[Dailydrool] Our Maynard at The Bridge

[melissa fenchel]

We sent Maynard to The Bridge a little while ago. Pat Alton helped us rescue
him 7 + years ago when she worked in the day care of a vet in Toledo.
Maynard had so many lumps and bumps (all benign) and he also could get quite
grumpy when made to do something he didn't want to do.....so he was deemed
unadoptable and we kept him. He continued to have a bizzilion lumps over the
years. He had several lumpectomies. He also had major back issues losing use
of his hind legs completely....twice. He had the underwater treadmill
therapy both times and got back up and running again. He was one determined
and stubborn guy. He had also gone deaf and couldn't see very well with his
cloudy eyes.
In the past couple weeks he had many of the lumps rupture and we had to
constantly muzzle him to clean them out. He then started losing his back
legs again and had to be boosted up MANY times each day. He'd get stuck in
the back yard and have to be rescued. It was getting so he couldn't poop
without falling in it. 
He also stopped eating this week. Would only eat cottage cheese and chewies
and cookies. He was drinking a LOT of water, too. This morning he got up (on
his own) went outside and threw up a lot of bile. It was time. We are guilty
of waiting too long, we're sure, but it was still Terribly Difficult letting
him go. 
He should have had a T Shirt that said, "I'm barking and I can't Shut Up".
It is horribly quiet around here. We will miss him, but it was time. When we
got him from the shelter they said he was between 6 and 8. We had him for 7
years. He was a VERY, VERY Old Man. 
Good Bye Manie. Run Free and Bark Your Head Off at The Bridge. No one will
shush you there.

Melissa and Jo 
   
Michigan Basset Rescue
100% Recycled Bassets
http://www.michiganbassetrescue.org
New EMAIL ADDRESS!!
mibassetrescue at att.net
WADDLE 2012 May 18, 19 and 20th!!
THINK SUNSHINE!!
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