Odinn has passed away. He was almost 5 months old.
Odinn was having severe seizures, which caused him to lash out violently when they were over. This ranged from short seizures that could last minutes to a couple second seizures. His worst physical one was several months ago when he collapsed on the floor, and lay rigid and convulsing. Screaming while doing so. After that, they turned into mini seizures that would then progress into aggression.
His outbursts were coming more and more as time progressed, and our vet told us that the damage had already been done to his brain and was irreversible. Even with medication, he would remain unpredictable because of the previous damage. Odinn bit our children several times, and the injuries ranged from scratches to full out deep punctures. For little kids this damage can cause horrible damage, not only physcially but mentally as well.
On a tuesday afternoon, I was bathing him, and he went into one of his fits when I was drying him after his bath. He snarled, his lip curled, and he lunged at me, and I drew up my arm to protect my face in instinct. He actually latched onto, and "locked" his jaws onto my arm. I felt his teeth hit my bone, sending jolts of pain and agony that would last months, and will most likely continue to have damage to my nerves and cause brachial pain. I had several very deep punctures. It bled a lot, very deep, almost purple. I knew then that his "episodes" had then become beyond very dangerous. Had he attacked one of the kids with that much force, I would probably have had to take them to the hospital. Understand that I have very small, petite children and Odinn was almost 50 lbs at 17 weeks old.
I am not writing this to portray what a horrible dog odinn was, but only to give example as to his sickness and to show why we made the decision we did to have Odinn euthanised. If you have been following this blog, you would know what a wonderful dog Odinn actually was, when he wasn't in this states of mind. Hopefully this will let more people understand why we did this. We had him euthanised in our home, and held him till he passed. I think home euthanasia is definitely the least traumatizing for all involved and it allowed him to pass in a familiar environment.
Odinn was a wonderful dog other than his illness. He was sweet and loving when stable and we miss him very much. I am not sure of what cause his illness, nor was the vet, although he mentioned inbreeding and perhaps the cross breeding of the breeds mixed could have been a cause. When we got Odinn he was also very sick, so who knows what he truly had.
We are beyond heartbroken, words cannot express the deep sorrow we feel everyday, and hopefully writing this will help me to console and repress some of my feelings in these words, as I keep telling myself we did the right thing......
We love you and miss you baby Odinn and you will forever be in our hearts.
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| RIP our love puppy. May Elysian Fields provide you with enough room to romp. |
