12.12.07

Sad news on Tyson

Posted in Tyson North Mills, Uncategorized at 6:29 pm by Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue

These are the days that rip your heart out.  Sweet little Tyson developed the neurological signs of distemper early this morning.  What we know from fighting distemper many, many times is that one the spasms start, the prognosis is very, very bad.  Distemper is a insidious disease that mimics kennel cough and any other type of upper respiratory disease. 

With Tyson, as with any other of our victims of distemper, what disappoints and angers me the most is that it is totally avoidable.  A simple $5 vaccination given three times when he was a puppy, would have prevented his suffering.   It’s just not fair!

With no hope of recovery, we made the decision to end his distress this afternoon.

I apologize to all of your for putting you through this horrible experience.  I’m sure many of you have lost beloved pets before and we get attached to these dogs just as though they are our own.  Carmen, Tyson’s foster mom, is taking this very hard.  She provided the most unbelievable care for him during his illness. 

I also wanted to thank each of you personally for your support of Tyson.  We never know whether we will win or lose when one of these babies get sick and we know how it breaks your hearts when one doesn’t make it.  Thank you for your faith in us, thank you for allowing us to at least try. 

Cat Martindale from ChaChaCha, Chugger and Chiclet, Erin O’Neill, Fur Kids, Susan Hardaway, David Nay, Bruce and Gay Yancey, Barbara Moran, Jennifer Rue in honor of Teipei, Kelly Highley, Cynthia Dantoni, Sandie and Doug Curb, Janet Bello, Ashley Riebschlager, Shari Bagwell, Rosemary Cody, Wanda Kenyon, Sherry Goodpasture, Elliott Lander from Spankey and the Lander shih tzu gang, Driscilla Stors, Marty Howard, Barbara Grabell, Wylene Dunbar, Carol Lundemo, Nancy Croft, Jean Flanagan, Pam Stewart in memory of sweet Sawyer White, Joan Samara, Cheryl Oyaski, Eugene Bonos, Jean Day, Christine Hutchison, Jan Haile, Sally and Doug Cameron, Ginger Warnick, Susan Lewis, Claryce King, Medea Snyder, Aggie Wood, Martha Hughes, Lorna Van De Weile, Karen Anderson, Chantell M Wiley, Richard Bandanza, Ashley Riebschlager, Tricia Havis, Pam Glass, Kimberly Ann Baehr, Lael Ward, Susan Gregory, Gay Yancey, Eugene Bonos, Sunny Goldberg in memory of Snuggles, Buffy and Chad, Debbie Plyant in honor of Woogy, Anon SB, Doris Diaz, Mandy Corey, Cindy Ruby, Darnell Hester.

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