Our sweetest ever pup, Daffodil was a bichon/poodle mix, also known as a "bich-poo," and she came to us shortly after we lost another very special pup, Dolly Davis. Daffy was a little terror as a pup, ripping out two steps of the carpeting on our stairs and leaving tooth (AKA "Toophie") scars all over the baseboards throughout the house, where she teethed as a puppy. As she grew, she became the sweet, mellow and adorable doggy that we came to love with all of our hearts. She had the most amazing eyes, and their large size gave her a puppy look that she kept her entire life. She absolutely LOVED playing Frisbee with her Papa, and she grew amazingly adept at it, "wowing" all our friends and neighbors as she could run 50 - even 100 yards, at times - to make a jumping catch! The she'd trot back to us, using her neck muscles to toss it about three feet into the air and catching it every time. She'd sometimes even toss it back up to her Papa, hoping for "just ONE MORE" toss before we went home for feeding time. She was the most affectionate dog either of us had ever had, and she was well-known in our household for her famous "face-washes" with her tongue, and she never missed a single spot, either!
Unfortunately, her life came to an end far too soon because of a terrible and fairly rare disease, known as Primary Intestinal Lymphangeictasia (PIL). PIL is characterized by enlarged intestinal lymph vessels that cause abdominal swelling, and ultimately prevents the digestive system from absorbing critical nutrients, mostly proteins and calcium. The animal literally dies from starvation with a full belly. Our little girl had a bout of it at six, but her Veterinarians managed to get her into remission. We had a wonderful three years with her after that, but she came out of remission when she was nine. We managed to keep her going for nearly a year, using calcium supplements and a protein rich diet. In the end, however, we lost the battle and had to let her go when the pain came along, and she could no longer eat.
"Daffy" was the most loved - and loving - dog I can ever remember, and our hearts were broken and our lives devastated when she left us. She was a real trouper throughout the last year of her life, and she never cried or even whined when the pains came. PLEASE, if you've got any spare change or other such things laying around the house, please donate it to the National Order for Rare Diseases (NORD), and specify Lymphangeictasia when giving to them. Thanks so very much for reading about our little baby girl; she was - and IS - the sunshine in our lives, and there is not one hour, one minute or one moment we are not thinking about her. We love & miss you, girl!
"Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware, of giving your heart to a dog to tear." - Excerpt from the Rudyard Kipling poem, "The Power of the Dog." (Be careful; it's a tear-jerker of a poem! Ensure you have LOTS of tissues on hand...)
Unfortunately, her life came to an end far too soon because of a terrible and fairly rare disease, known as Primary Intestinal Lymphangeictasia (PIL). PIL is characterized by enlarged intestinal lymph vessels that cause abdominal swelling, and ultimately prevents the digestive system from absorbing critical nutrients, mostly proteins and calcium. The animal literally dies from starvation with a full belly. Our little girl had a bout of it at six, but her Veterinarians managed to get her into remission. We had a wonderful three years with her after that, but she came out of remission when she was nine. We managed to keep her going for nearly a year, using calcium supplements and a protein rich diet. In the end, however, we lost the battle and had to let her go when the pain came along, and she could no longer eat.
"Daffy" was the most loved - and loving - dog I can ever remember, and our hearts were broken and our lives devastated when she left us. She was a real trouper throughout the last year of her life, and she never cried or even whined when the pains came. PLEASE, if you've got any spare change or other such things laying around the house, please donate it to the National Order for Rare Diseases (NORD), and specify Lymphangeictasia when giving to them. Thanks so very much for reading about our little baby girl; she was - and IS - the sunshine in our lives, and there is not one hour, one minute or one moment we are not thinking about her. We love & miss you, girl!
"Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware, of giving your heart to a dog to tear." - Excerpt from the Rudyard Kipling poem, "The Power of the Dog." (Be careful; it's a tear-jerker of a poem! Ensure you have LOTS of tissues on hand...)
Our sweetest ever pup, Daffodil was a bichon/poodle mix, also known as a "bich-poo," and she came to us shortly after we lost another very special pup, Dolly Davis. Daffy was a little terror as a pup, ripping out two steps of the carpeting on our stairs and leaving tooth (AKA "Toophie") scars all over the baseboards throughout the house, where she teethed as a puppy. As she grew, she became the sweet, mellow and adorable doggy that we came to love with all of our hearts. She had the most amazing eyes, and their large size gave her a puppy look that she kept her entire life. She absolutely LOVED playing Frisbee with her Papa, and she grew amazingly adept at it, "wowing" all our friends and neighbors as she could run 50 - even 100 yards, at times - to make a jumping catch! The she'd trot back to us, using her neck muscles to toss it about three feet into the air and catching it every time. She'd sometimes even toss it back up to her Papa, hoping for "just ONE MORE" toss before we went home for feeding time. She was the most affectionate dog either of us had ever had, and she was well-known in our household for her famous "face-washes" with her tongue, and she never missed a single spot, either!
Unfortunately, her life came to an end far too soon because of a terrible and fairly rare disease, known as Primary Intestinal Lymphangeictasia (PIL). PIL is characterized by enlarged intestinal lymph vessels that cause abdominal swelling, and ultimately prevents the digestive system from absorbing critical nutrients, mostly proteins and calcium. The animal literally dies from starvation with a full belly. Our little girl had a bout of it at six, but her Veterinarians managed to get her into remission. We had a wonderful three years with her after that, but she came out of remission when she was nine. We managed to keep her going for nearly a year, using calcium supplements and a protein rich diet. In the end, however, we lost the battle and had to let her go when the pain came along, and she could no longer eat.
"Daffy" was the most loved - and loving - dog I can ever remember, and our hearts were broken and our lives devastated when she left us. She was a real trouper throughout the last year of her life, and she never cried or even whined when the pains came. PLEASE, if you've got any spare change or other such things laying around the house, please donate it to the National Order for Rare Diseases (NORD), and specify Lymphangeictasia when giving to them. Thanks so very much for reading about our little baby girl; she was - and IS - the sunshine in our lives, and there is not one hour, one minute or one moment we are not thinking about her. We love & miss you, girl!
"Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware, of giving your heart to a dog to tear." - Excerpt from the Rudyard Kipling poem, "The Power of the Dog." (Be careful; it's a tear-jerker of a poem! Ensure you have LOTS of tissues on hand...)
Unfortunately, her life came to an end far too soon because of a terrible and fairly rare disease, known as Primary Intestinal Lymphangeictasia (PIL). PIL is characterized by enlarged intestinal lymph vessels that cause abdominal swelling, and ultimately prevents the digestive system from absorbing critical nutrients, mostly proteins and calcium. The animal literally dies from starvation with a full belly. Our little girl had a bout of it at six, but her Veterinarians managed to get her into remission. We had a wonderful three years with her after that, but she came out of remission when she was nine. We managed to keep her going for nearly a year, using calcium supplements and a protein rich diet. In the end, however, we lost the battle and had to let her go when the pain came along, and she could no longer eat.
"Daffy" was the most loved - and loving - dog I can ever remember, and our hearts were broken and our lives devastated when she left us. She was a real trouper throughout the last year of her life, and she never cried or even whined when the pains came. PLEASE, if you've got any spare change or other such things laying around the house, please donate it to the National Order for Rare Diseases (NORD), and specify Lymphangeictasia when giving to them. Thanks so very much for reading about our little baby girl; she was - and IS - the sunshine in our lives, and there is not one hour, one minute or one moment we are not thinking about her. We love & miss you, girl!
"Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware, of giving your heart to a dog to tear." - Excerpt from the Rudyard Kipling poem, "The Power of the Dog." (Be careful; it's a tear-jerker of a poem! Ensure you have LOTS of tissues on hand...)
