My dog is dying.

1/24/21 | dallasbiff

[BykrBayb]

Dogs should have a much longer lifespan than they do. It’s so hard letting them go. God bless you and your dear dog.

[Joann37]

Praying that there’s something the vet can do to prolong your dog’s life.

God be with you.

[Toespi]

That is just a beautiful prayer. Thank you.

[Duchess47]

I am so very sorry.

[DAC21]

“Hang in there. They are better than people. She was lucky to have you for a friend all that time”

Democrats for sure.

[Salamander]

When you take her to the vet, please have them check her for vestibular disease.

Very common in elderly dogs and can cause disorientation and many other scary symptoms.

Prayers for your pup!!!

https://www.petmd.com/dog/conditions/neurological/vestibular-disease-dogs

[bimboeruption]

Your welcome, Toespi.

I can’t imagine life without a dog. I thank the Lord every day for mine.

[Right Wing Assault]

Our dog is 12 and can run as fast ever but he's pretty deaf.

I dread the days when he starts to slow down in pain. It hurts seeing them fighting through their last days. They try so hard, but don't know what is happening. Our previous one was laying on the floor in a favorite place. He lifted his head, looked at Mrs. RWA and put his dead down. She said, "Did he just die?" Yes, he did,

I can't see what I'm typing. Bye.

[hercuroc]

May I Go Now?

May I go now?
Do you think the time is right?
May I say goodbye to pain filled days
and endless lonely nights?
I’ve lived my life and done my best,
an example tried to be.
So can I take that step beyond
and set my spirit free?

I didn’t want to go at first,
I fought with all my might.
But something seems to draw me now
to a warm and loving light.
I want to go
I really do.
It’s difficult to stay.

But I will try as best I can
to live just one more day.
To give you time to care for me
and share your love and fears.
I know you’re sad and afraid,
because I see your tears.

I’ll not be far,
I promise that, and hope you’ll always know
that my spirit will be close to you
wherever you may go.
Thank you so for loving me.
You know I love you too,
that’s why it’s hard to say goodbye
and end this life with you.

So hold me now just one more time
and let me hear you say,
because you care so much for me,
you’ll let me go today.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Great suggest. One of my basenjis at age 15 had a spell of it, almost like a stroke. Snapped out of it in a couple days.

[Texas Eagle]

My heart goes out to you, my friend. At times it just feels like they’re going to live forever and then comes the day they can’t jump on the couch on their own and they put their paws on the cushion with those eyes that say, “Pick me up, daddy, I can’t make it”, and you say “No,no,no,no,no. It’s too soon for you to not be able to make it. You try again.” And they do. And they make it. But you know. You it’s going to start happening more often. Carp. Screens getting all blurry. It’s okay, bro, it’s okay. You gave her a good life and you’ll see her again. Don’t let anyone try to tell you otherwise.

[Toespi]

Well, we have had five dogs in our married life, our dachshunds have been our life living to 16, 14, 14, 15 and devastatingly our Mimi at only 9.. Lost our little MiMi in August and haven’t recovered. We are struggling with thinking about another dog as our home has never not had one. But our ages are restrictive, we are active and decent health etc but I worry about getting a fur baby again and then think how horrible it would be to abandon it if we couldn’t see it through its life. There is a huge demand where we live for rescues and even though we look we can’t find the ideal for us at this stage of our lives. I pray and if God sees fit, there will be one put in our path.

[whitney69]

You might consider that you are so saddened for the last few days of the life of a companion that have been filled with joy and problems you and the animal worked through together. But by putting a pained pet down, you have also given your friend animal the grace of going to whatever heaven they go to as comfortably and painlessly as you can by relieving them of the last painful, confusing, and frightening days of their lives. Ones very unlike the rest of their days.

I often have heard from friends that they would rather be let go than suffer. Shouldn’t that animal friend deserve the same consideration?

Dogs and cats, or whatever your like is, also have a feeling of attraction and dedication. They trust you to do what is in their best interest even if they don’t understand it and as they try to do the same for you.

If you have to remember the end, then know what you did was because you cared. They may never know, but God does for both of you.

wy69

[Paradox]

November 20th, late last year, I made the same decision, and sent her on the way to Forever. I am not a young man by any means, and yet it was one of the hardest things I have ever done, and one of my saddest days.. week.. month..
God Bless you and your doggie.

[bravo whiskey]

Sorry to hear that.
We had to put down all 5 of our rescue dogs over the years; One in my arms right before we were getting ready to take him to the vet’s. 2 happen when one of us was out of state which was rough too. All lived past 12 years. The price we pay when we choose to care for pets

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Yep, that sucks.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

Our little Rescue dog they told us was either a "Schnoodle" or a "Terripoo". I couldn't stand the sound of either name, so I decided he must be ALL THREE == Schnauzer + Terrier + Poodle.

Because if you combine those, you get Sch-Tr-oodle = "Strudel". So that's what he was.

Here he is on his first day at his new home ---

It's ironic I'm posting about him on FR, because he owed his new home indirectly to a visit that JimRob & Mrs. JimRob & John made to our burg to Freep with our local FR chapter a few days before we adopted our little guy. Long story, so I won't get into it, but in the same folder as the photo above is this ... I've cropped it to include Mr & Mrs JimRob ---

Between them is my Freeper sister holding 2 homemade signs. She's the one who first told me about FR and got me hooked on it. Her last FR post was around a month before she passed away of endometrial cancer complications in 2017. Been a rough 3 years for us - Jun '17 to Jul '20 - for the deaths of 5 loved ones, all of whom lived close and who we saw all the time ... my sister, then my Mom, then our little guy above last Jan, then my wife's Mom who died of Covid in March, then my Dad who died in July not of Covid but rather of the Covid lockdown.

Partially filling the hole is the young female Schnoodle who my sister left in our charge. She's a real cutie, and has many more years to live .... we hope. She has never once been alone outside ... maybe that makes us "Helicopter Dog Parents"? We do have good excuses for our behavior though == the coyotes & foxes & a bobcat who live / prowl nearby in a small Natural Area where they feed mostly off rabbits. A mountain lion was treed 1/3 of a mile from our home today, and I have to wonder about neighbors near us who leave their dogs out in fenced yards for long periods of time.

[Yolanda]

Our dogs are loved members of our family. When a sweet wonderful pet is dying our heart just breaks. Our previous rescue had cancer and we did everything we could to keep her alive but the day we dreaded arrived. I was taking her on her morning walk when she collapsed. I called the vet and took her to his office. My husband and I held her in our arms as she was euthanized. We cried for days, she was cremated and her remains are in a wooden box in our home.
Our prayers are with you.

[bimboeruption]

I have 4 dogs right now...2 Irish Wolfhounds, a Berger Picard and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who is a stray.

Yes, I also think about what would happen to my dogs if something happened to me. My husband would care for them, but if he goes first, there’s no one. My family and his family aren’t dog people.

I’m asking God to take me when I’m out of dogs. I hope that’s not too long a period because I’ve had a dog since I was 5 and can’t picture my life without one.

Maybe you could adopt mature dogs. That’s what I’m going to do when my Wolfhounds go to Heaven.

BTW, you’ll see all of them again. Get the book Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings by Linzey and Regan. You’ll love it. It’s on Amazon, but you could probably find it elsewhere.

Here’s the link: https://www.amazon.com/Animals-Christianity-Readings-Andrew-Linzey/dp/1556356889

[Hambone 1934]

I like that...Strudel.....My friends labradoodle was a gift sent from heaven for her because she had lost 2 dogs at the same time..Cancer got both of them..Nothing to tell they had it until the last week when they wouldn’t eat(her rat terrier ate everything) and they would have trouble walking..I went with her and I haven’t cried over family members like I did with these 2..Both on the same day..She got Finn a week later....It has been years and every once in awhile she still has dreams of them and cries...I loooooved the rat terrier..What a kick he was... The poodle was a mamas boy and the rat terrier chose me as his person...