steelyman
Moderator Emeritus
It's a sad week. Your caring is admirable.
Have you gone through this? What makes it easier?
Thank you for all the support. It's done. DW and I held her and loved her to the end. She was a great girl. Ten years home schooling, working at home, a total part of the family. Heart broken.
UncleMick, sorry for your loss too.
Yesterday - 14 year old Golden Retriever. Had the Vet come to the house and put him to sleep in the living room with two cats, one Pug and us adults present.
Sad - but with the knowledge that he lived a good life.
heh heh heh - at age 71 this is the fourth dog in my lifetime. Always a sad event.
For those who are still with their furry friends some ideas how to spend one of the final days:
Jon Katz's Going Home: Spend one, last, perfect day with your dying dog.
can't remember where I got this recently (might have been here).. but it bears repeating
When our loved one dies, it’s as if they are on a ship, leaving port and disappearing over the horizon. And those of us left on the dock watch sadly and say, “There she goes.” And when the ship goes over the horizon we mourn because our loved one seems to be gone completely, because we can’t see her any more.
But, when the ship disappears over the horizon to us, it is just appearing to those at another port. And there are loved ones and fellow believers standing on the dock there who have already made the same journey. They are watching expectantly, and when the ship comes over the horizon and approaches, they cheer and say joyously, “Here she comes!”
But I haven't been truely happy since my Emily Ann the black lab dog/daughter died on March 9, 2009. I cry every morning and night when I think of her and how I miss her. She was pure and childlike and loved us all. I may never get over this. It's been 5 and a half years. Oh, how I wish she were still here to sleep in the bed with us and be petted. I loved that dog like a child and I will never forget her.
She was such a good dog. Oh, how I miss her.
Mike D.