re: How did your dogs die?

Coot killer

Belgian Malinois died of old age - found him dead in the back yard. Buried him wrapped in a big blanket. 10 month old border collie loved the Malinois and dug down to the blanket and slept on top of it. Refill the hole, border collie digs down again. Put stuff on top of the hole - she moves it aside and digs down. Each time wife calls bawling because the border collie is resting on the blanket visiting her friend.

Thankfully, the weather was cold and by day two I moved a cast outdoor table and put it upside down on the burial hole.

My dog was killed by that mother fricker known as cancer. He somehow got mesothelioma and eventually the fluid buildup in his chest was happening so often he would have be drained every couple days. It was awful watching him deteriorate like that.

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Dachshund - 12 gauge from about 5-10 yards away

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he just shoveled them into a trash bag and threw them in a dumpster

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My old man was as old school as they come

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You're confusing old school with POS.

The mutt I had growing up got hit by a car.

Not sure on the Lab I had after that. He got too big for me to handle, and some friends took him.

The one we got in college died under our deck about 15 months ago. He had some back trouble that summer, and the vet gave him some steroid or cortisone shots. Two days later he was bouncing around again just fine. My wife tried to get them to come in because it was getting cold one afternoon before Thanksgiving. Couldn't find him anywhere. She finally got a flashlight out and found him curled up next to some rocks under our deck stairs. I buried him at the back of the yard and used the rock he was curled up against as a grave marker.

Our other dog at the time was blind and deaf. She could make out shapes and get around okay, but you could yell at her and get no response. After the first dog passed we decided it was time to put her down. Buried her next to the other dog and found a similar rock from the yard to mark her final resting place.

One had heartworms and died delivering pups. Another had hip disease and the vet came to the house to put her down. Both were German sheps

One or two die of old age. A couple got run over when they got out (but both were escape artists.) I had one young beagle that tried to climb a fence but had a leash on and hung itself.

Damn cancer. I tried chemo and it didn't work. Beautiful yellow lab. RIP Spice.

Sophomore year of HS our dog got diagnosed with kidney failure. Vet said we could delay the progression indefinitely with 3x/week subcutaneous injections, so my mother and I did that for a little over a year. Well, one day mom accidentally put the needle into a vein. The solution went to the dog's heart and killed him after about 2-3 minutes of seizing. It was pretty traumatic, but I was a badass 17 year old so I went up to my room and bawled like an infant.

Not reading a single post, frick this thread.