Losing a dog, services, etc?

[Bailey Guns]

Sorry, man. That sucks.

[Marine24]

I recently put down my 14 year old dog. He had problems with fluid around the heart. Suspected cancer but testing didn't show us a lot. We did it in the vet office with me and my son holding Cody. Vet injected a sedative and then followed with the lethal dose. Team at the Monument Vet Clinic was excellent. They have a special room for that purpose, which isn't as clinical as the examination rooms. They took care of the cremation as well and I had Cody's ashes back in about two weeks. We'll bury it in the spring and plant a tree over the top of him.

[Gman]

Sorry for your loss. I like your idea of planting a tree over the cremains.

[Bailey Guns]

Maybe we're weird, but we keep all of our dog cremains in little urns (not all are real urns...just items used for that purpose) that remind us of something each dog really enjoyed. Like our first Corgi rescue, Bobbi. We called her "Spoon Licker". Most dogs like to lick whatever you have off a spoon. Bobbi didn't know how because she spent the first 6 years of her life in a puppy mill cage. The first time I tried to get her to lick a spoon she was terrified. After a little coaxing, though, she got over her fear and could almost lick both sides of the spoon at once. She quickly became the master. When she passed we put her cremains and a few special mementos into a small, wooden recipe box and I attached a spoon to the top as a handle.

We keep them all in various spots around the house where we get to see them whenever we walk past. Kinda helps to keep their memories alive.

[Mazin]

Damn Brudda sorry about your Pup, prayers for peace sent.

There's a vet on Bridge before Bloomgars that I've used and would reccomend. When that time comes stay with your pup, its the last time you cam show your love and loyalty to the pup who has given you their entire life of loyalty and love. Its hard to do but i stare into thier eyes and tell them how much they've ment to me...

We cremate but don't keep ashes, we get paw prints taken on a clay disc that we keep and put into our storage chest. To be honest though i can't look at them.