[NAGDU] a sad update on dallas

[sheila leigland]

I'm so sorry about this. I know how hard this is to handle. I hope you 
get a new dog soon.

On 6/11/2016 1:58 PM, Chantel Cuddemi via NAGDU wrote:
> Aww I am so sorry to hear this! I am thinking of you,
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> On 6/11/2016 3:29 PM, Aleeha Dudley via NAGDU wrote:
>> Good afternoon all, from a balmy Louisiana,
>> It is with great difficulty and sadness that I write this message to
>> you. This week, I had a trainer from The Seeing Eye come out to work
>> with me and Dallas, my four year old Yellow Lab. He’s become very
>> slow, has a horrendous fear of thunder, parks on route, and isn’t too
>> confident in new places, as some of you will remember. As we worked,
>> it was clear that I was walking too fast for Dallas. He just wouldn’t
>> move, to the point that both of us were thinking that he would be
>> better off with a (no offense to senior citizens), 90 year old
>> grandmother than with a 22 year old college kid like me. We worked and
>> worked on him, cheering him on, building him up, taking many a route.
>> But his speed was such that he was about to drive me to drink. We took
>> him to the vet on Thursday, where he was given an allergy shot. The
>> vet seems to think that his lack of energy is due to the heat and
>> allergies, but the medication did nothing for him. He didn’t greet
>> people at the door like normal, he didn’t play with my friend’s dog,
>> and he just showed no interest in work. I took him back to the vet
>> this morning and he was given nausea medication and antibiotics. It is
>> with much sadness that I say that I believe it is time for Dallas to
>> retire. The issues that he is having seem to be insurmountable. The
>> instructor did a Juno walk with me and I hadn’t walked at my normal
>> pace with a dog for several months. The fear and relieving issues are
>> deal breakers for me. I cannot go to college classes with a dog who
>> will lose his mind if we’re caught in a storm, or a dog that relieves
>> while walking down the sidewalk. It breaks my heart, but I’ll be
>> submitting a successor application today online. I just can’t deal
>> anymore. I wish there were something that could be done. If he’s not
>> feeling better Monday, the vet will do lab work, but there isn’t a lot
>> of hope right now. It hurts for me to write all this, but I thought
>> you all should know what happened.
>> Aleeha and Dallas, my partner in crime
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