Just caught up on this post and I am so sorry this is happening. I will pray for you.

Well, after a two hour drive this morning, I was at Gulf Coast a little before 11. They took me in to where Woodie was. They had him in a plexiglas box/cage/crate set up so they could give him oxygen, because he was having a real tough time breathing. Dr. Jones had told me about the breathing difficulty already, but I hoped it wasn't any worse than what I had already witnessed at times over the last 5 weeks or so. Well, it was way worse than I had expected. Woodie looked up and saw his mom and I, and he looked so very sad and beat. His tail was wagging though, and he acted like he was glad to see us.
I had in my pocket, his favorite toy. He always loved playing with this rubber chicken that squeaks when you squeeze it. We've probably bought two dozen of them over the last two or three years. His ears perked up when he heard that chicken, but when I put the chicken in with Woodie, and he didn't even nudge it with his nose, I knew it was all over. He was still hooked up to an IV, as they were giving him fluids to try and get the calcium level down in his system. I opened the crate he was in, and was holding him, talking to him, petting him, and trying not to bawl like a baby.
It was so hard.
Dr. Jones had told me it might not be a good idea to take him home and he was right about that too. The decision was not a hard one at all, much easier than if he had of been as "with it" as he was only one week earlier! The look in his eyes as he looked up at me was almost unmistakeable. He was trying to tell me, "Dad get me out of here", or "Dad, make this all end". It hurt so bad feeling him go limp in my arms, but it was worse when I layed him back on the towel in the crate, knowing that he was gone. I know he's better off now, and he's not hurting anymore. I also know that I'm selfish, not wanting to give him up, not wanting to have to be without him. I took him everywhere with me that I could. Being retired, we're home most all the time, so the bond was even tighter. I'm a very big wuss where this little guy was concerned. I know that with time this will get easier. I also know that this will be the last time, no more cute puppies for this old guy. I only got the keep Woodie for five years! They say everything happens for a reaso. Well folks, I'd love to know why a five year old dog, that loved everybody, that never did anything to hurt anybody, only chewed up one table leg and a couple of window sills, should be sentenced to death by cancer.
I joined this forum about 17 days after Woodie was born. I joined the forum before I got him as my own little friend, and now I can say that I may well be done here.
Thanks for all the kind words people, I appreciate it very much. Ya'll are great people, but I don't guess I will be needing to learn about the care and nurturing, and problems yorkies have anymore, so I may never post here again. Maybe I'll get to the point real soon that I don't feel the need to write about feeling that Woodie was robbed. I hope you all out-live your little furball buddies, because this is terrible!!

Chris

Chris, I am sitting here crying ... for you, your wife, and for little Woodie. I know there are no words that will make it better. I just want you to know that you are thought of...I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Woodie may have had a shorter life than what you or I felt he should have had; but he had it with someone who loved him deeply and in the end sacrificed for him. He had so much more than many pups....
Bless your heart for being such a wonderful dad.

OH Chris, I am so sorry. You are a terrific father! Just read this and started bawling. :( Keeping you and your wife in my thoughts and Prayers. God Bless.....

Chris I'm so sorry for you your wife and Woodie. You loved him deeply and gave him the best of care. I like you, know no reason why these innocents are taken so early from us, but at least he is out of pain, and his spirit is running freely. May time ease your pain, and your memories of Woodie one day to comfort and bring you some smiles again.

Chris, you did all you could. We are so sorry for the loss of WOody, but the right decision was made. You and the Doc's did all they could. Time is the best healer. I hope you decide to stick around, and even post again down the road. Someday, you may even decide to bring another little buddy back into your life. Someday, perhaps.

I am so sorry. It is always heartbreaking to lose one but when their lives are shortened it is harder to understand. One day after your heart has time to heal you may feel the need to give your love to another baby. You were such a wonderful Dad it would be great to share that love with another baby if you can.

Chris, I am so terribly, terribly sorry this happened to Woodie. He sounds like a wonderful little guy that brought a ton of love, joy and laughter into the lives of you and your wife. I guess it wouldn't be so painful had he not been so special. I truly believe that for whatever time we have with our darling babies, which is always, always too short, it is a blessing. I know that Woodie was a blessing in your life.

Well folks, I am here to say I will never replace my beloved Woodie. After much debate, and heartache, and hating coming home to an empty house, I talked the wife into letting me get another puppy.
I love yorkies of course, and I had a yorkie in my life for 17 years, but having the not so good luck with Woodie and Shelby, I have jumped ship and have gone to the "dark side". I now have a Shi-Mal... Shih-tzu/Maltese.

I acquired Woodie in 2006, from Kim, aka TexasShopper73. She had named the pup Baxter, before I ever got to meet him. I had already made up my mind that I was going to get a yorkie, and I was going to call him Woodie,,,,,,so that came about.

Well, on the way home with my new little addition, with Woodie still weighing very heavy on my heart, I decided that to me it would be fitting for me to name this puppy Baxter, after Woodie. If he is half the dog Woodie was, he'll be a great dog!

Chris, I am so happy to hear this! I worried about you not having another one...not just for you but also because some little pupster should have the love that you and your wife give.
Congrats to all of you! What a great name...I am sure little Woodie is watching over all of you :) ... Baxter is precious!!
Stick around and share this little guy's adventures with us! :)

He is adorable.:) He has some big shoes to fill, so here is hoping he fills them well. :animal-pa

I am so happy that you got another baby to share your love with. Baxter is adorable and I look forward to watching him grow up.

There's nothing in the world like it...
 

Puppy love, a "dog person" must have it, can't live fully without it. I'm so glad you have Baxter, and I hope your family lives full happy lives together.