Get A Hanky Out For This One :-(

[Blaine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDpLBPcrGBE

[Grizz]

NOT FAIR

[spaceman spiff]

blubbering here what a beautiful dog. thanks for the post



spaceman

[ceb]

I'm an animal control officer, you would think I would be used to this, but I ain't. I still blubber.

[Blaine]

This one tore me up. I feel guilty as heck that I was in Ohio, and Thor was with a friend and, that I wasn't there for him when he croaked. I can't help thinking I could have done something, or at least been the last one he saw. I truly have not been at peace since January.

[gundownunder]

Thanks Blaine
Had to do that a few times in my life, I'd swear it gets harder every time.

[Daisyman]

No more dogies for me....old heart can't take it anymore.

[Streetstar]

I've seen that on facebook --- it sucks . It did mention a tumor though - cancer can be like an unstoppable invasive force

Having to do this is a darn hard decision to make -- you always think "What if i'm depriving my poor friend of maybe an extra week or two ?" ---

---As i sit here with my 2 middle age adult dogs sleeping away as i get some work done in my home office, -- i looked back at them and am hopeful that it will be a few years before i have to deal with this -- but when the time comes, it will be no less gut wrenching

[alnitak]

Darn it...can't see too clearly...but thank you.

[mikld]

darn you Blain. I thought I had gotten over Annie Love's death. I held her in my arms and she died...

[KirkD]

A question came up in our family a while back after the death of one of our well-loved dogs. Should we get another, knowing in advance that we will probably outlive our next dog and have to go through all this grief again? The answer we came up with can be stated nicely by the author of a book I came across recently, when one of her characters said, "To love is to lay yourself open to loss. That is the bargain we make with ourselves because it is worth it.”

[firefuzz]

Going to sit in the floor with my three and let them maul me, they're favorite pass time. All the while they're licking the tears from my face.

Rob

[FWiedner]

The video is touching, and I don't know the facts of their beloved pets condition, but it seems to me that they killed their dog way too soon.

[Blaine]

The video is touching, and I don't know the facts of their beloved pets condition, but it seems to me that they killed their dog way too soon.

That thought crossed my mind. I sort of gleaned that they were giving the animal periodic shots for pain. My daughter's pet, Oreo passed at 16, or 17. I probably let him linger for about a week too long. I'll always feel guilty for those last couple days. He had it pretty rough....

[FWiedner]

Like I said, I don't know the facts of the animals condition.

If he was in constant pain, maybe it was time. The photos are all stills, but he looks good and seems active. Maybe it's just a series of good photos to keep fond memories. I understand that nobody wants a picture of their loved one from a 'bad' day.

i recently (well, a few months ago) lost my best dog, Buddy, to cancer. He was 13 and I'd had him from a pup.

It was a tough call, but I held off until I was absolutely sure that HE was done living.

But that's me. The way I do things.

I'm not suggesting that anyone else should do such things 'my' way.

[Blaine]

Like I said, I don't know the facts of the animals condition.

If he was in constant pain, maybe it was time. The photos are all stills, but he looks good and seems active. Maybe it's just a series of good photos to keep fond memories. I understand that nobody wants a picture of their loved one from a 'bad' day.

i recently (well, a few months ago) lost my best dog, Buddy, to cancer. He was 13 and I'd had him from a pup.

It was a tough call, but I held off until I was absolutely sure that HE was done living.

But that's me. The way I do things.

I'm not suggesting that anyone else should do such things 'my' way.

You're not wrong...at all. Oreo had been to the brink several times, then bounced back for a couple months of good living. His last summer was (mostly) happily spend on the back covered deck guarding his food dish from the sparrows.

[retmech]

I'm with Kirk on this. I can't imagine life without a dog, they give so much to us.

[Malamute]

I'm with Kirk on this. I can't imagine life without a dog, they give so much to us.

This.

Someone said their heart couldnt go through losing one again, my heart couldnt go through not having a dog.


I saw this a couple months ago and liked it.


A man and his dog were walking along a road.
The man was enjoying the scenery,
when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying and that the dog walking
beside him had been dead for years.
He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone
wall along one side of the road.

It looked like fine marble.

At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.

He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.

When he was close enough, he called out,
“Excuse me, where are we?”

“This is Heaven, sir,” the man answered.

”Wow! Would you happen to have some water?”
the man asked.

”Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have
some ice water brought right up.”
The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
“Can my friend,” gesturing toward his dog,
“come in, too?” the traveler asked.

”I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.”

The man thought a moment and then turned
back toward the road and continued the way
he had been going with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another
long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed.

There was no fence.

As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside,
leaning against a tree and reading a book.

”Excuse me!” he called to the man.
“Do you have any water?”

”Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there,
come on in.”

”How about my friend here?” the traveler
gestured to the dog.

”There should be a bowl by the pump,” said the man.

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.

The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long
drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.

When they were full, he and the dog walked back
toward the man who was standing by the tree.

”What do you call this place?” the traveler asked.

“This is Heaven,” he answered.

”Well, that's confusing,” the traveler said.

”The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'”

”Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's Hell.”

”Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?”

”No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.”