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Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend
Jun 29^th, 2012, 11:11am

Just got back from the vets. Poor sod got a twisted gut.
Same way our first spinone went.
The whole stomach somehow twists round, cuts of blood supply and blocks the gut. Unfortunately you can't really do anything. With his age and heart condition putting him to sleep was the best thing we could do for him.
As soon as we felt his stomach we knew what it was.

God I'm going to miss him.

Raise a glass for my mate (milk preferably) and give your dogs a treat in his honour.
See you in the afterlife mate.
THank you for a lot of happy years.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 9449 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #1 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 11:19am My most heartfelt sympathies, c_a. It's a very, very sad day when you loose a great dog. Keep in mind that you gave him the best life he could have possibly had and remember all of the good times. RIP, Bilbo. How old was he?
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Bill Skinner Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1358	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #2 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 12:57pm It really hurts to lose a friend.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2886	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #3 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 1:21pm My sympathies C_A
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BrianGrubbs Funditor Joined May 6th, 2008 Posts: 559 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #4 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 2:55pm Sorry to hear that C_A, Bilbo was a good one. I don't have a dog anymore, but I'll give a treat to all the ones at customers houses today, and the glass has been raised. Brian
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Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend
Reply #5 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 4:08pm

Ah, I am sorry for you, my friend. Best wishes in the days ahead.

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Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend
Reply #6 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 4:44pm

thanks folks.
Really Appreciated.

Not sure phoenix understands. everytime someone comes to the door she goes looking.

Bilbo was the happiest dog we've ever had. No fear of anything - right from a puppy.
Never got frightened, always had a grin, always came to greet you when you got home, loved squeaky toys and food and his late night drink of milk and a cookie.

Unfortunately spinones don't seem to make old bones. Bilbo was 11 1/2
In a peculiar way I suppose it was good for him to go while he still had 100% quality of life. His back legs were getting increasingly wobbly, and even though the tablets seemed to have got the heart thing under control (enlarged). The vet said it was a progressive condition.
So at least he didn't get sick and old.
And he had a smashing walk this morning, barked at lots of people in the drive.

One way or another an awful lot of people are going to miss him.

Slow deaths don't seem to happen in our family/pack. Sudden deaths seem to be the norm.

We all agree - amazing as they are he's got to be our last spinone. 2 for 2 with twisted gut, is 2 too many.

Don't know what we'll have next - but 2 dogs is always better than just one. For us and the dogs.

My slinging partner for 11 years

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perpetualstudent Funditor Slinging Rocks! Posts: 609 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #7 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 8:03pm Sorry to hear that C_A. It's always sad to lose a member of your pack.
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HurlinThom Interfector Viris Spurii Leverage artillerist Posts: 1390	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #8 - Jun 29^th, 2012, 11:14pm Sorry to hear about Bilbo, CA. Loss of a family-member type dog is pretty rough. Gastric torsion (what we call it over here) is bad, sometimes repairable with surgery, but it can recur. Not real rare among Akitas; a friend lost her first one to it. Hope Bilbo's successor is a great dog, too.
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4798 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #9 - Jun 30^th, 2012, 2:53am RIP Bilbo.
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bigkahuna Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Posts: 3687 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #10 - Jun 30^th, 2012, 9:06am Oh wow Alex, I am so sorry for your loss. You have my deepest sympathies and I will raise a glass as will Banshee, to Bilbos memory.
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2204 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #11 - Jun 30^th, 2012, 10:06am Buster & I will raise our glasses for Bilbo too. A dog gone is sad indeed. timann
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paracordslinger Descens Modern society makes me want to shoot everyone Posts: 439 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #12 - Jun 30^th, 2012, 10:44am so very sorr ca, as i had my best friend of 4years pass of tortion also.
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Mauro Fiorentini Slinging.org Moderator Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3072 Gender:	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #13 - Jun 30^th, 2012, 11:37am I'm sorry to read that, Alex, but I share your belief that we'll meet our dogs afterlife. He's waiting for you right now, he'll wait for decades, don't worry. I'd like to be able to write better things but my English is not so accurate; know I raised my glass with Tito, too. A hug, Mauro.
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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Take that Posts: 1668	Re: Rip Bilbo, Goodbye friend Reply #14 - Jul 1^st, 2012, 3:54pm Most sorry. Happy trails to him !
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