when to call it a day with our beloved pooch ?

sandy2_2

Big hug to you at this sad time. I know how hard it is for you x

bettyboop61

So sorry to hear ur sad news, I am sending big hugs to all of you who have lost very much loved pets, we lost our 13 yr old cavalier 3 weeks ago too, I knew when the time was right for him and he went to sleep peacefully in my arms, I thought my heart would break, but as a previous poster said, everyday you heal a bit more, I still look for him in the favourite places he liked to sleep in and miss his funny little ways, but I couldn't let him suffer any longer and for some reason I think the dogs, cats etc I think they also struggle on for us humans.

Hugs again to all of us who have lost very dear friends xx

carmenrose

I have read this thread from the start as I am facing losing my darling dog. She is 15 and has been with me every day through thick and thin. I am terrified at the thought of her going and came here looking for help and advice. Tears are streaming down my face and I have not sobbed like this for a long long time. My heart goes out to all of you that have lost a dog or cat and reading your threads has helped to see that i will get through it because at the moment I can't face being without her.

I don't want to sound selfish and i really don't want her to suffer in any way because she's been my best pal for so long I know i have to do what is right for her.

I really would appreciate any words of advice to make me feel stronger and more able to deal with what I know is imminent.

Thanks for listening.

Carmenrose.

shykins

thanks everybody for your kind words.. at the moment i cant even go in the garden cos hes not there but hopefully that will get better.. have booked a holiday for the end of this week which should help to

carmen there are no words that will help u ,sorry to say.. i didnt sleep for 2 nights agonising over this but after speaking to people who knew and loved him like i did i just knew for his sake this was the time.. could he have lasted longer? yes more than likely but who was he lasting longer for?? certainly not him and that was the point in the end

its one of the hardest things i have ever done but heartbroken tho i am it was the right time for him i know that

thanks again everyone

x

ixwood

I lost my boy a few months back. It was hard, but I knew when the time was right.

The only thing that matters is that she doesn't suffer.

When the time came, he knew nothing about it, he'd be going weekly and getting knocked out anyway. This time he just didn't wake up.

It still gets me a bit, but it does get easier with time. I'm just pleased to have had him and given him a good life.

ixwood

He did make me well up a bit when on his last little "goodbye" walk outside the vets, he still managed to pick up and carry a log for a bit. He was always so proud of himself when he did that for some reason. As if it was a solid gold log or something.

GhostDog_2

Thinking of you Shykins.

bookemdano

ixwood wrote: »

He did make me well up a bit when on his last little "goodbye" walk outside the vets, he still managed to pick up and carry a log for a bit. He was always so proud of himself when he did that for some reason. As if it was a solid gold log or something.

Wow now I'm welling up......it is so hard to do the right thing and not think of ourselves.
I have lost a few cats and dogs but I still keep rehoming unwanted animals..why do I put myself through this I ask myself when I know one day I am going to lose them.
One of my dogs who I lost a few years ago now was fine and healthy one minute. He became ill overnight and turned out to have cancer so I booked him into the vets to put him to sleep, on the day he jumped into my car and was bouncing around like a new puppy. At the vets he was barking, sniffing other dogs etc.....I felt so guilty as he seemed fine but I know I did the right thing for my best friend.

nesims

i ant say when u should but my dog was 14 ish , she had a large lump removed in past with drain and eevrything, she had tables to stop fitting and liqiud to stop peeing and she seemed confused and when she had a nother lagre lump i did not want having surgery again
so
i kept waiting for right time
in the end my very good and i decided on i date when i had nothing todo that was a week away
for that week we gave her every treat under then sssun! no need to worry about wieght!

then the vet came to my house and she was put down - just gone to sleep like

then he covered her and took herto be cremated
and later a small box which i scatered in her favo0riate places!

i would not wait long agian next time - just wish i could go the same way when iam old!

tankgirl1

I lost my darling pooch yesterday. She went peacefully in her sleep, and I got up in the morning to find her gone.

She was 13 (it was her birthday the other week), and she truly was one in a million. We buried he last night in the garden, which is the most difficult thing I've ever done- to say that final goodbye.............

Absolutely devastated. I loved her like a child.