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[Chrispuppy]

My Chris was sudden too.

Sussie20122,

Sorry to post a year later, but I am now in the same uncharted waters you were. My Sheltie, Chris passed away August 5, 2012 of liver cancer. It was sudden and within 2 days he passed. First he started without eating, but yet drank. He could not keep the water down and vomited every hour. An immediate rush to the vet and an ultrasound confirmed a tumor on his liver. His blood glucose spiked to 548 with diagnosis of Cushing's Disease also. It was so sudden. We just could not let him suffer, so we cried and cried and said goodbye to the best companion a family could ever have. I too wonder what happened and how this progressed so fast? Again, sorry to post so late and your loss, and pray your heart has eased somewhat in time.

 

[Fergusmom]

Sussie20122,

Sorry to post a year later, but I am now in the same uncharted waters you were. My Sheltie, Chris passed away August 5, 2012 of liver cancer. It was sudden and within 2 days he passed. First he started without eating, but yet drank. He could not keep the water down and vomited every hour. An immediate rush to the vet and an ultrasound confirmed a tumor on his liver. His blood glucose spiked to 548 with diagnosis of Cushing's Disease also. It was so sudden. We just could not let him suffer, so we cried and cried and said goodbye to the best companion a family could ever have. I too wonder what happened and how this progressed so fast? Again, sorry to post so late and your loss, and pray your heart has eased somewhat in time.

I'm so very sorry for your loss. I've lost more than one Sheltie from liver cancer. Shelties are tough little dogs and often do not display any symptoms of illness until they are extremely sick. The last Sheltie I did not know until about two weeks before he passed that he was sick. He went downhill very quickly after the diagnosis. He was 12 years old. I lost his brother/littermate from liver cancer and Cushings Disease when he was only six years old. Most of us here have been there and had to make that heart wrenching decision.It's not easy to let them go but you made the best and most loving decision that you could under the circumstances. My deepest sympathies to you and your family.