Distemper is one of those things that hits you in the gut and doesn’t allow you any time to prepare. Before we were saying hello to Captain, we were already prepping to say goodbye. Charlotte asked me Sunday if Captain was going to die today and I answered that we just had to pray. When she came home from school this afternoon, he was not only alive, but alive and ready to sit on her lap and snuggle.
She said to me “Good thing he is still alive” and I said “Why?” She said “Because I would be very sad.”
I think he knows it too and is doing his best to stay around for our family.
He stayed at my feet under the computer, followed Phoneyx and I outside, and managed some serious tail wagging and the tiniest few moments of fetch. It is so weird because he can be so eager and ready and sweet and you think things are fine and in a short hour, he can appear sickly, off balance and coughing. Our emotions are being taken for a ride constantly.
I guess when it comes to animals all we can do is relish the here and now and then look back fondly on them as memories when the moments fade. For now we are holding out hope that even if its a slim chance, that he survives to be one of the lucky ones.
He certainly wants to be here.
And that is a darn good start.
~Trisha
So very sad! I’m a dog lover and I have 3 of them, my mom has 2 and her eldest pup survived Parvo! Don’t give up hope, show him that you’re happy and that you love him, he’ll sense it and like you said, he’ll WANT to be here! Sending tons of prayers and good vibes to you all!
So sad when our animals have issues but I know prayer works
I’m still praying for Captain. He’s sounds like the perfect little dog. Please keep us updated.
Captain is in my thoughts.
Poor Captain, but it sounds like your kids are doing really well with him!
Praying for your family and your sweet puppy
Praying for Captain to pull through!!!!
I hope he makes it…sure seems like he got lucky with you all…there must be a reason.
I am pulling for Captain! I think the love, care and kindness of your family will certainly help him hang in there.
It’s not unlike puppies or even adult dogs to play hard for 15-20 minutes then zonk out before you can blink Rascal’s 1 1/2 years old and he does that constantly. He also has a balance, disorientation type of problem but no idea what it is. When we first got him he couldn’t stand up and they said ear infection. The vet we go to now says he’s healthy in every way and if we want to spend thousands of $$ in tests we can but as long as he’s eating, peeing and pooping to consider it part of his personality. It’s the day Rascal isn’t running down the hall and banging into the walls and doors that we’ll begin to worry.
I guess what I’m saying is WHEN Captain makes a recovery if he still has problems with his balance or any other neurological type problems love him more because of them.
I’ve been praying like crazy for that little guy and after I told Don about him he’s been praying.
I really really am praying he’ll pull through! He’s been such a sport through all of this! I don’t think he wants to believe the distemper himself, so he’s trying to keep that brave face on. I hope and pray this passes and you have many more long long happy years with Captain!
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks SO much for the update! I’ve been thinking about him A LOT and I’m not even a dog person either. HAHAHAHAHA! We have a dog too, BTW, and she’s very nice too.