ruby55
Well-Known Member
I have a friend named John, whose "little" girl is an American bulldog named Luna. Luna goes everywhere with John, when he can take her. Luna is almost as big as Sunny, who weighs about 120 lbs. John is an online investigative reporter, covers local government issues. Kind of a watchdog for our town & county.
He lost his house about 6 months ago, couldn't keep up the payments like so many people in this country. He & Luna now live on the property, in a small motor home. He has built a fenced yard for Luna, & he walks her 3 times a day. We occasionally block off the doggy door, & John would bring Luna into our 1 acre fenced yard so she could really run & play hard with John. Luna is not friendly with other dogs. We tried introducing her to Sunny,who is totally non confrontational, 4 times; she tried to beat the shit out of him every time.
So anyways, Luna's been off for quite some time now. John finally took her to the vet. Luna has lung cancer. That's right, lung cancer. Here's the really horrendous part: a company called Mosaic was mining for phosphate directly behind John's house. On their city block 7 OUT OF 12 DOGS HAVE COME DOWN & DIED FROM LUNG CANCER.
And Luna doesn't have much time left. One lung is totally non functional; the other has about 1/2 capacity. She's so sick, but she still has good days. She's skin & bones; won't eat anything but roasted chicken & yogurt.
I guess I don't know what to do for Luna, except pray for a peaceful ending. I think when Luna's gone, John's going to go after Mosaic with all guns blazing. I hope so.
I guess this is kind of a rant. There's nothing to be done. But thanks for reading; keep Luna & all souls, human & non human, in your thoughts.
He lost his house about 6 months ago, couldn't keep up the payments like so many people in this country. He & Luna now live on the property, in a small motor home. He has built a fenced yard for Luna, & he walks her 3 times a day. We occasionally block off the doggy door, & John would bring Luna into our 1 acre fenced yard so she could really run & play hard with John. Luna is not friendly with other dogs. We tried introducing her to Sunny,who is totally non confrontational, 4 times; she tried to beat the shit out of him every time.
So anyways, Luna's been off for quite some time now. John finally took her to the vet. Luna has lung cancer. That's right, lung cancer. Here's the really horrendous part: a company called Mosaic was mining for phosphate directly behind John's house. On their city block 7 OUT OF 12 DOGS HAVE COME DOWN & DIED FROM LUNG CANCER.
And Luna doesn't have much time left. One lung is totally non functional; the other has about 1/2 capacity. She's so sick, but she still has good days. She's skin & bones; won't eat anything but roasted chicken & yogurt.
I guess I don't know what to do for Luna, except pray for a peaceful ending. I think when Luna's gone, John's going to go after Mosaic with all guns blazing. I hope so.
I guess this is kind of a rant. There's nothing to be done. But thanks for reading; keep Luna & all souls, human & non human, in your thoughts.