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Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:48 pm to LAS
Had Dog from 6 weeks old till 14yrs old. He had a stroke and couldn't walk. I have riden a waverunner every day since we had to put him down. I miss him terribly.
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When Dog was older.
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... When Dog was older.
...Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:54 pm to LAS
Put mine down Easter Sunday.. 14 years… organ failure and pretty difficult…. Find myself staring where she would lay… coping…idk… managing…ehhhh.. not well… she use to sleep with my mother when we would visit and my mom always would talk about it.. I tell myself she is in heaven with my mom…( mom and dad both gone..if there is a heaven I am sure they are there… they like dogs so I am sure the are all having fun)
That is what I tell myself….
Her sister is lost so we are making sure we are spending close contact with her… the sister is a year younger and never lived alone ( no other dog)
Sucks…
That is what I tell myself….
Her sister is lost so we are making sure we are spending close contact with her… the sister is a year younger and never lived alone ( no other dog)
Sucks…
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:07 pm to LAS
Very sorry for your loss
“Dogs’ lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion.
There’s such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price.” – Dean Koontz
Find peace in the fact that you gave him a long, happy life
“Dogs’ lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion.
There’s such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price.” – Dean Koontz
Find peace in the fact that you gave him a long, happy life
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:09 pm to Stonehog
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So you would tell a grieving parent to just have another kid? frick off.
no, that's EXACTLY my point... they are NOT the same, so grieving for a pet the way you would a person is fricking crazy to me...
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:10 pm to LAS
I actually read a thread here about so many posters who have had to do the same thing. It really helped.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:15 pm to chRxis
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they are NOT the same, so grieving for a pet the way you would a person is fricking crazy to me...
Ok it’s crazy to you. Try having some compassion for another human being who is grieving instead of saying it’s no big deal. Think about how it’s “crazy” in your own head instead of posting about it and being an a-hole.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:18 pm to South21
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Pets are not humans. Grow a pair and move on!
So because they are not human you’re not allowed to connect emotionally to another living being?
I told him to move on. But you don’t have to move on in a completely cold, detached manner where you don’t recognize the emotions you’re feeling.
It’s ok to be sad. Eventually the pain toy feel will pass and you’ll keep living. You don’t have to be an emotionless psycho
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:23 pm to LAS
This April will make it 7 years, and I still miss my Sheltie. He was 16 yrs old. Got him for my daughter on her 10th birthday. Still miss him like it was yesterday.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:42 pm to chRxis
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they are NOT the same, so grieving for a pet the way you would a person is fricking crazy to me...
Guess what? You don't get to tell anybody what or how to grieve for anything they love. If you can't have any compassion for somebody that is obviously struggling with the loss how about enough respect to at least fricking drop it?
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:40 pm to LAS
Put ours down over Christmas. He had gone down really bad with a tumor. Rescue that we adopted when my kids were 3 and 5 years old. He slept in their beds with them all his life. They were 16 and 18 when it was time, and we did it with the entire family. I explained to the kids that they had to be there, because their dog deserved his last vision as he died to be them loving on him.
It was absolutely miserable. Brought him home and buried him in the back yard.
We spent the afternoon to ourselves, and then went out to dinner and talked about all the good times we had with him. Cathartic day.
Tearing up as I write this.
It was absolutely miserable. Brought him home and buried him in the back yard.
We spent the afternoon to ourselves, and then went out to dinner and talked about all the good times we had with him. Cathartic day.
Tearing up as I write this.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 11:41 pm to LAS
I went straight to work. I’d have been miserable at home. It was so hard but keeping my mind occupied for a few hours was helpful. I absolutely lost it when i came home to an empty quiet house however.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:18 am to S
The empty quiet house is a real thing especially when you're used to pandemonium when you get home. Honestly what made it better was getting another one. Not a replacement, but another dog to help protect things and be our alarm and companion.
The thing that broke my heart the most was my kids since it was their only dog they knew and had been their companion. When you see your teenage kids crying and telling their dog that they love them. Then it kinda breaks you. But the solution is always getting a new dog even though you know that it won't live past 15 yrs if you're lucky to have it that long. But you make the memories and give it love. It's what we do as humans. I do the same with our cats and even chickens. At least the chickens that will jump on my lap and let me pet them.
The thing that broke my heart the most was my kids since it was their only dog they knew and had been their companion. When you see your teenage kids crying and telling their dog that they love them. Then it kinda breaks you. But the solution is always getting a new dog even though you know that it won't live past 15 yrs if you're lucky to have it that long. But you make the memories and give it love. It's what we do as humans. I do the same with our cats and even chickens. At least the chickens that will jump on my lap and let me pet them.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:26 am to LAS
You're to be congratulated on being a great pet owner-17yrs! Your dog hit the lottery when you became it's owner. I'm sorry about your loss.
I'm 64 yrs old and got my first dog when I got married at 23. We had BEAU for 14 yrs until he had to be put down. We've had dogs ever since. Losing them is always tough but I won't be without a dog. They give so much love ,joy,and great memories. I'm in favor of getting another dog when losing one.
I would never compare the loss of any animal to the loss of a child. I have not lost a child and can't begin to imagine the pain and anguish associated with the loss of a child. I'm very,very sorry to anyone that has lost a child.
I'm 64 yrs old and got my first dog when I got married at 23. We had BEAU for 14 yrs until he had to be put down. We've had dogs ever since. Losing them is always tough but I won't be without a dog. They give so much love ,joy,and great memories. I'm in favor of getting another dog when losing one.
I would never compare the loss of any animal to the loss of a child. I have not lost a child and can't begin to imagine the pain and anguish associated with the loss of a child. I'm very,very sorry to anyone that has lost a child.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 4:37 am to LAS
Time is all that helps. Until then you just have to take it day by day.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 5:04 am to LAS
Cope in your own way.
The last dog that we had to put down, it hurt. I struggled with it for 7-8 months before we dove back in, got 2 puppies and started over. That was almost 4 years ago and we love these dogs on the same scale as the predecessor, it’s just a different experience with 2.
Neighbor down the street put down his 16 year old dog and got a new one within 2 weeks. I have seen others do the same thing.
Always remember the one you just lost. As I found out, and you likely will as well, you have to have a pet as it helps give you a place to direct all the love and affection you have for an animal. It becomes a gap that needs to be filled with the loss of the current pet.
The last dog that we had to put down, it hurt. I struggled with it for 7-8 months before we dove back in, got 2 puppies and started over. That was almost 4 years ago and we love these dogs on the same scale as the predecessor, it’s just a different experience with 2.
Neighbor down the street put down his 16 year old dog and got a new one within 2 weeks. I have seen others do the same thing.
Always remember the one you just lost. As I found out, and you likely will as well, you have to have a pet as it helps give you a place to direct all the love and affection you have for an animal. It becomes a gap that needs to be filled with the loss of the current pet.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 5:30 am to LAS
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How did you cope with putting your dog down?
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he was 17 yrs old failed kidneys, liver and was losing vision
Thats how. My dogs have been put down when i couldnt stand watching them suffer.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 5:33 am to LAS
It is very difficult. I remember every pet I have ever owned, and losing each of them was difficult in it's own unique way.
You do your best for them, love them all you can, but when it's time, it's time
You do your best for them, love them all you can, but when it's time, it's time
Posted on 4/20/23 at 6:20 am to LAS
I’m still trying and it’s been almost 6 years. He was a month shy of 19 years old and such a good boy. Funny and sweet, too - a real character.
I’ll never have another dog - can’t go through that again.
I’ll never have another dog - can’t go through that again.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 6:33 am to chRxis
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exactly.. i will just never understand the "grief" of losing a fricking pet...
You should talk to your psychiatrist about this.
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