Maggie was our first family dog. We all fell in love with her from the minute we got her on Christmas 2007. She was four years old when we got her and fully house trained. She never had one accident (that we knew of) in the house and never chewed on anything we didn't want her to. We could leave her in the house alone for up to 8 hours and never had to wake up with her in the night. It took us a while to get her social with other dogs, but once we did, she was so sweet with them. She loved walks to the mailbox with Chad and learned to love car rides. We took her on a few hikes, and she was such a trooper with her short little legs. She protected me when Chad was at work and helped me feel safe. She was seriously the best first dog we could have ever imagined. In November 2011, I noticed she wasn't acting normal. She was skipping meals and sleeping more often. At first Chad just thought she was getting old. One day he was home with her all day and got a little worried. He took her to the doctor, and they felt a tumor near her stomach (but not in it). They decided to operate and put a drain tube in to see if they could shrink the tumor. After a few days they took out the drain tube and said that he wound would heal on its own. Well, the wound never healed and she started bleeding more...lots more. We took her to the doctor every couple of days, but they would always just send us away (we won't be going back to that doctor). After a week and a half, Chad took her in and demanded they do more tests and do something. Well, they tested her blood levels and she had lost over half her blood. They told Chad that she wouldn't make it through the night and recommended taking her to a special Animal Hospital in SLC. So, Chad brought her home so that we could all say goodbye to her. It was so heartbreaking for us all, and we all held her and cried. So, so hard! She spent the night in the ICU and had a couple of blood transfusions (little ones...who knew they had blood transfusions for dogs). The specialist came the next morning and said there was nothing they could do for her. He thought she had sarcoma cancer and it was spreading down her leg quickly. He didn't think she would make it through the day. Chad had to say goodbye to her again. He said they let him go into the ICU where he laid down by her and spent a little more time with her before he said goodbye. He called me from the hospital (I was teaching preschool) and we had a good cry over the phone together. We all loved her so much and will never forget our first family dog!
Maggie had the longest tounge yet never slobbered like most bulldogs!
Maggie had the best physique. Everytime we took her tot he vet he had to show her to everyone and tell them that is what a bulldog should look like
Chad loved Maggie
We loved her floppy cheeks and underbite
She loved to make her own bed, and find her own pillows
Oh how we love her so!
This is the night we said goodbye
Jared giving Maggie lots of love. She returned her love with lots of kisses
Landon Saying Goodbye
Spencer giving his last hugs
Trying to smile through tears...our last hugs for our Maggie
We love you Maggie and will NEVER forget you!
1 comment:
That is such a sad entry. Im so sorry you had to go through that. We loved Maggie too. I think about her every time I use my back door, cause she scratched the new paint off the door...and I still love her.
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