re: best friend/Hunting dog

I had to put mine down for cancer last week. It hurts. And that's from a guy that grew up with a pack of hunting beagles that has put his own dogs down multiple times. Doing it at the vet was obviously different and a lot more emotional.

Was talking about this subject with my brother recently. I'm not sure which is a more caring way to do it to be honest. If I shoot the dog in the back of the head while he's doing something he loves in the woods, there's no anxiety for the dog like there is going to the vet. He just gets switched to off whereas at the vet you're sitting there with them in your lap on the floor bawling like an idiot and the dog is feeling that and is nervous and doesn't know why. It's horrible.

I used to get over my dog dying by getting a puppy. Now I'm not so sure. My BMC is 15 years old so he's going to check out soon. I don't even remember a time in my life I didn't have a dog but I'm to the age now where I'm thinking I might not want another one since the kids are gone.