https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/830/i-have-fallen-in-love ..............with a great big slobbering St Bernard One of our clients helps out with St Bernard rescue and we had &#39;Ruby&#39; in as she was pyrexic. Considering she wasnt treated very well and is thin and smelly, she is the sweetest natured dog I haveen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/2854?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:31:57 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:db093efb-fa71-4ad4-b96d-1c82a905d2a2Vicky RVN<p>Aww would be nice to see pics <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" />&nbsp; I have images of Beethoven in my head!</p> <p>The only St Bernard i&#39;ve ever met was at my last practice, but it wasn&#39;t a nice situation <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/emotion-6.gif" alt="Sad" />&nbsp; She was a year old and had been (as&nbsp;far as owners were aware)&nbsp;in perfectly good health, they&#39;d given her breakfast, she&#39;d gone into garden then came back into kitchen and collapsed and died <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/emotion-6.gif" alt="Sad" />&nbsp; I felt so sorry for the owners, it must have been such a huge shock.&nbsp; We didn&#39;t find out what the prob was, owners didn&#39;t want investigations.</p> <p>It makes me think, would i want a pm on my own animal in this kind of situation.&nbsp; If i didn&#39;t then i might be wondering for ever more what the problem was.&nbsp; But then i also think i wouldn&#39;t want them mucked around with once they&#39;ve passed away.&nbsp; And you can&#39;t do anything about it anyway, whatever the problem was.</p> <p>Sorry to change the post Looblou, it just got me thinking...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>