A tribute to Krimba

Krimba was born on the 29 of June in 2007 and died on the 22^nd of March 2009 at about 5:50 on the operating table of the vet's. We got her on 15^th of September 2007.

 

A friend and I were walking her at croft. She had been enjoying it and had been going for about an hour running around in the water and swimming. She had been fine. 

Suddenly she let out this weird, long cry. She sat down as she was crying and was holding up her front left paw up. She has had a history of arthritis and especially in that paw so I thought it could just be that or a thorn since it was so sudden. I tried to get her to lye down, but she wouldn’t. Then, suddenly she collapsed over onto her right side. At this point she seemed to be slipping away from consciousness of the real world. She kept her eyes open and did a few very eerie stretches with her front paws and back left paw, each time wining, showing that she could still feel the pain.

My friend then woke me up from all this and told me to ring my parents. They came at once and my friend waited on Croft Bridge to show them where to go. My Dad phoned a vet. She was at the other side of Hurworth and didn’t have any medication and so told us we had to get her to the vet’s in Darlington. While I was describing to her what happened, Krimba started breathing oddly, growling and rattling on some breaths. We got a towel from the car and lifted her onto it whilst my Mum moved a temporary fence put up across the kissing gate at Croft because they were doing building works. WE carried her to the car, which took a while because of the kissing gate. My friend had rung his Mum and so she picked him up and we departed to the vets.

Once we got her to the vet’s her heart was very faint and she wasn’t breathing. They put her on breathing apparatus, gave her an adrenaline shot to her heart and even did a bit of CPR but none had an effect. She died on the table at about 5:50 but I don’t think anyone really knew when she went.

 

The vet doesn't know what happened and an autopsy wouldn't be possible due to location and cost so she is going to be cremated at some point

 

This is a collection of pictures showing some of the better moments in her life. She will always be loved and missed.