The Puppy Story
Last year when I joined this site, I had two Newfs, one was a puppy about ten months old at the time, he's the black dog in the original Tow Missle pics. His name was Salior, well Salior ruptured his Crucia sort of like an Achilles Tendon in a human, so my vet was going to do surgery to correct the problem, not at all uncommon in Newfs, did a blood test before the surgery, and found that the dog's blood test showed failing kidneys. None of us believed it because he seemed to be a totally normal pup. Turns out he was actually a very sick dog, and after all kinds of treatment, that included a couple of very expensive blood transfusions I lost him, and man he was a fighter to the end. The people I got him from felt very bad about what happened and offered to replace him. At first I declined the offer, but later changed my mind. As you know the new pup's name is Bosun' or Bo as he's called around here. Well, about two months ago I noticed that Bo was having a hard time getting up and a hard time staying up, so back to Dr. Sam we go, and the news wasn't too good, Bo has some pretty bad hips, and will require some heavy duty surgery to enable him to have a normal life. Man this is unreal, but it is what it is, so I showed him the ten inch gash I have in my chest from the double bypass I had, and said, this is what you have to look forward to. I have no doubt that the two of us can get past all of this, the sooner the better.
