# My doberman Jake has bone cancer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379 "2012-10-30T23:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/61 "2013-03-10T11:42:55Z")
I’m so sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/62 "2013-03-10T12:47:49Z")
I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/63 "2013-03-10T14:53:09Z")
I’ sorry, **StG**. I’m glad, though, that he got to spend his last day hanging with his buds and running. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/64 "2013-03-10T22:23:28Z")
I am so sorry. It’s so painful to say goodbye. I have been through it way too many times. ☹ How is your rescued dobie doing? Have you renamed him? ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/65 "2013-03-10T22:44:42Z")
I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/66 "2013-03-10T23:49:37Z")
Thank you, everyone, for your sympathy. It helps, which is odd. You’re more than pixels on a screen. I don’t remember where I read it first, it might’ve been here, but there’s a quote that resonates with me: > [@](#): > > “It came to me that every time I lose an animal they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new animal who comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be animal and I will become as generous and loving as they are.” I’d like to be the person my dogs think I am. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/67 "2013-03-11T01:36:26Z")
From our pack to yours, condolences, and thanks for rescuing! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/68 "2013-03-11T14:12:57Z")
His last day was spent running around playing before he died in the company of a loved one. May we all be so lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/69 "2013-03-11T15:55:45Z")
So sorry you have to go through this. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/70 "2013-03-12T01:38:01Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I am so sorry. It’s so painful to say goodbye. I have been through it way too many times. ☹ > > How is your rescued dobie doing? Have you renamed him? it looks like Drago will stay Drago. He’s doing just fine, settling in well and getting along with all the other dogs and cats. He’s already such a love. He’s such a good dog (except for being a chewer, which I’ll have to control) and so good with the the other animals. Speaking of the other animals, I think they knew Jake was leaving. That evening, as he was beginning to go downhill, they clustered around him and licked him. Andy tried to get him to play, sort of “come on, big guy!”. They didn’t harass him, just trying to be with him. StG ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/71 "2013-03-12T02:12:31Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Speaking of the other animals, I think they knew Jake was leaving. That evening, as he was beginning to go downhill, they clustered around him and licked him. Andy tried to get him to play, sort of “come on, big guy!”. They didn’t harass him, just trying to be with him. > > StG Is it just me or is it dusty in here? I seem to have something caught in my eyes.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/72 "2013-03-12T03:35:16Z")
What a wonderful life you gave Jake. Drago and the rest of your furry family are lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379/73 "2013-03-12T04:37:49Z")
I’m so sorry, **StGermain**. Jake was lucky to have you. Drago is a lucky dog. > [@StGermain](#): > > Speaking of the other animals, I think they knew Jake was leaving. That evening, as he was beginning to go downhill, they clustered around him and licked him. Andy tried to get him to play, sort of “come on, big guy!”. They didn’t harass him, just trying to be with him. I love this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doberman-jake-has-bone-cancer/639379.md?page=3)