Our Precious Luna
My wife and I are at a total loss, shock, and so much sadness. Our precious Luna who was with us for 8 years, her whole life, passed away this morning unexpectedly in our home. We live in a rural town in Canada and had just returned from a trip to the city yesterday and Luna was her normal happy self (she is a German Shepherd cross Rottweiler) until shortly after she ate her dinner. She began showing signs of Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus (GDV) however, my wife and I had not seen this before and were unsure what to do plus it also didn't help that it was a long weekend holiday so no vets were open. This morning she was still not better and I had to go to work and I spent some time with her petting her and giving her love and hugs and even kissed her goodbye hoping to see her after work. My wife woke up 2 hours later to find our previous Luna not breathing in our shower and had already passed away. We are so guilt redden right now thinking about what we should have done... we shouldn't have gone to the city, we should have tried to drive her to the Vet Emergency in the city as soon as she was showing signs since time was so sensitive however, it is a holiday. Luna passed way in a period of 14 hours. I can't believe it.
Luna was a support dog for me, the one that helped me cope with things in life, a protector for my family and 3 young children. I can't believe I will not get a chance to walk her, play with her, feed her, hug and kiss her. We keep expecting to see her outside in our backyard, or hear her collar jingle around the house, hear her bark at people walking by our house ensuring we are safe, see her sleeping in her dog bed, my son getting me to brush her teeth when he brushes his teeth. Yes, we have so many memories of her but now we are so sad because we cannot make new memories with her. I am at such a loss... I knew this day would come eventually but I didn't think it would happen so soon today. 😞