10/21/2025
D&S RIVER'S WHITE DIAMOND KRUSH (VIXEN)
December 23, 2016 - October 21, 2025
Vixen was a beautiful chocolate female that we had intentions of adding to our breeding program, but at 5-months of age she developed an iris melanoma in her left eye and we elected to have her eye removed and spayed on May 25, 2017. Vixen recovered like a champ and we placed her the following month with family, Shawn & Patty Mengel and their kids. Vixen grew up in Breinigsville, just a few miles from us and we saw her often and watched her grown into a beautiful, very loved pup! They all adored her, but our niece Casey, especially grew fond of her and I believe loved her the most.
Vixen was having some elbow issues the past year or so, and at a visit this past Sunday we thought she looked thin compared to our last visit. On Monday, Patty indicated she was having some balance issues but was eating and going to the bathroom, etc. My thought was maybe a bout of vertigo? That evening Patty sent me video that the balance issue had gotten worse, had to carry her outside, lost some control of her bowels, and was sleeping very deep that it was difficult to wake her. Stroke came to mind then. I told her I would be over in the morning as they were deciding what to do at that time.
When I arrived this morning, she was laying on her bed, no happy tail movement when I walked in, didn't lift her head or anything. My heart was breaking from the night before already. Patty said she ate again this morning. I looked at her eyes and gums. Felt around on her body and was comforting her. Her belly seemed very hard and she had a very rapid heartbeat, very rapid. She wasn't panting or anything. Just very docile. Patty and I talked and cried and hugged. I hugged Vixen and told her that if it was time, that momma River would be waiting for her and there would be no more pain.
THANK YOU Patty, Shawn, Collin, Casey & Chase for loving Vixen all these years!!
Rest in peace sweet girl! đ¤đžđ¤
