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My dog is dying and I want to do something with him one last time, ideas?
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:46 pm
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:46 pm
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This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 9:49 pm
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Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:49 pm to Gabapentin
Let him go swim in a pond, they love that
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:49 pm to Gabapentin
What does he like? Go to a park and bring plenty of treats, stay home and cook ribeyes. It doesn’t matter, he just wants to hang with you.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:51 pm to Gabapentin
Sorry to hear. Overnight paddling trip? Kind of combines his love of water with your idea of camping. Pitch a tent and build a camp fire on a sandbar somewhere down the river.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:52 pm to Gabapentin
Consider what he enjoyed growing up that he could do. Start preparing for the unfortunate day that you have to say good bye. Try not to let him suffer just so you have time with him.
Posted on 4/14/22 at 11:57 pm to Gabapentin
Sorry, buddy. Hope all ends as easy as possible.
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:00 am to Gabapentin
Give him lots of protein and put on a good movie with him on the couch next to you. Thats ecstasy for an older dog.
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:03 am to Gabapentin
Make him a steak and tell him his story. How he came to you, the memories you made, and what a good boy he was.
A good boy is hard to find
Perfect. He’ll love it.
I’m reminded of a Rudyard Kipling poem.
The Power of the Dog
There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie—
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find—it’s your own affair—
But… you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear.
When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!).
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone—wherever it goes—for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.
We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we’ve kept ’em, the more do we grieve:
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long—
So why in—Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?
The Power of The Dog-My own Reading
A good boy is hard to find
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I thought I could setup a tent and sleeping bag near the fire for him to lay on while I just sit by the fire all night and talk to him and the camera.
Perfect. He’ll love it.
I’m reminded of a Rudyard Kipling poem.
The Power of the Dog
There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie—
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find—it’s your own affair—
But… you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear.
When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!).
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone—wherever it goes—for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.
We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we’ve kept ’em, the more do we grieve:
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long—
So why in—Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?
The Power of The Dog-My own Reading
This post was edited on 4/15/22 at 4:35 am
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:07 am to Gabapentin
Somebody is cutting onions in here. ????
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:08 am to Gabapentin
Sounds good. We get our pets and must know we’ll see their last days as life takes its course. There’s solace only in knowing they were who you made them and your life was better because of them.
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:09 am to Gabapentin
cook him steak & rice
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:10 am to Gabapentin
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So I just found out my 10 year old Labrador Retriever has cancer
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Anybody got any other ideas I could consider before I pull the plug on this idea?
Give him some Gabapentin
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:12 am to Gabapentin
Buy a tomahawk steak.
Eat it in front of him and let him see the enjoyment on your face.
Give him the fat and bone.
Eat it in front of him and let him see the enjoyment on your face.
Give him the fat and bone.
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:15 am to Gabapentin
I think you have some great ideas already. Sometimes just laying in the yard with your buddy works. They don't need an elaborate outing in the end, they only want your company.
Also, i suggest having a vet come to the house. Keeps them comfortable.
Also, i suggest having a vet come to the house. Keeps them comfortable.
This post was edited on 4/15/22 at 12:16 am
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:15 am to Gabapentin
Get him laid
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:19 am to Gabapentin
I think dogs are put here to teach us.
How to love, and forgive, and accept, and to grieve.
They are creatures who love us regardless of our faults,
And when we stumble and strike out in anger they only whimper and lick our wounds,
They accompany us in our joy and join us in our sorrow,
And yet, even though we know, by nature’s clock,
We will outlast them,
Even though it defies reason to love that which we know we will lose,
We damn the odds and consequences in spite of ourselves.
They become our shadows, our confidants, our partners in crime,
They are just happy to join us on our journey.
And so, when their journey reaches the clearing at the end of their path,
We lead them into that painful grove,
And we dig their grave and weep and know what heartbreak is,
But in so losing them, we learn,
We learn that even when we lose, we can carry on,
And carry them with us,
That memory is what keeps them alive,
And only in forgetting are they gone:
And so, we carry on and thank them for that selfless love and devotion,
And learn how we might share that love, that light,
That they gave us when our world was dark.
And if perchance, they outlast us, they’ll wait for us,
How to love, and forgive, and accept, and to grieve.
They are creatures who love us regardless of our faults,
And when we stumble and strike out in anger they only whimper and lick our wounds,
They accompany us in our joy and join us in our sorrow,
And yet, even though we know, by nature’s clock,
We will outlast them,
Even though it defies reason to love that which we know we will lose,
We damn the odds and consequences in spite of ourselves.
They become our shadows, our confidants, our partners in crime,
They are just happy to join us on our journey.
And so, when their journey reaches the clearing at the end of their path,
We lead them into that painful grove,
And we dig their grave and weep and know what heartbreak is,
But in so losing them, we learn,
We learn that even when we lose, we can carry on,
And carry them with us,
That memory is what keeps them alive,
And only in forgetting are they gone:
And so, we carry on and thank them for that selfless love and devotion,
And learn how we might share that love, that light,
That they gave us when our world was dark.
And if perchance, they outlast us, they’ll wait for us,
This post was edited on 4/15/22 at 12:32 am
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:21 am to Gabapentin
I gave mine hot dogs all day every day. Still hurt...
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:36 am to Gabapentin
Get a nice steak and cook it to rare and let him eat it all.
The camp out sounds nice. Just spend time with him and make him comfortable and happy.
The camp out sounds nice. Just spend time with him and make him comfortable and happy.
Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:48 am to Gabapentin
Sorry to hear. Do what you like but the greatest gift you can give him is what I did for my Corgi.
I cost an extra $150, but I didn't care. The vet, she came to my home, which was my dog's home. We had the lights low and nice soft music playing. My wife had candles and scented wax pots like usual lit. My Corgi, her name was Shelby, lay in her bed barely able to lift her head up, but myself, my wife, and my two kids, who had played with her for 14 years, all sat around petting her and talking to her. Tears were welling up in all of us. The vet joined us and stayed for an hour talking to us, visiting, telling little jokes to keep us laughing or we'd be crying. The vet occasionally petting and talking to Sheby, to sooth her and let Shelby be comfortable around the vet, as if she was one of our friends over for a visit. The vet told us Shelby was ready to say goodbye, and we all kissed and petted her. She eased a needle in and put a slow drip on her so she would ease into it. In the calmness of her own surroundings, she got to be home as she fell asleep for the last time, in her bed, with her family, feeling loved. She was not taken to the cold indifference of a stainless steel table in a vet's office, hearing other dogs, people, and strange smells, and being upset and shaking before being put to sleep.
It was the greatest gift I could give my dog, to honor her this way, and my family loved me back for bringing this wonderful but so sad experience to our home like this. I hope you can do the same.
I cost an extra $150, but I didn't care. The vet, she came to my home, which was my dog's home. We had the lights low and nice soft music playing. My wife had candles and scented wax pots like usual lit. My Corgi, her name was Shelby, lay in her bed barely able to lift her head up, but myself, my wife, and my two kids, who had played with her for 14 years, all sat around petting her and talking to her. Tears were welling up in all of us. The vet joined us and stayed for an hour talking to us, visiting, telling little jokes to keep us laughing or we'd be crying. The vet occasionally petting and talking to Sheby, to sooth her and let Shelby be comfortable around the vet, as if she was one of our friends over for a visit. The vet told us Shelby was ready to say goodbye, and we all kissed and petted her. She eased a needle in and put a slow drip on her so she would ease into it. In the calmness of her own surroundings, she got to be home as she fell asleep for the last time, in her bed, with her family, feeling loved. She was not taken to the cold indifference of a stainless steel table in a vet's office, hearing other dogs, people, and strange smells, and being upset and shaking before being put to sleep.
It was the greatest gift I could give my dog, to honor her this way, and my family loved me back for bringing this wonderful but so sad experience to our home like this. I hope you can do the same.
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