Ribh's D'Coopage

[MaryJanet]

Sad news for my family though. Our beautiful Golden Retriever, Stella, started limping last Thursday and got drastically worse before we could get her to the vet. We also noticed a lump under her left ear. The vet thought it was an enlarged lymph node and that the limp was probably arthritis (she's 14 and a half), so we booked her in for a biopsy today plus x-rays of her chest and limbs. (she has also had an occasional cough for a while).

The x-rays showed that her lungs are riddled with cancer. The vet says she may have anything from a few months to a few weeks left. She is still a happy, loving girl and we have her home with us and lots of painkillers to keep her comfortable.

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Oh no! I'm so sorry

 

[Ribh]

That’s an amazing fluffy butt!

Frizzles do the best fluffy butts!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

These 4 were a bit overwhelmed when they were moved into the big coop.
Oshina is the oldest of this group but she is overshadowed by Shuri, the youngest & fluffiest.
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Took me a bit to figure out which end of Shuri I was looking at.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

That’s so sad ACM! Golden retrievers are lovely. My sister recently lost one of her border collies to cancer.

Oh no! I'm so sorry

When they get to her age you are kind of bracing for this type of thing. It is still very sad though. Thank you for your thoughts.

We puppy raised Stella for the Guide Dogs for the Blind. From 18 months to 10 years she worked. She came back to us for retirement in January 2017 which we weren't expecting, but were were very happy to have her back. She is our favourite out of the six puppies we had for the Guide Dogs.

Here she is as a puppy.

 

[drumstick diva]

Some years ago the American Kennel Club was doing a survey to collect info on Golden Retrievers that developed cancer. Don't know what the results were regarding bloodlines, frequency involved etc.

I lost a beautiful champion Cocker and producer of 8 chs. to cancer of the jaw. I had gotten her from a top breeding/show kennel in California - only to discover that three generations behind her also had various cancers. No one ever told me that. It was heart breaking.

I had bred her only to a total outcross buff male- she being dominant black only had black ofspring. Never heard whether any of them developed cancer.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

My kitchen has arrived! Doesn't it look pretty?
The only problem is, it looks to be almost entirely made of cardboard....

Tarot for scale

 

[Ribh]

My little *I want to be people* Olivia is a real chicken.
Today she squatted for me then laid her 1st egg in a nesting box.
I happened to see her investigating her options when I went to collect the egg under Luna, which wasn't Luna's. Olivia couldn't believe her luck. My shoulder was @ the perfect height for landing! Here is Olivia's 1st egg beside one of Soda's for comparison.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

My little *I want to be people* Olivia is a real chicken.
Today she squatted for me then laid her 1st egg in a nesting box.
I happened to see her investigating her options when I went to collect the egg under Luna, which wasn't Luna's. Olivia couldn't believe her luck. My shoulder was @ the perfect height for landing! Here is Olivia's 1st egg beside one of Soda's for comparison.
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Congratulations Olivia! What a sweet little egg.

 

[MaryJanet]

My little *I want to be people* Olivia is a real chicken.
Today she squatted for me then laid her 1st egg in a nesting box.
I happened to see her investigating her options when I went to collect the egg under Luna, which wasn't Luna's. Olivia couldn't believe her luck. My shoulder was @ the perfect height for landing! Here is Olivia's 1st egg beside one of Soda's for comparison.
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Top right: what she means? I IS peoples.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks