Tyson, our companion....

Here are some pics of Tyson...








It was a sad day for us yesterday 5/1/08. We brought our 11 year old Golden Retriever, Tyson, to the vet because he was limping. We thought that maybe he broke a bone in his foot or something simple....the vet first did a normal check on him and thought he felt something by his bladder...we took him out to pee and came back in. The vet then did a floroscopy on him to get "real" time pictures of his back and internal organs. His spine is like 80% shot...major spondylosis--spinal degeneration and deformity of the joints. The vet said it was unbelievable that he was still walking. Then he came to the area by his bladder....it wasn't a full bladder that he was feeling....it was a mass about the size of a softball. Dave & I were in shock. We couldn't believe that our "big lug" was really sick. The vet is saying that he probably has 4-8 months left with us. I guess we will take it 1 day at a time.





Tyson was supposed to be Dave's hunting buddy...well, that never happened...he was afraid of the gun. He is majorly afraid of storms too. I think what freaked him out was when he got caught in the major hail storm here is Mandan. He is worse than the kids when it comes to a thunderstorm.





We will certainly miss him when he is gone and now plan to give him the best that we can give him.