re: Well, brought my dog to the vet today.(Final Update)

Phuck, not what I wanted to hear, so sorry you and your family are going through this, goes without saying but make the best of the time you have.

A dog is the only thing in the world that will love you more than it loves itself

I have concluded that a dog is the only creature that is loyal, faithful, and unconditionally loving. They will do their best to cheer you up after you've had a bad day.

It is tough for sure, we had a string of 3 in 2 years to get put down. Doesn't get easier. T&P

My boxer will be 10 in November. He sleeps with us every night. I will be devastated when that day comes.

Sorry to hear about that man. Same thing happened to my brothers boxer a couple of years ago

Feel like a wuss for dragging this out.

Brought her to the vet today and said our goodbyes.

Last night was the first night she didn't eat, figured before it got real bad again we better go and let her rest in peace. The boy doesn't understand and my wife is taking this extremely hard as this was her first pet ever.

I know there have been a few on the OT and here that are going through puppy issues so here is my only advice. If you get to take them home and make them comfortable for how ever long they have....do it. Even knowing today was coming at some point, I'm ok with it. We got to take a couple more walks and she actually killed a bird 2 days ago. It was a hard couple weeks, but it was much easier letting her go today.

The Power of the Dog
Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936

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?

That’s a tough one. Prayers to your family dogs no matter how long they lived are never here long enough. I have one that will be joining her soon it’s a tough thing to watch them decline

I hate it for you, but my heart aches for your kiddo, best cure for a lost dog is a new puppy, don’t waste any time and get another ASAP

My thoughts are with your family, bro.

The cruelest thing in life is that “man’s best friend” only lives 1/8th of our lifetime. Having to put a dog to sleep is an amazingly hard thing to do, but a necessary one at times. We waited three years before we got another, and as some stated, I’d agree doing it quicker than that.