James Todd
Well-Known Member
Hi all its with a really heavy heart that I ask this but yesterday on beaters day my 5 year old cocker bitch died .we had worked all day on a walk one stand one then a duck flight in the evening ....after the walk one stand one she was put in the car and covered with a coat as always and probably left for an hour ..I had decided not to take her down to the pond ...anyway I dropped a few ducks so thought I'd go see if she wanted to come out which she did so took her down and let her have a retrieve 10yds from the bank which she did but as she was obviously tired I just sat her in the hide with me ....she was sat licking her paws and generally cleaning herself one minute then the next she was having some sort of seizure ...I picked her up And started running to the car ....she did a sort of squeal and then went limp ...I knew in my heart she had gone but rushed to the nearest vets anyway (10 mins) where they confirmed there was nothing they could do as she had most.likely died in my arms ...she has never been unhealthy in any way at all so is there anything I could have done ...it hard thinking I wished I'd hve left her in the truck and would she have been OK if I had have done ...I thought blood sugar levels but the vet said the onset and finality of it was too quick ..I was in bit of a mess at the vets so didn't really take much in tbh