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butterfly · 10-09-2005, 09:04 AM

I have not read any of the other posts to you but I am so sorry. I am going through the same thing you are.

I lost my darling girl yorkie this summer. She was 15. I had just gotten a little baby yorkie about a month before. We also have a 2 year old chihuahua. Both the yorkies were out on a sandbar on the river where we were putting the dogs in a pool of river water on the sandbar so they could swim. Both the yorkies took on a little wave action and drank some water. Within a few days Mari, the baby only 4 mos old at the time and 1.5 lbs woke up just limp. By the time I got her to the vet within an hour she was near dead. They had her on fluids and other things over night and sure enough in that night my Ginger got ill too. By morning, and getting her to the vet he got her hydrated, and the puppy was doing better, I brought them back home. What had happened, the pond was too stagnet and they got Geardia!!! By mid afternoon Ginger had died. Her poor little body couldn't make it. Of course this was a Saturday. I held her in my arms for a few hours until she went. This was in August.

To loose yours to another dog that you love has to be very hard. This really has me thinking. My chihuahua, he is a giant. He weighs 13 lbs. He is a cutie a long hair buff color with light brown eyes, nose and mouth. He almost looks albino. However, when he plays with Mari he scares me. They play pretty hard and he is so much bigger than she is. After reading your post I think I need to keep them settled down a lot more.

10-09-2005, 09:04 AM	#18
butterfly YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bella Vista Arkansas Posts: 482	I have not read any of the other posts to you but I am so sorry. I am going through the same thing you are. I lost my darling girl yorkie this summer. She was 15. I had just gotten a little baby yorkie about a month before. We also have a 2 year old chihuahua. Both the yorkies were out on a sandbar on the river where we were putting the dogs in a pool of river water on the sandbar so they could swim. Both the yorkies took on a little wave action and drank some water. Within a few days Mari, the baby only 4 mos old at the time and 1.5 lbs woke up just limp. By the time I got her to the vet within an hour she was near dead. They had her on fluids and other things over night and sure enough in that night my Ginger got ill too. By morning, and getting her to the vet he got her hydrated, and the puppy was doing better, I brought them back home. What had happened, the pond was too stagnet and they got Geardia!!! By mid afternoon Ginger had died. Her poor little body couldn't make it. Of course this was a Saturday. I held her in my arms for a few hours until she went. This was in August. To loose yours to another dog that you love has to be very hard. This really has me thinking. My chihuahua, he is a giant. He weighs 13 lbs. He is a cutie a long hair buff color with light brown eyes, nose and mouth. He almost looks albino. However, when he plays with Mari he scares me. They play pretty hard and he is so much bigger than she is. After reading your post I think I need to keep them settled down a lot more.