Our Sweet Charlee Passed Away
In December 2025 Charlee was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. She was placed on a diuretic 3 times per day as well as pimobendan twice a day, after about a week on the medication he breathing rate returned to normal and was responding well to the treatment for the past 7 months.
On her last day everything seemed normal we woke up up she ate, we went on our short morning walks at a slow pace as she smelled and enjoyed meeting people, she was eating well and everything seemed good. Around 2pm as she was napping she woke suddenly and was having distressed breathing and coughing so I rushed her to her emergency vet, they put her on oxygen and gave her increased doses of the diuretic around 3:15pm and she was starting to stabilize so the vet said to go home and would get an update at 7pm, at the 7pm update things were looking bright, colour returned to her gums and tongue and she was breathing more normally, the blood work that was done was within normal ranges.
About an hour after the update we got a call from the vet who told us Charlee's condition was rapidly changing and that we should come in as soon as possible. We arrived about 15 minutes after the phone call.
On our arrival they took us straight to Charlee and she was in distress, he gums white and she was not doing well, the vet said the prognosis was not good, in the hour we were talking with the vet her condition grew worse, so we said our good byes, kissed and hugged Charlee telling her what a wonderful dog she was and how much we loved her as she passed away in my wife's arms.
I am very thankful we had the opportunity to hold her and tell her what an awesome dog she was and how much we will miss her.
She was born on November 14, 2014.
Edit: 5 July. Thank you everyone for your kind words. ❤️