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My Old Dog Molly
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Posted by DaleW (My Page) on Wed, Mar 2, 05 at 13:29
| My old black lab, Molly, turns 16 today! This is especially old for a lab, my vet says they are usually done in between 12 and 14 years old. A lot of the kids around here grew up with her and who are now off to college or starting their own families. She always had a real sweet disposition, not a mean hair on her. Lousy watch dog; she loves everybody. Since I've had her, you could steal anything I had (including her), providing you tossed her a ball or a stick a couple of times!
She's getting a little slow getting around these days.
Dale |
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RE: My Old Dog Molly
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| Oh Dale, How wonderful that you still have Molly. I hope she hangs around for a good while yet. We had a black lab, Missy, that we lost when she was 15. She got sick on a weekend but we didn't realize it was serious. We took her to the vet on Mon morn and she had a uterine infection. They kept her to give her IV and she died during the night. We wonder if she thougth she was abandoned and died from heartbreak. When you have one for so long it is like tearing your heart out to lose them. We have a 7 year old golden retriever now and she is a great camper. Give Molly a hug from us. |
RE: My Old Dog Molly
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| Happy Birthday to Molly, maybe she'll get a treat or two to mark the occasion? Enjoy her. |
RE: My Old Dog Molly
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| Dale, that's amazing that your dog is living such a long life! Even better that she is still healthy! As you all know, I lost my camping buddy, Katie, after 14 years this past September. I still miss her so much! Enjoy your time with your Molly! |
RE: My Old Dog Molly
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| Happy Birthday to a sweet ol' girl. We lost our Molly 1 1/2 years ago. She was our fishing dog. Loved the boat, hated hunting. Our joke was that she would find our fish for us. She slept at the front of the bassboat from the time she was 7 wks old, up until our last vacation with her at just over 15 yrs. She was a yellow. We lost her best buddy, "Goose" my husband's hunting partner this last summer. He was pushing 14. Now we have Jack....15 months and he's already had his first camping, fishing and hunting seasons under his belt. Hopefully, we will have as many years with him as we did with the last two. We sure miss them though. Give Molly an extra hug from us for her birthday and enjoy every day with her. |
RE: My Old Dog Molly
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| Thanks for all the kind words & wishes for my best friend. Molly has certainly been near & dear and I hate the thought of parting company, she has been such a good dog. For what it's worth, a couple of things I'd like to pass on: first, the vet had me start giving Molly a baby asprin a day to kind of help her with the morning stiffness (we are both on them!) - also, on another fly fishing fourm I watch, someone there put me onto giving Molly a people dose of glucosmine every day (and we are both on that, too!) - anyway, I really believe it's helped the old girl out. Dale |
RE: My Old Dog Molly
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Dale,
Happy Birthday to Molly. I Know how much you love her. We give our dog glucosimine too, she was put on rymadil when she got lyme last spring, but the glucosimine works so much better for her. We know a lot of people that use that instead of the rymadil with better results. We give her the chewable orange flavored ones. She loves them.
Our beloved girls left us at the ages of 12 and 14, and it was so heart breaking. I love my new girl, but it isn't the same.
Lynda |
RE: My Old Dog Molly
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| Dale, I'm so glad you still have your Molly. You've evidently taken very good care of her! Pets mean so much to us dont' they? They love us unconditionally, give us companionship, relieve our stress, make us laugh, and yes, they make us cry when they leave us. But, the bottom line is that they enrich our lives so much by their very presence. Give her a kiss for me, if you are one who does just a thing. I kiss my cats on the head! Jo |
RE: My Old Dog Molly
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| Dale, it is so nice you have what I call your best friend still with you. I have an almost four year old lab/rotty who is my best buddy. She has gone on day hikes with me. This year I am taking her on backbacking trips with me. She will carry her own backpack. I hope I have Megan with me as long as you have had Molly. |
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