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June,18 2003 at 10:30am Mr. Shane passed away. Mr. Shane was the most
loving dog in the world, he had a human like personality you could see the
love in his heart in his eyes ,No other dog can come close to the
understanding and kindly companionship that exists between us and Mr.
Shane. A giant in structure, a lamb in disposition, a lion in courage;
affectionate and intelligent, thoroughly reliable and dependable at all
time, as a companion and as a guard he was perfection. Mr. Shane
will always be in our hearts and always be missed. Shane was seven years
old and has given us a unforgettable experience in love and a true friend.
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This is a brief description of what happened to Mr. Shane. everything was
fine , he was very normal that day, and than we noticed he was
having a hard time getting up, we were thinking that maybe his back
legs may have fallen asleep but once he got up he was walking fine, but
about 2:30 in the morning we heard him cry out and needed help getting up
again which he did and walked down a flight of stairs to get out side and
walked around out side but did not do his business and came back in
but could not get back up the stairs with out help, than he started
shaking and lost all felling from his mid back to his tail and both
hind legs. we took him to the Vet they did some test and we were told that
the out look was not good, Shane had what looked like a tumor near his
spinal cord that was pressing on the spinal cord and did damage to
his central nervous system that could not be repaired. at that point
we were told that we have to put him down, this was a very hard and
upsetting decision to make but one that had to be made. Shane was given a
mild sedative agent to calm him down and make him sleep before
the main injection , Shame passed away peacefully with us there at his
side holding him in our arms.
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Facts on Late Maturity and Early
Death
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To sad but universal characteristics all owners must live
with. Irish Wolfhounds mature late and die young. A few reach ten or more
years; many die before they are five. Most will die by seven. Gretchen
Bernard published a study of Irish Wolfhounds mortality and morbidity,
the first truly empirical study of its kind; which reported the findings.
In the study of 582 Irish Wolfhounds (291 males, 274
females ) in the United States that died between January 1, 1966 and
January 1, 1986. the main age at the time of death for all dogs was
6.47 years ( 6.0 years for males, 6.55 years for females) . The leading
cause of death was cancer, with estrogenic sarcoma being the principal
cause of cancer. The cause of death, the incidence of each and the
percentage of the total number of dogs in this study are below.
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Irish Wolfhounds do not complain; that is why they are
called silent sufferers, You must be ever vigilant , looking for signs of
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Irish Wolfhounds are creatures of habit. Once either they
develop or you impose a routine, Irish Wolfhounds will maintain it,
rigidly. They want to enter and exit through the same gates, in the same
manner, every time. They want to follow the same paths through the areas
familiar to them, They will get up in the same way, Lie down in the same
way, In fact do all the everyday things they do- day in, day out- without
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Experienced Owners know they cannot ignore these
deviations, Perhaps they mean nothing. Sometimes, however, a break in
habit signals a problem, usually illness or injury, or sometimes else
amiss. Never ignore your hound, deviation from their rigid behavior
patterns. Usually, the deviation means nothing, but you will never regret
checking in out, If nothing is wrong, You will be reassured, If they are
ill or injured, then you can take care of it, Sometimes ! |
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