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I have to go and do something I'm not looking forward to. I have to go and take my seizure cocker to the vet to be put down here shortly. She's 12 and has had 6 good years of being pampered with us. She was my last rescue. One of the harder things have to do,but I know it's for the best. [cry]
 
I know your pain, the last dog we had got a cancerous growth and eventually had to be put down (when it came back). We were very attached to him, and it was very painful.
 
Good luck... My thoughts are with you. I had to put my Springer down a couple of years ago, so I know how you feel.

Before we went to the vets, I took her for a nice long ride in my truck (something she loved to do) then we went to the drive thru at McDonnalds and I got her 4 cheese burgers. She had been on a special diet for the last couple of years that was very strict.

Always a very sad moment, but just know you are helping your pooch. And she will be in a better place!

Adam
 
She's got some cancerous growths too,a bladder problem (which I just cleaned her up from.) She doesn't even know, plus the seizures. She came from an abusive home,and she made great strides with us. Despite everything she's a happy go lucky little dog. She's my smallest cocker who weighs in at 20lbs soaking wet.
 
Mrs WW, my sympathies are with you and WW.

One of the hardest things I ever had to do was take our first cat on her last trip to the vet. She had a tumor in her sinuses that she'd been fighting for months, and it finally reached her brain - she couldn't walk straight. I'm not ashamed to admit that I bawled like a baby. But it was the only merciful thing we could do - ending her misery.

{{{MrsWW}}} (virtual hugs)

Ross
 
My thoughts are with you. One of the toughest things I've ever had to was to put down my cat a few years ago.

CD
 
My sympathies to you and WW too!

A pet is a member of the family and it's really hard to lose them for any reason, even when you know that it is the right thing to do.
 
I stopped by the vets in time to be there for it and help Sue through it.
Never pleasent but she isn't in pain now. I had to put my Springer down right before my son came home from AIT. Along with Alan leaving this weekend it is a bad week.
Love you Hun.
 
I can see that Mrs WW has found a "keeper" for her soulmate. That was very loving of you to be there.

On a side note, let me know if I can help you source anything out for Alan. I'll PM you with my AKO mail address, you can give it to Alan to use if he gets in a jam for info while he's deployed.
 
Thanks everyone, and yes the Mr is definately a keeper. All the pets we've had are special,but Roxie meant alot to me and she overcame alot in the 6 years we had her. I know she is better off and all,but it is never easy. Thanks,honey for being there.
Thanks Nickle for everything,now it will be just keeping my sanity until Alan gets home from Iraq.
 
It's not fair that they don't live all that long. I know it's going to happen with every "kid" I adopt, but I keep telling myself it won't be for a while and I'll get to love them before I have to say goodbye. And, after every one I say "no more", until I see a face looking up at me with those eyes that say "take me home and I love you forever". Once you've had a house that's full of critters, it's too damn quiet when you don't.

She's crossed the Rainbow Bridge Sue, and she'll be waiting for everyone else when it's time. <HUGS> And Glenn, you're a sweetie.
 
When I had to put my mutt Heather down, I wasn't going to get another dog. Then 9 months from that time low and behold I got Abrena,my younger cocker she's 3 now,but still the baby. We are now down to 2 cockers and my buff Amber is 10 now. Our big tiger kitty has been velcro kitty since I got home. He hasn't left my side. I swear he's a dog in cats clothing. Plus Roxie was his play toy, Roxie just didn't know it most of the time.
Thanks again everyone,I've had my cry for the day. Now I have to go pick Alan up from drill.
 
You have my sincerest sympathies. Two weeks ago our cat had a stroke. We rushed her straight to Tufts out in Grafton, but were afraid we'd lose her. After several days of hospitalization, she seems to be recovering well. She's not where she was prior to the stroke, but she's getting around, is happy, and has a good quality of life.

Last fall we weren't as lucky. We had to have our other cat put down due to a combination of kidney and heart problems. I held him in my arms while the vet put him down. My wife and I were bawling our eyes out for days.

They're just critters, but they sure do work their way into your heart.

M1911
 
M1911 said:
They're just critters, but they sure do work their way into your heart.

They may not be human, but they're definitely part of the family. I had an email recently that was talking about those of us who are childless but have pets. Wish I could find it, but it said something like 'We think of our pets as short, furry children who are linguistically challenged."

God knows that Shadow is well loved here, and he bloody well knows it! Furry little beast has Kathy & I wrapped firmly around his little paw. :D

It would devastate us to lose him. And even though we know that we'll outlive him, that didn't stop us from adopting him... or Freya, or Loki, or Bialy.

"I hope with all my heart that his gallant little soul may find its Door into Summer, where catnip fields abound and tabbies are complacent, and robot opponents are programmed to fight fiercely - but always lose - and people have friendly laps and legs to strop against, but never a foot that kicks."
- Daniel Boone Davis, in Robert A. Heinlein's "Door Into Summer"

*muttering* Dammit, now where are the tissues?

Ross
 
MrsWildweasel I am so sorry for your loss. Losing a pet is like losing family. I am so very sorry. I lost my first Boxer in 4th grade and I still think about him often. They great thing about a great pet is there are so many good memories and so few bad if any.
 
dwarven1 said:
'We think of our pets as short, furry children who are linguistically challenged."

You mean they aren't????? It's a bloody good thing I'm sittin down. [wink]

I remember each and everyone of my babies. Each one has been special in his or her own way, but there was one I had that I swear was a reincarnated human. Her name was Cheri and she was a toy poodle. She was THE most intelligent pup I've ever had the pleasure of being caretaker of.
 
Thanks everyone. Roxie was just a very special little dog. Despite the abuse she had,and other issues,she overcame so much and still loved everyone she came in contact with. She was a little social butterfly. I know the 6 years that we had her she was the queen and ruled the roost here. She was very pampered.
 
MrsWildweasel said:
Thanks everyone. Roxie was just a very special little dog. Despite the abuse she had,and other issues,she overcame so much and still loved everyone she came in contact with. She was a little social butterfly. I know the 6 years that we had her she was the queen and ruled the roost here. She was very pampered.

And those were the best 6 years of her life. [wink]
 
I/we understand the pain. We had to have our oldest dog Belle put to sleep when her pain became too bad for her.

It took a long time to stop crying.

You are in our thoughts.
 
I had an email recently that was talking about those of us who are childless but have pets.
Yup. The only children that my wife and I have had are those with four feet and wet noses. We lost Dimanda 8 years ago, but we still mourn for her. We lost Henry 9 months ago and that wound is still fresh.

Cherish the time that you have with them, because it is so fleeting.
 
M1911 said:
I had an email recently that was talking about those of us who are childless but have pets.
Yup. The only children that my wife and I have had are those with four feet and wet noses. We lost Dimanda 8 years ago, but we still mourn for her. We lost Henry 9 months ago and that wound is still fresh.

Cherish the time that you have with them, because it is so fleeting.

What a lovely name...Dimanda. What were she and Henry?
 
They were domestic short-hair cats. They were about 3 years old when we adopted them -- their owner had developed allergies. We kept the names given to them by their previous owner because they responded to their names. They were the first cats I've had that came when you called them. They were serious lap cats who loved to get belly rubs.

I hope that whereever they are is overflowing with chipmunks, voles, warm sunny places to sleep, and lots of belly rubs.
 
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