Goodbye little Squirt

Chloe and Squirt

This is Chloe and Squirt at 6 weeks. Probably my favorite picture of the two.

We got them at a farm and a little boy who lived there always named the runt squirt. The boy was devastated when we picked Squirt out, so wee told him we would keep his name the same.

He 3/4 English mastiff, 1/4 great dane (mom was half and half).

Gentle Giants

Chloe is more my dog, and Squirt my wifes. The kids love them a lot, and they are great with them. We never did anything other than positive reinforcement training and they are really well trained dogs.

6 years old

Squirt had a swollen ankle, I thought it was a sprain. His limp got worse and the swelling got worse.

An xray at the vet showed bone cancer. It's growing inside out, so he could fracture his leg at any time.

We take him this morning to be put down so he is no longer in pain.

Good dogs

I can't stop crying and my wife is devastated, he was her first pet ever. I grew up with dogs but we got him after getting married.

I know that no one will be hurting more than his sister. She is the freckled one. Today is not a good day.

We call him our Mastidane.