"We got Kia from the Ocean County Humane Society on a Saturday in 1999. She was due to be put down on that Monday because she was a one year old dog, and large dogs are harder to get adopted. When my husband passed her cage he said she just gave him a look he could not refuse. I was looking for a puppy. When I found a puppy I asked where my husband was and he was in a fenced in area with Kia. So I handed the precious puppy back and went into the fenced area. I saw her and immediately knew she was the one for us. We took her home.
She is the best dog I have ever known and the first one that I did not buy for hundreds of dollars. It was as if she knew we saved her and right away wanted to please us and that she did many times over. She is so loved more than I can ever put into words.
Last October she became very sick. Very anemic. We went to the vet he took X rays, gave her IV's and sent her for an ultrasound, in fact two of them. The specialist at the hospital told us she had stomach cancer and so many tumors that she was "inoperative." Her chances of survival were very low. She said we should just let her go. We looked at Kia, and with her eyes she told us she was not ready so we took her home with medication. The doctor said she would not make the weekend.
Well, the miracle! Is it is now February and she is still here with us. She has her good and bad days but she is not in pain. She loves life so much and she is our baby girl
As long as she has the fight in her we will do everything in our power for her. I can't imagine life without her"
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I will certainly keep you and Kia in my prayers. I lost my last Boxer six years ago to cancer, and still miss her to this day. I know how easy it is to love them, and how hard it is to lose them. Many prayers to you and Kia.
This is truly a Blessing. So is the fact that Kia was adopted.proving that older dogs have their place in thie world too!!!!
Keep up the GREAT work Kia and God Be with you and those who love you!
Years ago I had a Boston named Lucy that I bought from a pet store that was eventually closed due to the way they abused and neglected the dogs that didn't get sold "quickly" enough. This was before I knew anything about puppy mills. She was from a puppy mill and was about 4 months old, just reaching the age when the store felt she was not a "puppy" and would not sell. We bonded and I have wonderful "Lucy" stories. She got old, blind, lost a good part of her hearing, and had arthritis. My vet kept monitoring her and said that as long as I kept on taking good care of her, her quality of life was fine and it was clear she wasn't ready to go. Eventually, it was obvious that she was starting to slip and my vet and I agreed to say good-bye before she lost her dignity. I have no regrets about the time and money I spent keeping her life good for 1 and 1/2 years. Keep going with Kia...She is special and you will know if and when the time comes to say good-bye...
Kathy
My prayers go out to Kia and her loved ones, I know what it is to have your fur baby sick and you feel helpless. My Lucy defied all odds of making it through 2 months after cancer on her thyroid glands, well she lived a year and a half more. Wow, she was a surviver and it was a miracle to me. Sometimes they are not ready and God lets them go on, she to was pretty happy for all that time. Give her even more love and attention because I think that helps them get through rough times. Peace be with you Kia, Christina
I can relate to you very much. I had to recently part with my beloved Skiler. The day that the decision was made,it was not me that made it but Skiler. She looked at me in a way I had never seen before. She told me with her eyes,"I am tired,let me go". You will see that with Kia too. They know and do tell us. Skiler spent 9 years making me happy, I wasn't going to let her stay in this world sad. She is at Rainbow Bridge now I know and I will see her there someday. Read that poem,it helps. Big hug to Kia ! Thoughts with you,Shooey
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND KIA, I LOVE BOXERS SO MUCH. GOD BE WITH HER TO HELP HEAL HER CANCER, TUMORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. MAY SHE BE WITH YOU FOR YEARS TO COME. GOD BLESS KIA.
LOVE & PRAYERS,
CHERYL GORDER
My thoughts are with you. We got the sweetest Shih tzu from a rescue, she was so well behaved and well, we could not believe the owner wanted to put her down because she bit him. When we took her home from the Rescue place she was just recovering from mammory surgery and had been spaded.
My daughter cared for her and had her checked out by the vet and had her groomed she looked so beautiful. We bought her clothes and everything, and spoiled her real good. In a few months we kept taking her to the vet because she seemed to have trouble breathing and even changed vets. We took her to the Big animal hospital off the parkway, they took xrays and we had to leave her there. The next day we found out she had cancer of the upper airways. My daughter wanted her to have radiation treatments but as the days came nearer she was getting worse and not responding to the antibiotics and pain pills. She was falling over and crying all night. WE decided to put her out of her misery and we felt so bad. The vet said she was ready, one of her eyes was almost out of the socket and she could hardly see. We loved that little darling. The next day we went to look at puppies and brought home a 14 week old blond shih tzu we named Teddy. We hope to make him a therapy because he is so lovable.
Again my heart goes out to you and Kia God Bless her.
I write this with prayers that Kia is still with you, sluggng it out and having mostly good days.
Bless you. So true - life is unimaginable without her. God bless you for rescuing that wonderful Life.
I have rushed both dogs and my cats to hospitals, and struggled with their illnesses, and that horrible feeling is never to be forgotten. We do what we do less as a scarifice and mainly, because our guys are so precious.
I cannot find too much to say, except that you are so wonderful for fighting for your precious Dog..
Prayers again.
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