I stayed home from work to take Baxter to the vet. Since we first picked him up, he's been doing this weird thing where he humps to poop (it's like a thrust). This is how he's been peeing as well. It's pretty obvious that he's incontinent, so I took him to the doctor hoping for a cheap. easy fix, but willing to figure out how to deal with an expensive, difficult fix. But either way, we were going to get him fixed. Imagine my surprise and horror when I asked Dr. May what we had to do and he told me there wasn't anything we could do.
He said Baxter's spinal cord didn't develop all the way and it wasn't something that we could do anything about. He wasn't going to be able to control his poop or pee, ever. Immediately I hugged Baxter to me and started crying. Dr. May said that with the urinary incontinence, he would probably get constant bladder infections (due to not being able to ever fully empty it).
After getting home and talking (or rather, crying) it over with Brian we both came to the conclusion that it's just not practical for us to keep him, which sucks, because we are both already in love with him.
We contacted the breeder, who told us that the only thing she could do is give us the female. I didn't want the female, I didn't want any puppy, but we had to take Baxter back.
I cried the whole way there (and was inconsolable the next day too). The breeder said that she would keep Baxter, that she had a yard and it wouldn't matter if he couldn't hold it (so at least she's not going to have him put down, which was my biggest fear).
Anyway, we brought the female puppy home (she's nervous and shy), but I hope she'll come out of her shell. It's hard to look at Lucy, because she looks so much like Baxter.
I know that God has His reasons for everything, but it doesn't make it any easier. Hopefully Baxter will have an amazing life...he will be sorely missed.
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