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Listener Stories

Lucy

I have been blessed with two doggies, but I want to share this about Lucy.

I adopted Lucy after a first bout with a pituitary tumor. But when another rare condition set in, making it difficult for me to live a normal life and forced me to retire, it was Lucy who became my constant friend.

You see, I have a rare condition wherein my thyroid and parathyroid as well as pancreas have ceased to work. My heart can fly into atrial fibulation in an instant and the attacks can be unnoticed by me at first, until they become so bad that I go close to a cardiac arrest.

Lucy learned to spot this. When my heart flutters, and I don’t feel it, she nudges my hand and keeps doing it until I check my heart rate or feel my chest.

She also tells me (as I am now diabetic) when my blood sugars are too low or too high.

She may be an adopted, but she’s my darling girl. She’s getting older now (14) and showing signs of age, but she still has heart!

Leah from TX

Animal Lovers

My wife, tara and i have three dogs. we adopted them from local animal shelters. both us have always been animal lovers, we also have four feral cats. we relocated them to our garage. these are not the first we rescued, and definately not the last. GOD BLESS
Robert from NJ

Zack

I just lost the love of my life to hemangiosarcoma. My Great Dane/lab mix,Zack,  lost his five week battle with cancer….RIP Zack 04/06-10/13/08!
I researched hemangiosarcoma for five weeks straight….I tried to find the cure for cancer in five weeks…and 15K later….his last week of life…he endured (and thrived) after three blood transfusions and a second round of chemo! If only he could have bounced back in time for chemo to start working. Don\’t let anyone ever tell that chemo is a horrible thing for a dog! Chemo brought back behaviors and actions we hadn\’t seen in years!
I am really interested to read Rescuing Sprite…I just don\’t think I can read it right now…I do wonder if Sprite had hemangiosarcoma (HSA)…RIP Sprite and Zackie!!
P.S. A few months before Zack died, I called into Mark\’s radio show bc I heard a caller talk about putting down their dog bc he couldn\’t walk..i suggested a special leash that holds up the dog\’s back legs…what we thought was ortho or neurological problems turned out to be HSA….my grief is totally worth the pain….the dance of life and death…

Heather from FL

Mr. King

My Mr. King (GSD) was 7 years old. He had a tumor in his lungs pushing on his trachea which took his breath away. We went though many rounds of anti biotic s to fight infections. His last night. He couldn’t sleep because he needed to keep his head up to straighten his airway. The vet didn’t open until 8am. I laid in the yard with him that night. I knew it was time to say good bye. I couldn’t talk to my wife much. I had to hold it together. She understood. Early that morning I carried him up stairs and put him in the truck. This was his last visit to the vet, and I would leave only with his collar. I loved him. I made a vid in his honor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mENsvKCCB1g

I am working with German Shepherd Rescue Alliance of Wisconsin To get another. I have plenty of room in my heart for another. Thank you for writing your book on sprite. Your show is inspiring! god bless America

King from MN

Barney

I just finished your book about Sprite, it brought joy and tears,I have a 7 year old dalmatian Barney,he’s my best friend and so devoted to his human Mama and Daddy, Your book is a keeper and I’ve lended it out already and will do it again, I hope I can be as brave as you and your family was when it comes time for Barney to go to his Rainbow Bridge in doggy heaven, Thank you so much for this wonderful book.
Arlene from GA

Sarah

I will get a photo posted later. This is a new computer and I do not have dog photos yet on my computer. My dog, Sarah, looked kind of like Sprite. I was depressed and lonely before rescuing a stray a friend named “Sandy,” and then I prayed for a companion for Sandy and Sarah came into our lives. My dogs were used by God to heal me of depression.

Helen from MD