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Like others have written - do what's you know is right for your dog fitz. I'm getting close to having to make the same decision with my 17 year old lab mix. It's not an easy time.
My heart is heavy and I know it hurts. 3 down for me and these dam allergies don't help!! Look the dog in the eye's and tell them you love them. They will understand that. Be there when the Vet does it and talk to them the whole time. Don't do it your self!!!! I leave you with this link.
http://rainbowsbridge.com/poem.htm
Originally Posted by Monky
This! As a pet owner, you have a responsibility to them to make sure that their quality of life is good (I don't mean feeding them steak and letting them go crazy obviously). Once that quality of life is no longer there, you have the duty to take care of your animal in the best way possible, which sometimes means ending their suffering. It's hard for sure but it's the right thing to do when they need you to do it.
I don't make the rules. I just think them up and write them down.
When I come home, my dogs are excited to see me and they enjoy doing what they do. When that is no longer the case, it is time to let them go. If an owner's decision is based on not wanting to let their friend go, then it has probably gone too far. Prolonging a dogs suffering might help the family cope with it, but all it does is prolong an animal's suffering. If you look into their eyes and put your emotions aside, you know.
It really stinks when you lose a dog too soon. This happened to me twice. Once was an accident and once was a genetic defect; both were awful experiences.
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I would give the antibiotics, stool softners, diet and immune supression meds a little more time before surgery. I hope the vets can help with a better treatment plan but ultimately the decsion is yours.
I know it is harder with younger dogs vs older ones. You question yourself if there was anything else you could do. I did that with my first setter when he got lymphoma at 9 years old. My last dog I put down was my first hunting dog that lived 17 years. For christmas this year my wife made a shotgun shell filled with his ashes that I can hang on my lanyard so he is always with me.
Sucks all the way around and it says a lot about the character of the men here.
Armageddon was yesterday, today we have a real problem.
Despite what your momma told you violence does solve problems-The Craft
Weird this is on here tonight... My little buddy ran away... Again
His brain isnt screwed on right for the last year because of siezures and a stroke/ and or tumor.
having a hard time tonight, feel like he might not be found this time.
i miss him.
me me me.
sorry.. Just putting my two cents in.
Dogs are special.
They Love you so much, without blinking an eye.
Go hug your pup people!
wish i could right now
We are going through this right now.. today.
With advanced hip dysplasia, he can no longer walk well, stand normally, trouble with 2 steps out the back door and getting up and down is painful. Meds no longer seem to increase his mobility.... and just in the last 3 days will not eat.
Tucker has been a super dog. Lab/Border Collie mix... had "Ball" on the brain most of his life. He'd go into the back yard and grab a large rock and throw it himself, if he wasn't done when your arm was about to fall off. We didn't even have the ink dry on the closing papers when we got him from the Humane Soc. We had seen him there and played with him a bit (about 1 year was the vet's guess on age). The Humane Soc said he wouldn't be good with kids as he was a stray and kept his tail tucked between his legs, like he couldn't be trusted. (He's been great with our kids, all of them.) We went ahead and put a "hold" on him. That night, my then 7 month pregnant wife wakes me up with "I just had a dream that Tucker saved the baby"... How the hell could I trump that?? "Well I just had a dream that the dog ate the baby...." So we bring him home that next day. In the 13+ years we've had him During that first summer, we learned he wasn't fond of loud noises, especially fireworks. We had a Tacoma truck with a topper. Went out to watch fireworks and he was in the bed. After the first BOOM he crawled through the little window and was in our laps in the front seat in .25 seconds.
Later that summer, I am out building the fence around our house. The house behind us is being built. The contractor has a big lab that knows no boundaries. He had run across the back yard and headed straight for the 7 month old baby in a saucer, in my kitchen. Just as that dog crossed the threshold, Tucker center punched him from out of nowhere... The other dog got his ass handed to him that day. Of course the wife mentioned that Tucker had fulfilled his destiny and her dream about him. He's been so good and tolerant of our kids. When they have hurt him (usually tripping on or over him) They have had him yelp and 2 have been toothed... not bitten. Basically an open mouth quick turn of his head and they caught a canine. Tucker has always looked sad, sorry and/or remorseful about it. Te kids got in trouble for it, not him.
While not a lot of "comfort", Making the Decision article at Rainbow Bridge is a good assessment of your pet's quality of life. It's time... Everything I can do not to cry with him at my feet right now. Will post a pic of the Best Dog in the History of Ever later...
Biggest question now is do I take my 4 year old out of school to say goodbye to him or not...
-two shoes
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The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to ‘Please Do Not Feed the Animals'. Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.
ABSOLUTELY. border mixes like to "nip" playfully.
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"when you're happy you enjoy the melody but, when you're broken you understand the lyrics".
That was a life lesson... I think for me just as much as the kids. We were all had our time to say goodbye. The oldest and I stayed for the whole thing. I was looking Tucker in the eyes, rubbing his ears... telling him how good he is... until he took his last breath.
-two shoes
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The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to ‘Please Do Not Feed the Animals'. Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.
Nothing better than a border collie mix, nothing worse than what you went though. Did the same thing with a big galoot BC mix 10 years ago, he just wore out. He was a fantastic companion, it tore me up but I am glad I was able to be there with him holding his paw and rubbing his head. Tough stuff to deal with.
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