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Exactly what happened today- for the first time the dog never panicked and wanted to leave the vets- i watched her eyes unfocus as the drugs poured in- she acknowledged a new feeling, and drifted off- wife and i crying harder than thought possible
Just remember that you gave your dog a great life and your dog enhanced your family's.
Humans should be allowed to go out this way.
 
Plays so many roles- being given the choice by the vet to put her down or let her struggle on- doesnt get much harder than that- what a hole in our life- great dog r.i.p
It’s awful, I feel your pain. Remember the good times with her and do her justice by grieving properly.

RIP
 
My wife (no) is a veterinary nurse and she always says it’s 50/50 that people make the decision for the animal or for themselves. The worst she reckons is when an animal is under GA and needs to be put to sleep, people will have them bring the animal round so that they can say goodbye instead of having it done whilst their completely unaware.
 
Thing is her bloods were ok but she was losing her legs, bloated and seemed to have pain-in her side-probs liver failure she was sitting next to me staring at me- willing me to make it go away-last night dogs know on some level its time

It’s crap mate, we lost our beagle to cancer at 15 around about this time last year, he had good days and bad days. We made our minds up one day and changed them the next.

Still think about him every day and felt such guilt around the time, did I make the right decision ? Was I too hasty. But in hindsight he was slowly losing all the little things he liked to do and that was walking and eating.

Tearing up a bit even writing this but ya not alone in this.

Loved this meme at the time and I’ll bet it’s right for your dog as well
 
Always sad to hear about pooches passing.......RIP....hopefully in the big woods in the sky
It’s crap mate, we lost our beagle to cancer at 15 around about this time last year, he had good days and bad days. We made our minds up one day and changed them the next.

Still think about him every day and felt such guilt around the time, did I make the right decision ? Was I too hasty. But in hindsight he was slowly losing all the little things he liked to do and that was walking and eating.

Tearing up a bit even writing this but ya not alone in this.

Loved this meme at the time and I’ll bet it’s right for your dog as well
Christ that made me tear up......not even joking....having to explain to my boss why I have a tear in my eye....
 
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I didn't want to open this thread as I knew what it would entail. I lost my girl, Jess, around 3-4 years ago and it still hurts like hell. She had an untreatable cancer growth on her face which resulted in massive weight loss, incontinence and her becoming increasingly lethargic. It was absolutely the right thing to do in hindsight, however, at the time, the experience was horrific and you doubt whether you've done the right thing. I guess you've got to go with your 'gut' feeling.

My ex-wife were inconsolable at the time. We had Jess well before our kids and she protected them as they were growing up. My kids are both autistic and she just knew when they were having meltdowns and could calm them down.

She was one in a million and everytime I see a thread like this, it still feels like my stomach is getting ripped out. Anyone who says time is a healer is talking bollocks.

This sounds massively far-fetched but I had a really vivid dream about her about a week or so after she was euthanized. She looked young, healthly and I felt her rub against my leg. The reassurance I got was overwhelming, I genuinely think it was her way of telling me she okay now
 
My derg is 5 next month, King Charles Cavalier. Hopefully many years away but dreading it.

I've got two. Bloody greedy they are, well one more than the other, but the best thing you can do for them is to keep them fit and slim. So many have heart issues and/or spinal nerve problems. I see so many overweight and it's so sad.
 
lost ours last year and knocked me sideways for few month , got another one now but still now n again get very sad thoughts about our harry

downside of owning a dog i guess, awful mate
 
My mam and dad had to get their dog out to sleep earlier this year after agonising over it for ages. Poor lad had arthritis in his back legs and could barely walk round the block. It was for the best but I didn’t really realise what a big part of the family he was till he was gone as we didn’t see him loads. We looked after him about three weeks before he went and it was painful- he just didn’t want to know and stayed in the couch for the most part.
 
Plays so many roles- being given the choice by the vet to put her down or let her struggle on- doesnt get much harder than that- what a hole in our life- great dog r.i.p
Sorry for your loss mate. It's an awful decision to have to make.

Mine turns 14 in December and had a major health scare in March so I know we do t have long left with him. I am dreading it and won't be getting another dog till I retire.
 
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I've got two. Bloody greedy they are, well one more than the other, but the best thing you can do for them is to keep them fit and slim. So many have heart issues and/or spinal nerve problems. I see so many overweight and it's so sad.
Mine's trim, got a bit podgy a couple of years back. We just weighed his food for a bit so we got used to seeing what he should be having (had slowly crept up eyeballing it).

If it touches the floor he will hoover it up like.
 
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lost ours last year and knocked me sideways for few month , got another one now but still now n again get very sad thoughts about our harry

downside of owning a dog i guess, awful mate

Im broken- wife is beyond words- guilt, thoughts of her pain free somewhere without us- agony
 
Mine's trim, got a bit podgy a couple of years back. We just weighed his food for a bit so we got used to seeing what he should be having (had slowly crept up eyeballing it).

If it touched the floor he will hover it like.

my oldest has been diagnosed with Syringomyelia which so many of them get. She is only 8 but shes all out of proportion, massive bodybuilder style check and front legs, skinny back legs. The cists on her spine make her back legs numb or painful, so she does as much as she can from her front, you can often hear her dragging her back nails along the floor. She is only 8.5kg, if she got heavier I don't think he back legs could cope.
Im broken- wife is beyond words- guilt, thoughts of her pain free somewhere without us- agony

I'm sure you made the right decision. They become a part of the family and can be just as bad if not worse as losing someone close.
 
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my oldest has been diagnosed with Syringomyelia which so many of them get. She is only 8 but shes all out of proportion, massive bodybuilder style check and front legs, skinny back legs. The cists on her spine make her back legs numb or painful, so she does as much as she can from her front, you can often hear her dragging her back nails along the floor. She is only 8.5kg, if she got heavier I don't think he back legs could cope.
Poor thing.

Mine is just shy of 12kg at the minute, he's quite big for a cav though and the vet insists he's not a fatty.
 
It’s crap mate, we lost our beagle to cancer at 15 around about this time last year, he had good days and bad days. We made our minds up one day and changed them the next.

Still think about him every day and felt such guilt around the time, did I make the right decision ? Was I too hasty. But in hindsight he was slowly losing all the little things he liked to do and that was walking and eating.

Tearing up a bit even writing this but ya not alone in this.

Loved this meme at the time and I’ll bet it’s right for your dog as well
Well that's fucked me up and it's 27 years since I lost my best boy! No doubt the lummox in the avatar will be best boy too, he's five so hopefully a long way off.
RIP for the OP's hound.
 
Awful mate. I'm currently in the process of splitting up with our lass, not arsed about the house or anything to be honest it's just a house but she's arguing that she gets to keep the Dog as I bought her (The Dog) as a present, f***ing killing me the thought of not seeing her (The Dog) anymore.
 
Always sad to hear about pooches passing.......RIP....hopefully in the big woods in the sky

Christ that made me tear up......not even joking....having to explain to my boss why I have a tear in my eye....
It’s not all bad though, we had another little jack russell and she helped, trouble was once her big brother went she withdrew a bit and got quite scared on walks. Waited a few months and decided the best way to honour Bez’s memory was getting a rescue. A Romanian rescue in the end ☺

and here’s the result. A happy Jack Russell and rescued Romanian street dog ! (She’s on the coveted top of the chair)
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Awful mate. I'm currently in the process of splitting up with our lass, not arsed about the house or anything to be honest it's just a house but she's arguing that she gets to keep the Dog as I bought her (The Dog) as a present, f***ing killing me the thought of not seeing her (The Dog) anymore.

It is difficult, lost for words really, ashes on the beach will be tough
It’s not all bad though, we had another little jack russell and she helped, trouble was once her big brother went she withdrew a bit and got quite scared on walks. Waited a few months and decided the best way to honour Bez’s memory was getting a rescue. A Romanian rescue in the end ☺

and here’s the result. A happy Jack Russell and rescued Romanian street dog ! (She’s on the coveted top of the chair)
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Look very comfortable, and thats the key to their existence ,when i realised today that drugs and not my stroking were the only thing that gave it relief well i had to say to vet put her down.
 
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Im broken- wife is beyond words- guilt, thoughts of her pain free somewhere without us- agony
It’s horrible that feeling in the gut.
It is difficult, lost for words really, ashes on the beach will be tough


Look very comfortable, and thats the key to their existence ,when i realised today that drugs and not my stroking were the only thing that gave it relief well i had to say to vet put her down.

Over the coming weeks it will get better a little everyday. You will have so many happy memories of ya dog and they will start to filter through until they are stronger than the unhappy ones.
 

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