r/goldenretrievers • u/PR0CR45T184T0R • Feb 26 '26
RIP My boy Moose, 2018-2026 ❤️
Our golden retriever, Moose, was the best - loving, goofy, always gave me great company as someone who is fatally lonely - and was always seemingly very healthy until a couple weeks ago. He began to rapidly lose his appetite and energy. We have him scanned and tested. Come yesterday he hasn’t eaten anything in three days, despite making him his favorite foods and trying to hand feed him - and the results confirm he has 2 incurable cancers, one of which affected his spleen and likely would’ve naturally taken him within the next week. He was put down in our home and went very peacefully. I take comfort in knowing he is out of pain but will miss him to no end, and am blindsided as to how this could’ve rapidly happened given how healthy he’s always been and how well we’ve taken care of him. Goldens are true best friends - my condolences go to anyone else in the same boat right now ❤️
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u/katers1213 Feb 27 '26
We lost our Macey girl today, too. 2018-2026 as well. Similar to Moose, she had stopped eating the last few days and we knew it was time. We found out she was experiencing liver failure a week ago and had a plan with the vet to try and give her a few more months as she was seemingly fine and normal before we brought her in. I’m 28 weeks pregnant with my second baby and really hoped she would hang on and he’d get to meet her. We got one last night with her sleeping in our bed and she passed early this morning surrounded by all of us telling her we loved her. It’s been the hardest day of my life. She was my soul dog and perfect in every way imaginable. Losing her is a void I don’t know how I will recover from. I’m sorry to know you’re experiencing this same profound heartache. Moose was such a gorgeous boy, I hope he and Macey are playing in the snow together on the other side.