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I have to thank you all for your support and good wishes for me and my family. We loved Casper so much and she was such a constant huge presence in our everyday lives and we miss her more than you can imagine, or maybe you can. Your thoughts and prayers keep me going and I am so appreciative of you taking the time to write to us. Give your pugs an extra kiss and hug from me. I have no regrets because I gave her a great life and did all I could to keep her strong and healthy. I just wanted her to… Continue

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our most
beloved Casper. She added so much joy to our lives each and every
day and we cherished and respected her and treated her like the Queen
she was.

She was the most charming, thoughtful, indifferent, insistent little
being who could stop traffic like nobody's business. She was
photographed by strangers who met her countless times and she had a
huge fan club who I know will all feel her loss.

A well traveled pug she spent time in Lo… Continue

After 4 weeks of slowly weaning Casper off of steroids and supporting her with all the homeopath supplements, Casper slowly got worse each day, mostly. her mobility. As I cut down the steroid she got less and less mobile, more stiff and painful to walk and hold her head up. she was walking with her head down... then her right side became so weak probably due to inflammation in her neck and sciatic nerve to her right side. she could hardly stand and buckled over 2 her right side. She was a troope… Continue

Casper has arthritis in her elbows, and degerative disc disease in her neck. cushings disease from long term steroid therapy for the neck and elbow arthritis (yes a catch 22!) For Casper Cushings caused compromised liver function which caused degeneration in her eye health, thicking of the stomach and muscle weakness and atrophy in her hind quarters. She fell of the bed and hurt her neck back in 2005 and that's when she needed the steroid to help with th… Continue

We went for our visit and heard some great stories about dogs and cats that this clinic has been able to extend their lives in a quality manner and allowing pets to eventually pass from natural causes instead of being put down.

Casper has had mast cell disease since she was 1 and though they have never been cancerous I have had to monitor her and take swift action. at 14.5 she has very little vision left and chronic eye ulcers. chronic infections and progressive arthritis. Otherwise she is happ… Continue