Our initial plan was to pick our pup from boarding today evening, however our boarder had told us that he was beinning to feel a bit tired, and had developed a cold and slow. So when we landed yesterday, we immediately decided to bring him home.
When we went to pick him up from boarder, our jaws dropped. He lost an insane amount of weight, was completely lethargic and didnt even wag his tail or look at us. I cannot emphasize how heartbroken I was looking at him. Lifted him, put him in car and immediately drove him to ER. Docs did a battery of tests, and while his numbers looked OK, his numbers were elevated due to severe dehydration. He has been on IV fluids last night, and while he is improving, most likely will spend another night in ER. Words can’t describe how incredibly angry I am at the boarder and lack of care. Hopefully he will pick up from there on road to recovery.
Never again, ever. This was such a lesson, and yes we landed back into reality with a big thud.