Please keep these folks in your thoughts

murraysmom · 11-28-2011, 06:32 PM

A recently married young couple from Montana visited us last fall and fell in love with Murray. They started searching for a basset breeder and brought Barkley home in June. He was 7 months old last week.

Richard was playing with Barkley the night before Thanksgiving and Barkley gave a cough and fell over. He had stopped breathing, so Richard tried to give him CPR- ran with him in his bathrobe to his car to rush him to the vet- crashed the car into a snowbank and couldn't get it out-ran with Barkley the last few blocks to the vet- Barkley was dead when he got there; Richard thinks he died as soon as he collapsed in their home.

The autopsy showed that Barkley had a congenital heart defect. These folks are devastated and in shock. Please keep them in your thoughts.

henry'smum · 11-28-2011, 06:57 PM

Its so sad that Thanksgiving seems to have been such a time of loss. Our thoughts go to them x

jaleely · 11-28-2011, 07:08 PM

oh my gosh....that's so horrible. that poor family.

tell them we understand, and our thoughts are with them.

bubbad · 11-28-2011, 07:13 PM

A very tough situation, as soon as they are able to think straight it is important for them to tell whoever they got the dog from,if it was the person who bred the dog,what happened,they should welcome the information.Well,no breeder weclomes info like that, but they should care enough that they are more careful with which dogs they use for breeding.

Boomer's Mom · 11-28-2011, 07:36 PM

That poor couple; how sad. :-(

klm42005 · 11-28-2011, 07:56 PM

Oh...How terrible....definetly in our thoughts....can't even imagine the loss....

Annie714 · 11-28-2011, 08:09 PM

Yikes...too much sad.

They are in our thoughts and prayers.

MollyMcFrecklesMom · 11-28-2011, 08:31 PM

Poor family, poor puppy. Just shows how precious life is. I am impressed that this gentleman went to so much effort to save his dog, though I know any of us would have done the same. Bless him.

Yes, so much loss recently. Soon I hope we have a rash of happy news.

Wworm · 11-29-2011, 02:53 AM

Oh NO, Murray, so sorry to hear bout your pal Barkley

that is terrible what happened... so sad. but yeah, Bubbad's right...

geez, methinks last Wednesday nite before Tgiving was spoooked. it's when everyone became sick

--Worm

Swimming-duck · 11-29-2011, 07:42 AM

So sorry for their loss.

11-28-2011, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
murraysmom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: southcentral Pa. Posts: 2,236	Please keep these folks in your thoughts A recently married young couple from Montana visited us last fall and fell in love with Murray. They started searching for a basset breeder and brought Barkley home in June. He was 7 months old last week. Richard was playing with Barkley the night before Thanksgiving and Barkley gave a cough and fell over. He had stopped breathing, so Richard tried to give him CPR- ran with him in his bathrobe to his car to rush him to the vet- crashed the car into a snowbank and couldn't get it out-ran with Barkley the last few blocks to the vet- Barkley was dead when he got there; Richard thinks he died as soon as he collapsed in their home. The autopsy showed that Barkley had a congenital heart defect. These folks are devastated and in shock. Please keep them in your thoughts.

11-28-2011, 07:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
jaleely Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 942	oh my gosh....that's so horrible. that poor family. tell them we understand, and our thoughts are with them. __________________ Baby Bowsah's Bwog

11-28-2011, 07:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Boomer's Mom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,736	That poor couple; how sad. :-( __________________ Boomer: Born 4/18/2010 Biscuit: Rescued 1/26/12, approx. 2 yo Chez Basset: Come for the kibble, stay for the belly rubs.

11-28-2011, 08:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Annie714 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 1,164	Yikes...too much sad. They are in our thoughts and prayers. __________________ Blog about the antics of Annie and I. http://thechickandthehound.blogspot.com

11-28-2011, 08:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
MollyMcFrecklesMom Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southeast PA Posts: 1,182	Poor family, poor puppy. Just shows how precious life is. I am impressed that this gentleman went to so much effort to save his dog, though I know any of us would have done the same. Bless him. Yes, so much loss recently. Soon I hope we have a rash of happy news. __________________ Michelle - proudly owned by Molly (21 mos) and Winston (14 months). Molly McFreckles' World: The adventures of a Basset Hound living with Addison's Disease and a baby brother named Winston

11-28-2011, 06:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
henry'smum Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: arkansas Posts: 686	Its so sad that Thanksgiving seems to have been such a time of loss. Our thoughts go to them x

11-28-2011, 07:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
bubbad Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boiling Springs,Pa Posts: 1,347	A very tough situation, as soon as they are able to think straight it is important for them to tell whoever they got the dog from,if it was the person who bred the dog,what happened,they should welcome the information.Well,no breeder weclomes info like that, but they should care enough that they are more careful with which dogs they use for breeding.

11-28-2011, 07:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
klm42005 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Port Clinton, Ohio Posts: 437	Oh...How terrible....definetly in our thoughts....can't even imagine the loss....

11-29-2011, 02:53 AM	#9 (permalink)
Wworm Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Left Coast Posts: 1,972	Oh NO, Murray, so sorry to hear bout your pal Barkley that is terrible what happened... so sad. but yeah, Bubbad's right... geez, methinks last Wednesday nite before Tgiving was spoooked. it's when everyone became sick --Worm __________________ see what the Worm is up to: http://bassetworm.blogspot.com/

11-29-2011, 07:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
Swimming-duck Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: IL Posts: 207	So sorry for their loss.

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