Putting your dog down.....

[General Lee]

I had thought I posted last week but evidently I didn't. The vet came out on the 10th and laid my buddy (Bo) to rest. I had the hole already dug. One thing bothered me a bit...... I tried to have him walk out front but for some reason He didn't / want to. His hips were gone. Lost tons of muscle mass and couldn't stand for long. I'd like to think he just couldn't walk that far instead of his way of saying, I'm not ready to leave yet dad. So he passed near his favorite resting spot in the back yard.

 

[Citydude]

I had thought I posted last week but evidently I didn't. The vet came out on the 10th and laid my buddy (Bo) to rest. I had the hole already dug. One thing bothered me a bit...... I tried to have him walk out front but for some reason He didn't / want to. His hips were gone. Lost tons of muscle mass and couldn't stand for long. I'd like to think he just couldn't walk that far instead of his way of saying, I'm not ready to leave yet dad. So he passed near his favorite resting spot in the back yard.

Sorry for your loss of Bo and thank you for the thread. It's a sad and at the same time heartwarming storyline of just what mans best friend means to us.

 

[SARG]

Hopefully we can keep this discussion professional. I know some here probably have done it, but could you put your own dog down by pulling the trigger yourself?

I did it once thirty years ago on a friend of eighteen years.
It was the best solution for him at the time........but I cry even today if I think about it awhile.
The vet is a much less traumatic solution to an inevitable situation.

 

[hslogger]

I have whacked one dog of mine because of the emergency rural situation. All my other dogs, I take to the vet. I have em in the back of the truck, a place they love, and givem the medicine. The noble thing to do and the right thing to do, is to put em away before they are so screwed up. People hang on to them often way too long and that is the inhumane thing to do. Often it causes family rifts, but you gotta be real.

My sheep rarely need to done unless for slaughter. That warrants one shot in the head. In the rare case that I gotta do something, I slit their throats.
The big horses have always taken the needle from the vet. In the old days I packed a few off to the slaughter plants which wasn't so bad when it was not half a continent away and legal. Wasn't something I enjoyed. Putting animals down before they are screwed up is the noble thing to do. yeah I said it again.

 

[newbury]

Ladybug was euthanized today. She had been nearly blind for a couple years, but managed a decent quality of life, then today everything just fell apart. Stopped eating, heavy panting, vomiting, disoriented, incontinence with bloody urine, near the end she made little howls letting us know she was in pain. It was obviously her time to go. RIP our loyal friend of 10 years, your family will miss you.

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Very sad to hear about Ladybug.

I had thought I posted last week but evidently I didn't. The vet came out on the 10th and laid my buddy (Bo) to rest. I had the hole already dug. One thing bothered me a bit...... I tried to have him walk out front but for some reason He didn't / want to. His hips were gone. Lost tons of muscle mass and couldn't stand for long. I'd like to think he just couldn't walk that far instead of his way of saying, I'm not ready to leave yet dad. So he passed near his favorite resting spot in the back yard.

It's very saddening to read about Bo's demise.

This thread brought the pain of losing loved ones to the surface.

 

[gsganzer]

I'm faced with this now. My 14yo lab is down to his short days. His back hips have become so arthritic that he can hardly get up, unless you help him. This weekend I realized it's his time and have taken the time to prepare myself. I sat down with him this afternoon after I finished some chores and spent some time lovin' on him. I'm traveling this week, but I'll arrange for the vet to come out next week. I've done it myself on some other occasions, but I can't do this one. It's tough to say goodbye to a loyal friend that's watched over me and my family all these years.

 

[Ed of all trades]

I tried it with the dog we have now. I made comments about his mother, told him he was ugly, stupid, worthless, and anything else I could think of. All he did was wag his tail at me. How can you put down a dog when he don't understand I was talking bad about him and his kin? :laughing::laughing:

Thought this thread could use some smiles. It is a hard thing to think about and my heart is heavy thinking about all of you who had to really do it and the future when I might have to do it again. God bless you all. Ed

 

[SpringHollow]

Thanks for the infusion of some humor to lighten things up a bit.

Ken

 

[dodge man]

I tried it with the dog we have now. I made comments about his mother, told him he was ugly, stupid, worthless, and anything else I could think of. All he did was wag his tail at me. How can you put down a dog when he don't understand I was talking bad about him and his kin? :laughing::laughing:

Thought this thread could use some smiles. It is a hard thing to think about and my heart is heavy thinking about all of you who had to really do it and the future when I might have to do it again. God bless you all. Ed

Its funny you say that, we have a cat that I talk mean to in a nice voice. Its a very friendly cat and doesn't seem to mind because he still loves when I pet him.

 

[STx]

I have a Brittany right now that I don't think is going to make it to Christmas. He has a degenerative nerve disease in his spine and his mobility is getting bad. He's going downhill fairly quickly and the writing it definitely on the wall.

I think it would be better for him/harder for me if I did it myself when he didn't know it was coming. Taking him to a vet and going in that sterile environment isn't, in my opinion, the most humane way to do it. We've always lived in neighborhoods where going to the vet was the only option but, we're moving to our land at the end of this month so I'll have to make a choice with him. I don't know what I'll do, my wife says if I do it myself it'll haunt me forever and she may very well be right but, if I can make it easier on him by sparing hi the trip to the vet maybe I owe it to him to do that.