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Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:54 am to LAS
Not well.
We miss our sweet Gracie every day.
We miss our sweet Gracie every day.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:11 am to LAS
Know what sucks more than putting down a 17 year old dog? Putting down a seven year old dog in her prime.
My black lab was never an aggressive eater, she usually just grazed. In the middle of this past March, she kind of stopped eating for a couple of days and started getting very lackadaisical. So I brought her to the vet. They said she had a fever and was anemic. They did more bloodwork and sent it off to see if it was from like a tick bite or something like that. It came back negative. so they had me schedule an ultrasound. It was scheduled on a Friday, which happened to be my birthday. Found out that evening after the ultrasound, she had a huge cancer mass on her spleen, that it ruptured, and was bleeding, and large cancer lesions on a liver, and basically her whole cavity look like a spiderweb filled with cancer. Said she probably wouldn’t live but a couple of more days. Took her home for the kids to visit with and by the next morning she was deteriorating quickly, so we had to bring her in and put her down. It’s been three weeks now and it’s still like a punch in the stomach.
My black lab was never an aggressive eater, she usually just grazed. In the middle of this past March, she kind of stopped eating for a couple of days and started getting very lackadaisical. So I brought her to the vet. They said she had a fever and was anemic. They did more bloodwork and sent it off to see if it was from like a tick bite or something like that. It came back negative. so they had me schedule an ultrasound. It was scheduled on a Friday, which happened to be my birthday. Found out that evening after the ultrasound, she had a huge cancer mass on her spleen, that it ruptured, and was bleeding, and large cancer lesions on a liver, and basically her whole cavity look like a spiderweb filled with cancer. Said she probably wouldn’t live but a couple of more days. Took her home for the kids to visit with and by the next morning she was deteriorating quickly, so we had to bring her in and put her down. It’s been three weeks now and it’s still like a punch in the stomach.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:14 am to Tiger55
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Know what sucks more than putting down a 17 year old dog? Putting down a seven year old dog in her prime.
Yup, worst thing I've ever had to do. Had a big tumor on his face that didn't respond to treatment and couldn't be removed. He walked in to the vet wagging and happy to be there.
Sorry for your loss, good dogs never live long enough.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:26 am to DisplacedBuckeye
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You should talk to your psychiatrist about this.
why? b/c i'm not illogical, equating love for an animal as the same as love for a human being?
yeah, i'm the one with the problem...
you should kiss my lily white arse... gtfo with this
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:38 am to LAS
I have an odd situation. We got a Chihuahua 15 years ago. He was attached to us like velcro, sat with us, played with him, slept curled up under my wife. Then at 1 year old we had our oldest son. Son was in hospital for about 3 weeks, dog was at a dog hotel. When I went to get him at about the 10 day mark, he was skin and bones..had not eaten anytyhing but peanut butter off a spoon. Brought him home and he was traumatized. He wouldnt get off my shoulder when I sat down, followed me everywhere.
Boy came home from hospital and that was it. He completely changed, wanted nothing to do with anyone, stayed by himself, ate, slept and went outside. That was it and has been that way for 14 years. Now he is going blind, almost in heart failure, damn near deaf and sleeps about 22 hours a day. He goes on walks and loves to go out and lay in the sun. That is his day.
He has been more like a plant than a pet for a long long while. Even then I hate the idea of him not being with us.
Boy came home from hospital and that was it. He completely changed, wanted nothing to do with anyone, stayed by himself, ate, slept and went outside. That was it and has been that way for 14 years. Now he is going blind, almost in heart failure, damn near deaf and sleeps about 22 hours a day. He goes on walks and loves to go out and lay in the sun. That is his day.
He has been more like a plant than a pet for a long long while. Even then I hate the idea of him not being with us.
This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 9:39 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:40 am to chRxis
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equating love for an animal as the same as love for a human being
Not a lot of people here are doing that. But there is an ocean of feelings between feeling nothing and the devastation of losing a child. The fact that you can only see complete loss or no loss is a bit of an indicator that it would help to figure out what's wrong with you.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 9:53 am to LAS
The visual suffering is way worse than the "put down"
Don't equate this to "Dr. Death" dude.
It's(dogs and cats) a freaking animal that we domesticated.
To be honest though, I had a hard time burying my pets. But easier than watching a parent suffer/die/bury by a ALOT!
Don't equate this to "Dr. Death" dude.
It's(dogs and cats) a freaking animal that we domesticated.
To be honest though, I had a hard time burying my pets. But easier than watching a parent suffer/die/bury by a ALOT!
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:21 pm to LAS
shite man, sorry.
I'll be in the same boat soon. My little guy is 14 and he's showing it. The fam is already planning for the next one.
I'm not. Once he's gone, I'm done w/ dogs. I love him so much, but every time I go on vacation I stress and feel guilty AF. And it's fricken expensive for boarding.
I've been thinking about when he goes a lot lately. Too much. I don't know what's gonna happen when he's gone.
I'll be in the same boat soon. My little guy is 14 and he's showing it. The fam is already planning for the next one.
I'm not. Once he's gone, I'm done w/ dogs. I love him so much, but every time I go on vacation I stress and feel guilty AF. And it's fricken expensive for boarding.
I've been thinking about when he goes a lot lately. Too much. I don't know what's gonna happen when he's gone.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 4:29 pm to chRxis
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why?
Because you have issues.
I thought I put that down pretty thick.
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yeah, i'm the one with the problem...
Correct. Most likely, it's your shitty parents. I'm sorry for whatever they did to you. Cheer up, sport.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 5:09 pm to LAS
You will get over the loss. Eventually good memories will seep in place and those remembrances will go on.
One of our 13 y/o dachshunds died a month ago with an enlarged heart and a bad murmur. She was in full heart failure. I knew she was getting close when she had a bad night coughing due to fluid in her lungs and the lasix shot I had didn’t touch it. I stayed up with her till she coughed most of it out and could finally sleep.
I took her to vet the next day and had her abdominal fluid drained off so it would take the pressure off her heart and lungs.
Got up the next morning and she was almost unresponsive at the end of the bed.
I picked her up.. gave her some water through a syringe.. and sat with her and pet on her for 4 hours before she breathed her last breath.
She is sorely missed. She had a lot of quirks that was hilarious and I’ll never forget her standing on two legs in front of the TV barking at dogs in the commercials and her having a fit over a little remote control helicopter I used to fly around the house.
Our other dachshund is just now back to eating like it was before she died.
But I take comfort in this… she was never hungry, never cold, never hot, never thirsty, never abused, and always loved. She had a much better life than many dogs do.
One of our 13 y/o dachshunds died a month ago with an enlarged heart and a bad murmur. She was in full heart failure. I knew she was getting close when she had a bad night coughing due to fluid in her lungs and the lasix shot I had didn’t touch it. I stayed up with her till she coughed most of it out and could finally sleep.
I took her to vet the next day and had her abdominal fluid drained off so it would take the pressure off her heart and lungs.
Got up the next morning and she was almost unresponsive at the end of the bed.
I picked her up.. gave her some water through a syringe.. and sat with her and pet on her for 4 hours before she breathed her last breath.
She is sorely missed. She had a lot of quirks that was hilarious and I’ll never forget her standing on two legs in front of the TV barking at dogs in the commercials and her having a fit over a little remote control helicopter I used to fly around the house.
Our other dachshund is just now back to eating like it was before she died.
But I take comfort in this… she was never hungry, never cold, never hot, never thirsty, never abused, and always loved. She had a much better life than many dogs do.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:33 pm to OU812ME2
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The fact that you can only see complete loss or no loss
i haven't said that... i said it sucks, but i think its a bit disingenuous and pathetic that someone would grieve to the same extend for a fricking dog as they would a person...
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figure out what's wrong with you.
there's not a damn thing wrong with ME... for the people that are still crying a river over Fido YEARS later, yeah, they may need some help
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:35 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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Because you have issues.
bitch pleas... you don't know frick about me... stop trying to act like you do, before you REALLY make a fricking fool of yourself, dipshit
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Most likely, it's your shitty parents.
again, bitch please...
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I'm sorry for whatever they did to you. Cheer up, sport
the irony of this coming from an Ohio State fan
:rotflmao:Posted on 4/21/23 at 12:24 pm to chRxis
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you don't know frick about me
I know what you've posted in this thread and, seeing you melt the frick down about my post, it looks like I was spot on.
Posted on 4/21/23 at 12:33 pm to LAS
Get a couple pit bulls. That way you don’t have to ever put it down because it’ll be killed by a cop or put down after eating your neighbors children
Posted on 4/21/23 at 1:31 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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seeing you melt the frick down about my post
bruh... you will NEVER be important enough in my life to "melt" over... get over yourself
Posted on 4/21/23 at 1:59 pm to chRxis
You're a great example of why dogs are infinitely better than people
Posted on 4/21/23 at 2:35 pm to LAS
Got a new one
Posted on 4/21/23 at 2:57 pm to LAS
I understand the dynamic of the contract when I take on a new family pet. The best I can or could ever hope for is to have a dog that is active and has had a good life, knowing it will end, likely well before I do. 17 sounds like it was one hell of a run. I am sure there are lots of great memories. For me, having to put him down to end his suffering is part of that contract. It is never easy. I have 2 dogs that are 15 and still in good shape,as we speak. At that age, it can turn on a dime. Sounds like it is time to celebrate the memories and go find another buddy, when you are ready. I promise you, there is a buddy out there waiting for you to find him/her. You have better days ahead. But, it is a contract.
Posted on 4/21/23 at 6:53 pm to More beer please
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You're a great example of why dogs are infinitely better than people
think you meant to send this to your wife... sorry bro
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