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Feb. 09, 2004 - Sadly, we lost our battle with Rusty's Distemper this evening and helped him cross over The Rainbow Bridge. We were blessed to have had this tender soul come into our lives and he will be greatly missed. Even with all of our sadness, we know that there is another special someone for us that needs a home. We're planning a trip at the end of next month to your facility to see if there is an angel there waiting for us. I know there is. Maybe even 2. The Waltons |
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07, 2004 - Rusty is a beautiful Shepherd/Chow mix that we adopted from the
Humane Society of North TX the second week of January. I picked him up on
Tuesday and he became ill that same Friday. I had already scheduled an
appointment with our regular vet Saturday. Our vet hoped it was just a
case of Kennel Cough but prepared us for the possibility of Distemper even
though his papers showed he was vaccinated the week before. Rusty
started antibiotics immediately and has been spoiled rotten so far. His
lab work came back positive for Distemper but we're still giving him all
the love and care we can. This has been just devastating for us because
the whole point of adopting was to "save a life". We never thought
anything like this could happen. Rusty is now showing the signs of
neurological damage and we know we are on borrowed time. In the
short 3+ weeks we've had him, he has been an amazing dog that has really
touched us. We were lucky to have found him that day and aren't angry
about what happened. We did save him and will be able to love him for
however long we have together.