Month: February 2014

Well, let’s get started.  Maggie was the runt of the litter, and my son and future daughter in law, picked her out from the litter….I guess there’s more love in a small body.  I was with them, and I didn’t know much about golden retrievers, but I’ve have been a dog owner for many years.  As I kidded them, that’s their first child…  I would see Maggie alot through the years, and she is a very loving dog, a trait that is common among retrievers.  As my son’s family grew, they would drop Maggie off at my home while they went off on vacations or deployments.  My wife and I ran with Maggie, and she retrieved until my arm hurt. When my son was being transferred to England for a couple of years, they asked us if we would take care of Maggie for those two years, until they got back (they now have three beautiful girls).  We picked her up two years ago, and from the first day, she became part of our family.  We ran, retrieved, and played with Maggie until last month, when we noticed that she was limping.  I thought that she had hurt her leg by jumping/retrieving.  So a couple of weeks later, she was limping a lot more and did not put any weight on her left front leg at all.  So we took her to the vet and they examined and x rayed her and  said that she had OS in her leg.  They recommend amputation.  So we studied and had a second opinion from a different vet.   We decided to go ahead with the amputation.  She went in on tuesday, 25 Feb.  and I picked her up late on tuesday night.  What a shock.  I will be posting tomorrow to tell the story about bringing her home.

thanks,

Marion

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