My buddy(dog) is passing away

[Bearsixty7]

My theory is, dogs are Angels, put here to watch over us. No other creature could be so loyal or loving as a dog. Sorry for your loss.

I agree with what the others said as well, but this one the most.

My heart aches for you and your family just thinking about this.

 

[Willman]

So sorry to hear this, I know your pain having lost my two border collies last year.
Remember, they stay in our hearts forever.

 

[Richard]

Yep....what they've all said. Just seeing these thread titles can immediately sadden me because you know what's to follow. Our two remaining are about 16 years old, hard to walk, one is blind...both have issues. Won't be long.

We have a spot on the hill (highest hill in the county) that is for them so they can oversee everything.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Yep....what they've all said. Just seeing these thread titles can immediately sadden me because you know what's to follow. Our two remaining are about 16 years old, hard to walk, one is blind...both have issues. Won't be long.

We have a spot on the hill (highest hill in the county) that is for them so they can oversee everything.

In Knoxville that's really saying something. I'll think of them the next time I'm passing through.

 

[newbury]

Like Richard wrote.
Tears when I see the thread title.
Keep the memories.

 

[Wagtail]

You and Sal are in my thoughts.

I know that that isn't saying much... but it actually is saying volumes.

 

[dlctcg]

Our thoughts go out to you & Sal.... we have been through this many, many times... it is never easy & it never gets easier... each one become part of our soul... forever embedded in our lives & our memories...

This hags in our home...

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 tumor, 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?

As true as this is.... it is the reason we should... & a reminder why we do...

Our hearts go out to you... & Gods speed to Sal... They are all Angeles..

 

[drssg]

I'm sorry to hear that. It never gets any easier.

We have had our vet come out to our house to put a dog down. I find that much nicer than taking the dog into the vet, especially a larger one.

It's a heck of a thing to look at a loved one and make the call as to whether his life is no longer worth living.

 

[airbiscuit]

 

[ruffdog]

I lost my buddy (Bella) 2 weeks ago. She was always close by where ever or what ever I was doing on the property. She had congestive heart failure and had a episode last November. With the proper drugs she had a great 8 more months and some really nice "dog days" before she left us. It has been hard, as it always is, worse now because I'm retired and needed her for companionship. Yes, I miss her.........:sad