[urbnalbino]

Hi everyone -- we have a old black lab, Paddy Dog, whom we are taking to the vet tomorrow to have her put down. She's partially blind, can't hear very well, doesn't have many teeth and has a tumor on her mouth.

Well, we have three watch dogs, Paddy (lab/aussie shepherd rescue), Cleo (greyhound/lab rescue) and Cane, a pitbull (rescue) All of which are extremely friendly, but have scary barks. One day last week, Paddy and Cane were in the front fenced yard when the UPS man arrived up our drive way (OMG lets all freak out!) So Paddy and Cane started barking. Well, Paddy is very dominant over Cane and Cleo and so she thought it would be a good idea to snap at Cane because she wanted to bark at the UPS man by herself. She didn't need any help. She has few teeth and can't do any harm. So Cane, in self defense, started a dog fight. He tore off half of her mouth tumor, and got her on her neck pretty good. After they were done fighting, Paddy came back in the house and layed down. (No one saw the incident, but heard it - it didn't last long) We thought everyone was okay, until Cane came in and was covered in blood. So we went and checked Paddy and she was messed up pretty badly. So we got her cleaned up, but it was obvious she was in a state of shock and wouldn't really respond really.

So now its been a week, she's still acting funny, and her neck has become infected. We love Paddy very much and hate to see her in so much discomfort, so we have decided to put her down. We've had her since she was a puppy and she's 13 years old. Isn't that like, 80 in dog years? We are going to miss her so very much.

If you would, please say a prayer for her. She's visiting the vet tomorrow morning. Thanks everyone.