cookiesandchips
10-04-2006, 06:55 AM
I am so upset. My brother and his wife took my mom's dog Skamp since my mom has advanced osteoporosis and has been in the hospital since last October. Skamp was 9 when they took him....She will never leave the hospital again, and Skamp needed a home...I was not able to take him because my husband is allergic to fur.
Yesterday my brother came to visit (he lives three hours away) and told me that he and his wife had to put Skamp down......he claimed it was because he ran away all the time, and they kept having to pay for him at the pound......and that he barked constantly and the neighbours complained....and now he has started to act "strange" around the kids, by barking and acting wierd. I am wondering if that was an excuse, saying he was strange.....or if it really happened. I didn't know if I should tell my mom, because my brother said maybe not, but I felt she needed to know.....My mom understood and was very good about it....but my heart hurts. My brother didn't even get Skamp cremated because of the cost, and he let the vet dispose of him. (we feel differently about that, I would have paid to cremate or would have buried him!!) But my brother feels that once the animal is dead, it doesn't matter about disposal. This breaks my heart.....
I am sitting here so sad....I could not have taken Skamp due to my husband's allergies, but I would have paid, at least for cremation.
Please say a few prayers for Skamp, the norweigan elkhound in heaven.
Rest in peace Skampie......hope you are having fun playing with Papa up there in heaven. There are endless bones and lots of balls!
Yesterday my brother came to visit (he lives three hours away) and told me that he and his wife had to put Skamp down......he claimed it was because he ran away all the time, and they kept having to pay for him at the pound......and that he barked constantly and the neighbours complained....and now he has started to act "strange" around the kids, by barking and acting wierd. I am wondering if that was an excuse, saying he was strange.....or if it really happened. I didn't know if I should tell my mom, because my brother said maybe not, but I felt she needed to know.....My mom understood and was very good about it....but my heart hurts. My brother didn't even get Skamp cremated because of the cost, and he let the vet dispose of him. (we feel differently about that, I would have paid to cremate or would have buried him!!) But my brother feels that once the animal is dead, it doesn't matter about disposal. This breaks my heart.....
I am sitting here so sad....I could not have taken Skamp due to my husband's allergies, but I would have paid, at least for cremation.
Please say a few prayers for Skamp, the norweigan elkhound in heaven.
Rest in peace Skampie......hope you are having fun playing with Papa up there in heaven. There are endless bones and lots of balls!