Hi,
So this is my first ever post on here even though I joined two years ago. Probably doing something wrong so please be kind and correct me :2smile:
Two years ago this November I lost my 5 yr old Doberman, Axle, to cancer. I was 25 yrs old and he was my first dog (and first Doberman) I got when I moved out of my parents house. And the first dog I ever had to make the decision to euthanize and be with when he crossed over to rainbow bridge. I'm getting tears even as I'm typing this. It's the worst thing I've ever been through. I went into a deep depression. I promised myself I would never own another Doberman again.
After a long time of talking with my husband and thinking of another breed to get I decided that Dobermans were the only breed for me. I did my research as best I could. Axle was a BYB dog. Decided I wanted a good mix of Euro and American lines and health tested and a reputable breeder but the depression got the best of me and by March I was chomping at the bit to get a puppy in hopes that it would pull me out of my funk. We spent a pretty penny and had a puppy flown in from out of state. Looking back I think he came from a greeder :|
Fast forward to today, Kato, is 1 yr 9 mos old. I have the WORST anxiety that something is going to happen to him. That some horrible disease is going take him from me early like Axle. I have a vet appointment for him this Friday to have his heart checked. Why? Because once every two weeks or so he will cough once and I saw that can be a sign of DCM. I'm THAT crazy. So far (knock on wood) he has not had any health problems but now that I'm on Dobehealth on FB I see all these dogs dying from DCM and it has become an obsession of WHAT IF.
UGH, has anyone else dealt with this crippling anxiety after losing a previous dog? If something is wrong with his heart I'm not sure how I will be able to handle it. I just needed to get this off my chest. Everyone just tells me I'm crazy, or it's just a dog, or chill out, don't worry about it.
So this is my first ever post on here even though I joined two years ago. Probably doing something wrong so please be kind and correct me :2smile:
Two years ago this November I lost my 5 yr old Doberman, Axle, to cancer. I was 25 yrs old and he was my first dog (and first Doberman) I got when I moved out of my parents house. And the first dog I ever had to make the decision to euthanize and be with when he crossed over to rainbow bridge. I'm getting tears even as I'm typing this. It's the worst thing I've ever been through. I went into a deep depression. I promised myself I would never own another Doberman again.
After a long time of talking with my husband and thinking of another breed to get I decided that Dobermans were the only breed for me. I did my research as best I could. Axle was a BYB dog. Decided I wanted a good mix of Euro and American lines and health tested and a reputable breeder but the depression got the best of me and by March I was chomping at the bit to get a puppy in hopes that it would pull me out of my funk. We spent a pretty penny and had a puppy flown in from out of state. Looking back I think he came from a greeder :|
Fast forward to today, Kato, is 1 yr 9 mos old. I have the WORST anxiety that something is going to happen to him. That some horrible disease is going take him from me early like Axle. I have a vet appointment for him this Friday to have his heart checked. Why? Because once every two weeks or so he will cough once and I saw that can be a sign of DCM. I'm THAT crazy. So far (knock on wood) he has not had any health problems but now that I'm on Dobehealth on FB I see all these dogs dying from DCM and it has become an obsession of WHAT IF.
UGH, has anyone else dealt with this crippling anxiety after losing a previous dog? If something is wrong with his heart I'm not sure how I will be able to handle it. I just needed to get this off my chest. Everyone just tells me I'm crazy, or it's just a dog, or chill out, don't worry about it.