Comments on: How Long Do Labrador Retrievers Live – Human and Dog Years? http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-information/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-14/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Becky http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-information/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-14/comment-page-6/#comment-16149 Becky Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:19:28 +0000 http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-overview/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-%e2%80%93-human-and-dog-years-14/#comment-16149 My heart is broken and I feel like I failed my Jazzy. I found her abandoned when she was about 6 months old. I ended up keeping her because it was love at first sight. She had terrible food aggression that the vet said stemmed from what she must have gone through before I found her. I tried training her, fed her in her crate away from my other two little dogs, etc. But she would get into the garbage or wait until I wasn't paying attention and grab food off the counter and end up attacking one of my other dogs if they got too close. My yorkie lost an eye to her in one attack. The other day she attacked my mom's dog for eating food that Jazzy wanted. It was human error that led to the food being left out while Jazzy was out of her crate, but my Mom's dog had major puncture wounds. The vet advised me to have her put down as it was his experience that dogs like this can't be "untrained" and that as they get older their aggression gets worse, not better. For the safety of the other little dogs and for the safety of my little niece and nephews, he advised me to have her put down. It was horrible. I cried and apologized for letting her down. She was only 7 and I miss her in so many ways. My family just seems relieved that she is gone. I am so upset by the whole thing. My heart is broken and I feel like I failed my Jazzy. I found her abandoned when she was about 6 months old. I ended up keeping her because it was love at first sight. She had terrible food aggression that the vet said stemmed from what she must have gone through before I found her. I tried training her, fed her in her crate away from my other two little dogs, etc. But she would get into the garbage or wait until I wasn’t paying attention and grab food off the counter and end up attacking one of my other dogs if they got too close. My yorkie lost an eye to her in one attack. The other day she attacked my mom’s dog for eating food that Jazzy wanted. It was human error that led to the food being left out while Jazzy was out of her crate, but my Mom’s dog had major puncture wounds. The vet advised me to have her put down as it was his experience that dogs like this can’t be “untrained” and that as they get older their aggression gets worse, not better. For the safety of the other little dogs and for the safety of my little niece and nephews, he advised me to have her put down. It was horrible. I cried and apologized for letting her down. She was only 7 and I miss her in so many ways. My family just seems relieved that she is gone. I am so upset by the whole thing.

]]> By: Linda http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-information/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-14/comment-page-6/#comment-16103 Linda Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:20:16 +0000 http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-overview/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-%e2%80%93-human-and-dog-years-14/#comment-16103 It's hard to type this note because it's hard to see through my tears. My beloved Kizzy was put to eternal sleep on Friday, July 16 at 4:00 p.m. She was 11 years old; almost 12 come October 31. Born on Halloween and the last of the litter, Kizzy was special. She never met any one she didn't want to lick! And like getting into mischief. One Thanksgiving you nearly ate an entire deep fried turkey. She'd sneak a meal every chance she had. I loved to watch her "stalk" the rabbits in our back yard. Although she never caught one, she had good fun trying. Kizzy was the one constant in my life the past 11 years. I didn't worry about being alone if the kids were out or if my male companion had plans. It didn't matter because I knew that when I went to bed at night, Kizzy was there. And when I awakened in the morning Kizzy was there and at the door barking when she heard the garage door go up at the end of a work day. She left me way too sudden and too soon. About 5 weeks ago she'd undergone surgery to repair a torn CCl in her left leg. Afterwards she hobbled around a bit but seemed to be healing. However, I knew something was wrong when she refused to put any weight on her left hind leg. Then I noticed she was favoring the right hind leg. Finally convinced my friend that something wasn't right and we took her back to the vet. Xrays revealed she'd ruptured the CCL again and surgery was needed again. So she went into the hospital on Wednesday for a morphine patch and surgery was scheduled for Thursday afternoon. I got a call a work saying surgery wasn't going to be performed because Kizzy had collasped while out side to answer nature's call. Whe she was finally able to right herself, she walked to the right. After work, we went to pick her up and discovered she was paralyzed. Coulnd't move the hind legs or the front legs. She could barely lift her head and I'll never forget how her eyes looked. Anyone who's had a lab knows how bright eyed and alert they are. The vet gave her a very strong shot of Cortizone hoping she'd improve during the night. She didn't. She lay all night where we placed her making a sound that wanted to be a bark but wasn't. I didn't sleep the whole night and stayed awake for her. I gave her water with a syringe because she was awfully thirsty. When she didn't wet hersef after having had so much water, I knew she would not come around. The next morning we took her back to the animal hospital and they made a pallet for her in one of the islolation rooms. And that's where she was when I went back to see about her. Kizzy's condition had not changed and xrays showed she had spondylosis and something else that looked suspiciously like a tumor. The vet said we should put her down 'cause the prognosis was not good. I didn't want her to suffer so held her in my arms and told her how much I loved her. And what a great friend she'd been; never judging and only wanting to love me to death. I whispered in her ear how much she was loved and that I'd tried to provide the best life I could for her. I hoped she been happy. I think she was. When the vet said "she's gone", I tmy heart broke and is still. I miss my Kizzy more than I can say and wish I could have another 11 years with her. I know that all dogs go to heaven so take comfort in knowing I'll be with her again. In the meantime, I've asked relatives who've gone on ahead to look after her until I can once again. I love you Kizzy and will for the rest of my life. It’s hard to type this note because it’s hard to see through my tears. My beloved Kizzy was put to eternal sleep on Friday, July 16 at 4:00 p.m. She was 11 years old; almost 12 come October 31. Born on Halloween and the last of the litter, Kizzy was special. She never met any one she didn’t want to lick! And like getting into mischief. One Thanksgiving you nearly ate an entire deep fried turkey. She’d sneak a meal every chance she had. I loved to watch her “stalk” the rabbits in our back yard. Although she never caught one, she had good fun trying. Kizzy was the one constant in my life the past 11 years. I didn’t worry about being alone if the kids were out or if my male companion had plans. It didn’t matter because I knew that when I went to bed at night, Kizzy was there. And when I awakened in the morning Kizzy was there and at the door barking when she heard the garage door go up at the end of a work day. She left me way too sudden and too soon. About 5 weeks ago she’d undergone surgery to repair a torn CCl in her left leg. Afterwards she hobbled around a bit but seemed to be healing. However, I knew something was wrong when she refused to put any weight on her left hind leg. Then I noticed she was favoring the right hind leg. Finally convinced my friend that something wasn’t right and we took her back to the vet. Xrays revealed she’d ruptured the CCL again and surgery was needed again. So she went into the hospital on Wednesday for a morphine patch and surgery was scheduled for Thursday afternoon. I got a call a work saying surgery wasn’t going to be performed because Kizzy had collasped while out side to answer nature’s call. Whe she was finally able to right herself, she walked to the right. After work, we went to pick her up and discovered she was paralyzed. Coulnd’t move the hind legs or the front legs. She could barely lift her head and I’ll never forget how her eyes looked. Anyone who’s had a lab knows how bright eyed and alert they are. The vet gave her a very strong shot of Cortizone hoping she’d improve during the night. She didn’t. She lay all night where we placed her making a sound that wanted to be a bark but wasn’t. I didn’t sleep the whole night and stayed awake for her. I gave her water with a syringe because she was awfully thirsty. When she didn’t wet hersef after having had so much water, I knew she would not come around. The next morning we took her back to the animal hospital and they made a pallet for her in one of the islolation rooms. And that’s where she was when I went back to see about her. Kizzy’s condition had not changed and xrays showed she had spondylosis and something else that looked suspiciously like a tumor. The vet said we should put her down ’cause the prognosis was not good. I didn’t want her to suffer so held her in my arms and told her how much I loved her. And what a great friend she’d been; never judging and only wanting to love me to death. I whispered in her ear how much she was loved and that I’d tried to provide the best life I could for her. I hoped she been happy. I think she was. When the vet said “she’s gone”, I tmy heart broke and is still. I miss my Kizzy more than I can say and wish I could have another 11 years with her. I know that all dogs go to heaven so take comfort in knowing I’ll be with her again. In the meantime, I’ve asked relatives who’ve gone on ahead to look after her until I can once again. I love you Kizzy and will for the rest of my life.

]]> By: Kayla http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-information/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-14/comment-page-6/#comment-16065 Kayla Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:54:06 +0000 http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-overview/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-%e2%80%93-human-and-dog-years-14/#comment-16065 Hi im kayla my baby girl well not so much my baby anymore going on her 14th birthday is still going but not very strong she sleeps all the time. she has horrible athrites in her hips. i dont know how long we have but it brings a tear to my eye when looking in her big brown eyes surround by her droopy black fur. im 11 and i had roxy sence the day i was born she was a family pet and now we have a 2 yr old yellow lab that roxy treats like her own puppy. i cant even think of what imm gona do with out her being there waiting in the yard after school. or giving her my left overs from dinner or sneaking a few french fies to her. or even seeing her curled up in my closet on her body pillow scared to death by the lighting. im gona miss sleeping in my closet with her just to keep her from crying all night.even tho in my heart it feels like she is gona be with me till im 70 years old my head reminds me everyday how hard it is on her to just sit up. Hi im kayla my baby girl well not so much my baby anymore going on her 14th birthday is still going but not very strong she sleeps all the time. she has horrible athrites in her hips. i dont know how long we have but it brings a tear to my eye when looking in her big brown eyes surround by her droopy black fur. im 11 and i had roxy sence the day i was born she was a family pet and now we have a 2 yr old yellow lab that roxy treats like her own puppy. i cant even think of what imm gona do with out her being there waiting in the yard after school. or giving her my left overs from dinner or sneaking a few french fies to her. or even seeing her curled up in my closet on her body pillow scared to death by the lighting. im gona miss sleeping in my closet with her just to keep her from crying all night.even tho in my heart it feels like she is gona be with me till im 70 years old my head reminds me everyday how hard it is on her to just sit up.

]]> By: maryz http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-information/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-14/comment-page-6/#comment-16054 maryz Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:25:49 +0000 http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-overview/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-%e2%80%93-human-and-dog-years-14/#comment-16054 On May 28 our beloved black lab Amy collapsed in the back yard. The sadness that I felt at that moment was truly one of the worst moments in my 57 years. We wrapped her in a blanket and called our youngest son who came with us to the vets. Her spleen was full of cancer we had found out just a few days before. We said our goodbyes and sobbed for a long time. She was our walk mate and a true companion to my son when he was very sick with leukemia at age 14 through 18. She meant so much to our family and the grief is just so hard to cope with. Thinking back over a decade of the wonderful memories and family times is helping us slowly heal. We would like another lab but this pain is not something I relish going through again. I empathize with all of you who are sad and as always, time slowly heals but we never forget. On May 28 our beloved black lab Amy collapsed in the back yard. The sadness that I felt at that moment was truly one of the worst moments in my 57 years.
We wrapped her in a blanket and called our youngest son who came with us to the vets. Her spleen was full of cancer we had found out just a few days before.
We said our goodbyes and sobbed for a long time. She was our walk mate and a true companion to my son when he was very sick with leukemia at age 14 through 18. She meant so much to our family and the grief is just so hard to cope with.
Thinking back over a decade of the wonderful memories and family times is helping us slowly heal. We would like another lab but this pain is not something I relish going through again. I empathize with all of you who are sad and as always, time slowly heals but we never forget.

]]> By: Pauline http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-information/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-14/comment-page-6/#comment-16052 Pauline Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:12:05 +0000 http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-overview/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-%e2%80%93-human-and-dog-years-14/#comment-16052 Our Precious Nicki will be gone 1 year on July 30th* Not one day has gone bye I have not missed her and kissed her picture each night. She live to be 14 and truly a wonderful loving girl** Our Lab-St. Beernard who is 12 *HappyGirl* missed her best friend -so very sad. For Christmas I was presented with a 2 1/2 lb. chi - wow- what a differnece- never ever had a little dog. Well-my little *lizzy* is now 10lbs-still small but good size for a chihuahua* but an absolute doll-acts like my BIG dog* You NEVER get over it-you just remember how much Joy they brought to your life and what a good life you gave them. You offer another dog the same love-they would want you too* It took me a long time with each animal to finaly realize you must realize this is the circle of life* and it sucks** for sure* Our Precious Nicki will be gone 1 year on July 30th* Not one day has gone bye I have not missed her and kissed her picture each night. She live to be 14 and truly a wonderful loving girl** Our Lab-St. Beernard who is 12 *HappyGirl* missed her best friend -so very sad. For Christmas I was presented with a 2 1/2 lb. chi – wow- what a differnece- never ever had a little dog. Well-my little *lizzy* is now 10lbs-still small but good size for a chihuahua* but an absolute doll-acts like my BIG dog*
You NEVER get over it-you just remember how much Joy they brought to your life and what a good life you gave them. You offer another dog the same love-they would want you too* It took me a long time with each animal to finaly realize you must realize this is the circle of life* and it sucks** for sure*

]]> By: stephen http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-information/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-14/comment-page-6/#comment-16010 stephen Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:26:37 +0000 http://www.lovablelabradors.com/labrador-overview/how-long-do-labrador-retrievers-live-%e2%80%93-human-and-dog-years-14/#comment-16010 me and my family had a black Labrador he was called shadow and he lived to a good 18years and 6 months till we had to put him to sleep after his kidneys started failing him due to a type of cancer which was causing him pain and stress and effected his mobility, i had him since i was very young and was closest friend i had as i could never go out when i was young due to my disability that causes me to take fits and blackouts so shadow was bought for me and good thing about him was me and my family trained him to howl or bark for help if i ever collapsed when younger as when ever i used to go out back to play in garden if i took a fit you couldnt see nothing due to neighbors hedge so dog was best alarm you could get as he would bark and howl neighborhood down till some1 came to help. so the longest a lab can live that i know of is 18years-6months if looked after with a healthy diet and plenty of exercise shadow was my best friend and i miss im dearly and dont think i could find a better dog than him me and my family had a black Labrador he was called shadow and he lived to a good 18years and 6 months till we had to put him to sleep after his kidneys started failing him due to a type of cancer which was causing him pain and stress and effected his mobility,

i had him since i was very young and was closest friend i had as i could never go out when i was young due to my disability that causes me to take fits and blackouts so shadow was bought for me and good thing about him was me and my family trained him to howl or bark for help if i ever collapsed when younger as when ever i used to go out back to play in garden if i took a fit you couldnt see nothing due to neighbors hedge so dog was best alarm you could get as he would bark and howl neighborhood down till some1 came to help.

so the longest a lab can live that i know of is 18years-6months if looked after with a healthy diet and plenty of exercise

shadow was my best friend and i miss im dearly and dont think i could find a better dog than him

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