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Max, the Mastiff is no more


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Took him to the Vet on Friday, he was just "in bits", at about 12, or perhaps older.

Blood disorders, collapsing veins, unable to properly digest food, and sicking up blood, etc etc.

But in really good "form", and enjoying life, just.

Since we had got him as quite a marginally survivable (and the Vet near put him down, way back then) rescue pup of about 6 months, very thin with a damaged back end .

He had one hell of a good life.

The King is dead.

Long live the King. (who is currently sleeping on the underfloor heated marble floor)

Marcus

PS

I hope someone does as much for me at the end/in the same condition.

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Sad day Marcus - great that he had such a wonderful life though and a very good age for a Mastiff too, must have been well loved and cared for :) , our Ernie -Don Ernesto as he thinks he is the godfather of the hoose- a Sicilian Mastiff is 11 this year

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The ould bugger overstayed his welcome a bit, since he near got the needle 2 year ago.

We were cleaning the kitchen floor virtually every morning since, Terraza thankfully.

Like most old animals he slept a lot, but still enjoyed sitting on my knee, and was indeed "waltering" = rolling/wriggling on his back in pure delight, in the grass tother morning, in the warmth of the Sun.

Despite being in "bits"

The wife an daughter took him to the Vet for a "Consultation" on Friday evening.

Vets tactful conclusion was that it was time to say goodbuy.

PS

The wife refused to let me have his once magnificent head and shoulders stuffed and mounted, a la a deer.

One "marker" for how he had failed, was the choke chain that used to sit tidy around his neck, was at the end sitting wide on his shoulders.

regards all,

Marcus

ps

tucked up in bed with the other 4 dogs.

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