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* Driving Home for Christmas * - It's the 2021 Christmas Chatter Thread!

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  • Well unfortunately the dogs results weren’t what we hoped for so we made the decision to end his pain . 

    He was PTS yesterday evening , it was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do . No more pets for us ever again .


  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
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    Well unfortunately the dogs results weren’t what we hoped for so we made the decision to end his pain . 

    He was PTS yesterday evening , it was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do . No more pets for us ever again .


    So sorry to hear that but you know you've made the kindest decision for him.

    Far too soon to even think about other pets. Take your time to process this xx
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  • C_J
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    Well unfortunately the dogs results weren’t what we hoped for so we made the decision to end his pain . 

    He was PTS yesterday evening , it was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do . No more pets for us ever again .


    It’s never easy, not at all. Try and take comfort in the knowledge that he is no longer suffering, and even greater comfort in remembering the joy he has brought you. He’ll always live on in your heart. xx

    For a very long time after we lost Chester, I couldn’t even walk down the pet food aisle in the supermarket without bursting into tears but it does get easier, eventually. 
  • Beshki
    Beshki Posts: 243 Forumite
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    Well unfortunately the dogs results weren’t what we hoped for so we made the decision to end his pain . 

    He was PTS yesterday evening , it was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do . No more pets for us ever again .


    So very sorry xx
  • I’m so glad to have found this thread and so in awe at some of you for already finishing your shopping!!!! 😮😮😮 

    I've picked up a couple of bits, in our house we do table presents (no more than a fiver) and tree presents (the bigger stuff). Got my sister, I spotted some oven gloves with cats on them for £4.99 (she is a crazy cat lady and I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve cringed watching her get stuff out of the oven with a thin tea towel) and I got a humorous (rude) mug for OH for 99p in a charity shop. I’ll get him some sachets of his favourite hot chocolate and that will make it up to a fiver. Got chutneys for my grandfolks as their main present (it’s a hamper and nonagenarians are not easy to buy for), and OH has requested a new album on vinyl. Going to implement a new rule with him moving forward - if we spot anything we want, we need to note it down and pop it in our respective Christmas gift idea box (a repurposed tissue box for each of us) to make it easier to work out what to get. More for my benefit tbh, as he’s an excellent gift buyer but will often just buy himself stuff if he wants something, making it tricky to know what to get him. 
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