breaking and we have a few more old dogs and the thought of loosing them is horrible.

Bibi has been with us since 2002, we do not know her exact age but it must have been around 15/16. We found her on the streets in very bad shape but thanks to a never ending appetite she recouped well and never had any health issues in all these years.  Until we discovered a lump in her breast last year. As you might remember we lost Daisy and Lily from breast cancer, we both had them operated which did not help much and took weeks for them to recover. Because of this we did not have Bibi operated on. She actually lived longer than the two who we had operated, but I think her good appetite helped a lot. When she all of a sudden stopped eating we knew it was her time.
Instead of letting her go on her own, we took her to the vet to have her put to sleep. This decision was because we know that even when they do not eat and drink it takes days for them to pass away, which is painful for them and agony for us to see them suffer. Bibi's tumor was swollen due to an abscess and looked horrible and painful.


This the last picture I took of her, the day she passed away, she now lies in the mountains with her other brothers and sisters.

If you want to avoid your female dogs to get breast cancer, please let them be spayed as soon as possible, best is when they are 5-6 months before they produce hormones. The older they get the more risk, especially when they have had pups spaying doesn't help much anymore.
We learned this the hard way by loosing 3 girls in 1 year, our 3 remaining girls are all spayed and hopefully will stay with us for a long time.

10 comments:

  1. I am sorry for your lost. I've never known about that sprey. Good to know...

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  2. What a sad story! Bibi was a beauty!

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  3. it is so sad :( I'm sending all my love and hugs to you.
    I'm just happy to know she had a great life with you!
    I've said it before, but you are such a loving, caring person and that is all that truly matters, to care about your other dogs and the new ones that will come to your home sooner or later.
    Many hugs!

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  4. Really sad goodbye. She was such a beauty!

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  5. Oh, I am sorry for your losses. Bibi was beautiful.

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  6. Such a heartbreaking period you are going through! Sending you both lots of hugs!

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  7. It is always so hard to say goodbye :(
    Maybe it's Lucky's death that triggered Bibi's cancer...I have seen that happened with older cats, like one is waiting for the other to die before he can let go too...

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  8. I am really sorry for your loss Estella! Sending hugssssss!

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  9. Double heartbreak. I'm sorry you are going through that pain.
    I am glad you have 3 other waging tails about to help cheer you.

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  10. So sorry for your loss, Estella! Bibi was a beauty.

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