Dale Earnhardt Jr admits its ‘touch and go’ for | Sports News

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. has heartbreakingly revealed that the household’s beloved canine just lately suffered a stroke.

The 26-time Cup Series race victor issued an emotional replace on the health of his 15-year-old Pomeranian, Junebug, as he confirmed that a vet gave the pet simply “2 to 6 months” to reside. The 50-year-old shares a younger household consisting of two daughters, Isla and Nicole, together with his spouse Amy after the pair tied the knot back on New Year’s Eve in 2015. The fashionable NASCAR broadcaster waited till the top of his racing profession to start out a household, whereas turning his hand back to issues behind the wheel solely sporadically since then.

Junior has spoken movingly concerning the place that their canine has of their brood too, having beforehand spoken about his love for Junebug back in 2013. In truth, the long-lasting retired driver gave the household pet his nickname, having first been launched to him by his future spouse a few years in the past.

Issuing a unhappy replace on the canine’s health just lately, the TV character revealed his anguish after a vet gave Junebug solely months to reside after the pooch suffered a stroke. He confirmed: “Our little Junebug, we got a Pomeranian, Junebug, we got an Irish setter, Gus. Junebug has got to be 15-years-old. Junebug had a stroke.

“Junebug has misplaced some feeling, I imagine, in some elements of his physique… He’s doing that on a couple of legs the place he’s not sure the place the ground’s at. And he falls over – he falls over like a fainting goat. And not transferring very properly, for about two days, he was mute.

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“I just got a text from Amy that he is barking. So yesterday, I got him just to growl, just a little bit because I play with him about his food. He won’t eat, hasn’t been eating. He has been drinking some water. We are feeding him peanut butter off our fingertips. That’s about only way we can get him to take anything down. So it’s touch and go for Junebug.”

Providing particulars of the scenario following the prognosis from the vet, he additionally issued an replace on how the devastating information has affected his spouse Amy. He added: “The prognosis from the vet was that he might have anywhere between 2 to 6 months.

“But I might say he has improved over the past couple of days and Amy simply textual content me and let me know he’s beginning to bark a little bit. So he’s feeling considerably higher. But that’s a powerful one trigger that’s Amy’s little man. You know, of course, I really like the canine too. He has been round endlessly. But this has been powerful on Amy.”

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Junior also showed his care for nephew Wyatt Miller, as he issued some words of wisdom to the teenager before he won the the Limited Late Model division at Hickory Motor Speedway. Revealing that he spoke with the 13-year-old on the phone before the race, he expressed his pride.

Talking on Dale Jr Download by Dirty Mo Media, he stated of his member of the family: “Wyatt Miller, who’s Kelley and LW’s son, my nephew, he’s been racing a lot. He runs filth primarily, everywhere in the nation. Travels a lot, races a lot. Hasn’t achieved a ton of asphalt stuff.

“He goes out there in race number two and wins. It was awesome. He drove a good line. You could see the potential there, you really can.”