Barney's Journey

It was with great sorrow that our lovely beautiful boy Barney was put to sleep today on Christmas Morning. He was just so poorly, it was the last thing we could do for him. I know he is somewhere beautiful, chasing all those leaves and running, playing and jumping just the way he used to. […]

Yesterday morning (5am) Pat let Barney out for a wee, he was so lifeless and ill looking, my husband came back to bed and we spoke saying, that we thought Barney had had enough, it wasn’t fair on him and as we had the vets appointment at 9.30am we thought the kindest thing was to […]

Today has been a day with lots of ups and downs again. Barney has a least drunk some water on his own, with out us either feeding him crushed ice, throwing little snowballs so he will catch them in his mouth or shooting water from a water pistol in his mouth, games he loves. Except […]

At least Barney has eaten something (mainly chicken and little beef and some rice) and has done lots of wees! His breathing seems calmer and he has perked up a little. I spoke to the vet this morning (another one) can’t wait for my vet Jo to come back from his holidays on Tuesday. The […]

Barney wasn’t very well last night, short of breath and panting a lot. Called the vet and they just said he has had his chemo (Doxorubicin) and see how he was in the morning. This morning he breathing was awful so straight to the vet. They took an x-ray while we waited and not good […]

It seems ages ago since Barney’s operation and we have had so many ups and downs. I want to keep this blog going for me as much as any one else, as it is good to look back. Barney is due for his 3rd round of Chemo tomorrow; he has had his blood test and […]

It is six weeks today since Barney’s amputation; he has had 2 lots of Chemo and seems to be over the worst of this lot of Chemo. His appetite has come back with a vengeance, and his “Super Soaker” pooh is calming due to his tablets. He is full of energy, obviously not as strong as […]