Eskie Rescuers United

Pearl
Sweet, sweet, gentle Pearl. She came to us from a shelter in Las Vegas where she was a stray and possibly hit by a car. Her xray's did not show any broken bones, so she was given pain medicine and prescribed lots of rest for possible soft tissue injury. Her teeth were badly neglected and most had to be pulled. Her bloodwork indicated she was quite healthy. She was spayed and a small mammary tumor was removed. After recovering from her dental, a nasal fistula was noticed, and she underwent surgery to have it repaired. She had some possible nerve damage from this repair and the vets tried to manage her pain until the nerve could heal. Very sadly, Pearl was in constant pain and her little body began to shut down. We could not let her continue to suffer, and helped her across the bridge where she in now running pain free with the angels.........Eskie Rescuers United, April 16, 2018

Louie
Just received word that my sweet former ERU foster, Louie, went to the Bridge this morning. I'll sure miss that sweet pup! Thanks to Joe Duvo for being a great Dad and forever home to him for the last four years and for allowing me to visit. Louie was devoted to Joe and knew lots of love in his old age!.......Catherine Boykin, March 23, 2018

Gracie
Our beloved Gracie who we adopted from ERU 8 years ago, passed away into eternity this morning. She fought a long battle with cancer. At first seemed like she was winning the fight, but over the last few months she steadily declined. We will miss her so much. She loved people and other dogs. When she was healthy she love going for her walks, and loved to look out the window. Run with the angels my beloved. Mommy and Daddy will see you again in heaven.......Ronda Brockway, March 20, 2018

Bonnie
Back in April of 2008, I adopted an Eskie, Bonnie, from the ERU. Her foster mother was named Rebecca and lived in Spokane, WA. Truth be told, it was Bonnie who adopted me and these last ten years were truly joyous with her in my life. In December 2015 she was diagnosed with bladder cancer and only given 6 – 12 moths to live. Luckily for me, Washington State University has one of the best vet schools in the nation and one of the few oncology centers. I immediately got Bonnie into the oncology center and she went an astounding 27 months on chemo. Most of the times, you wouldn’t even know that she had cancer and life went on as normal. She was a trooper above and beyond. Sadly, this morning, I had to let her go as her quality of life was rapidly deteriorating these past six weeks......Robert Yarbrough, March 9, 2018

Benny
Benny(or "Ben-ben) was a hoot! It took a bit of work to get him to calm down enough when we were getting ready for a walk, so I could get him hooked up. When he came up the stairs, he had his own rhythm - pokita, pokita, pokita..., until he got to the top. When he started to slow down, I put it down to age. Both of the Shibas I had started to slow up a bit at 12. Then he started to flop down in the middle of walks. And he started to eat flopped on the floor by his bowl. Finally one morning, he got out to the kitchen, flopped down,and never stood up again. The vet put him on steroids and crate rest. We did that for a couple of weeks. Then one day, he refused to eat. He even passed on scrambled eggs. That was when I took him to the 24 hour clinic to see what was going on. The attending was in surgery with another dog, so I left him for his tests and went home. A couple of hours later, I got a call to come in and talk with the vet. X-rays showed that one of his vertibrae was damaged, probably due to bone cancer. And some of the blood work results weren't encouraging either. I talked with the vet for a while, and decided that it was time to let him go. They have a lovely, quiet room where I sat holding Benny in my lap. He slipped away peacefully. As a dear friend of mine said when I told her, "He can run and play with the other dogs now."........Lee Webber, February 2018