D
Deleted member 37458
Guest
I am sure you will make the right one.Feel for you mate, it’s heartbreaking...I’ve got to make a decision about Alf this week I think.
Saying goodbye to your dog
- Thread starter Kevin Arnott's right boot
- Start date
- Status
dangermows
Striker
Got something in my eye.
Aituk7
Striker
It's a wounder mate but you did the right thing, dogs are amazing companions, I can only hope you get another one soon.
Chicken Kiev
Midfield
Its heartbreaking, i had to get my Staffy put to sleep over 2 and half years ago and it killed me doing it, he was me best mate. I cried like a bairn for ages! Vowed never to get another as i couldnt replace him but after a while (2.5 years) we decided to go for it and bought a french Bulldog. He is absolutely class and really makes it worthwhile getting him, couldnt be without him!
Time makes it better mate but believe me i know exactly what you are going through, keep your chin up and you will know when you are ready to do it all again if that time comes.
Lost our absolutely beloved boy (we've had other dogs who've come and gone but he was our first and longest lived) between Christmas and New Year - his control of his back end had gone and he was really starting to suffer with dementia (and he'd never been the sharpest pencil in the box to start with)... absolutely heartbreaking. I still keep expecting a nose prod for an "oi I want an ear scratch right now" from him to this day. It's actually only looking back at photos of him that it becomes crystal clear just how much he'd slowly declined and lost his quality of life mind - you really don't notice it creeping up on you.
With the amount that bugger shed though I'll still be finding enough of his hair to reconstruct him for the next decade.
With the amount that bugger shed though I'll still be finding enough of his hair to reconstruct him for the next decade.
dangermows
Striker
Staffies are beautiful animals. Shame the way some now see them as a charver dog. Think if I ever got another dog I'd go with that or a British Bulldog.
Chicken Kiev
Midfield
Mine was unreal mate, cant speak highly enough of him. Must say my Frenchie has us in stitches all day long like, little topper!
You never replace a dog, you just meet a new best friend.
Lord Potts
Striker
Molly our 14 year old English Springer had a mild stroke while we walked with her at lunch time and completely lost the use of her back legs and some of her sight. We both decided that enough was enough and poor Molly was put to sleep in the back of our car in my wife's arms by our local vet at 3-30 pm today
Bugger!
Kevin Arnott's right boot
Striker
Mine was called Molly too.I posted my commiserations to @Kevin Arnott's right boot on the loss of his faithful pal and said it was a decision that the Mrs and I would have to face in the near future. When I got up this morning I did not realise that it would be today.
Molly our 14 year old English Springer had a mild stroke while we walked with her at lunch time and completely lost the use of her back legs and some of her sight. We both decided that enough was enough and poor Molly was put to sleep in the back of our car in my wife's arms by our local vet at 3-30 pm today
Bugger!
So sorry for your loss.
Lukas73
Striker
That brought a tear to my eye....
Sorry to hear this
You did the right thing though....we just give them the best lives possible while we can...
Beautiful dog. I'm in bits here.I posted my commiserations to @Kevin Arnott's right boot on the loss of his faithful pal and said it was a decision that the Mrs and I would have to face in the near future. When I got up this morning I did not realise that it would be today.
Molly our 14 year old English Springer had a mild stroke while we walked with her at lunch time and completely lost the use of her back legs and some of her sight. We both decided that enough was enough and poor Molly was put to sleep in the back of our car in my wife's arms by our local vet at 3-30 pm today
Bugger!
CatRyan
Striker
There was a Staffie loose on Brixton Hill and I parked the car up on a central reservation, left a small child in the car and went and caught the dog. They have such a bad reputation people were too scared to catch her. I called her Jubilee as it was the Jubilee and took her to Battersea.
Sweet natured dog but they had to put her down.
Still makes me sad.
Buchans Boots
Midfield
We had a cat almost from birth (beautiful thing) and it died aged 5 or so the other month. I let it out as i usually do late at night; it normally roamed the streets and was waiting outside the back door normally the following morning to get back in (although had been known to literally jump up a height and on to the window ledge and let itself in an open window).
I think it was the day of the Burton Albion game it never came back and we got wind that a cat had died just along the road following a Facebook appeal. We duly found it dead. It had been crossing the road, it looked like, and had been bumped by a car as its eye was all up and the side of its head was smashed. It hadnt died instantly but had crawled off to die.
The thought of it lying dying by itself is what got me and my wife and our then 13 year old daughter was in tears for days. Took my wife a good 2 months to get over it.
We have 3 dogs.
Simple way of saying, its not good and hopefully you will come to terms with it. Difficult but necessary.
Ten years since we lost our first dog who was 14 when he went, our latest is eight now, just had his tea. This thread man!
B
becs
Guest
I posted my commiserations to @Kevin Arnott's right boot on the loss of his faithful pal and said it was a decision that the Mrs and I would have to face in the near future. When I got up this morning I did not realise that it would be today.
Molly our 14 year old English Springer had a mild stroke while we walked with her at lunch time and completely lost the use of her back legs and some of her sight. We both decided that enough was enough and poor Molly was put to sleep in the back of our car in my wife's arms by our local vet at 3-30 pm today
Bugger!
So sorry to hear that. She's a bonny lass. It's an awful thing to go through. Sending my love xx
My Sam had a stroke and I went through similar with him. He was a wannabe goalkeeper. If you kicked a football at him, he'd jump up on his hind legs and punch it away with his front paws
That's really sad that. Sorry to hear that too and it would upset me xx
Last edited by a moderator:
back_to_winning_ways
Winger
Lord Potts
Striker
My Mol's greatest talent was catching balls. The local cricket team asked if she would play in the slips until I pointed out that she would have no teeth left. Her greatest accomplishment was her ability to catch flies her reactions were so fast. Don't ask me about the day she caught a wasp by mistake or nearly chased a fox in to my house! I have a thousand wonderful memories of the greatest dog the rest of mankind never knew aboutSo sorry to hear that. She's a bonny lass. It's an awful thing to go through. Sending my love xx
My Sam had a stroke and I went through similar with him. He was a wannabe goalkeeper. If you kicked a football at him, he'd jump up on his hind legs and punch it away with his front paws
That's really sad that. Sorry to hear that too and it would upset me xx
- Status
