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Damn good pups
What to look for/preparing for your dog’s death
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What to look for/preparing for your dog’s death
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Just had to put one of mine down a couple of weeks ago. Really weren’t any warning signs. Just all of a sudden quit eating and started vomiting bile. Took him to the vet on the second day and got the bad news. Hardest couple of days for my wife and I.
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Sorry for that. Tough to lose best friends after such a short life.
Hell of a pic though.
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rip frank
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Took my 6 y/o mutt in for a lump and the vet seemed concerned so sent it in for tests, my wife is freaking out convinced it’s horrible news. Going to be a long few days to get the results back
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Sent you a DM
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Got the bad news that it’s cancer, gonna go in for surgery next week and hope for the best. @kenyanfeline has been a knowledgeable sounding board in DMs, don’t know him outside of the board but is a grade A dude in my book
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Hope for the best. We had to put down one of ours this summer. It never gets easy.
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This thread makes me sad. Good luck to all you pet parents. May we have as much time with our companions as possible. They bring us so much joy and happiness but the pain of losing them is immense, but still totally worth the experience. NFM
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He’s middle aged for a dog, and in great health outside of this, so I hope he responds well and bounces back. Love that crazy fucker
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This weekend I sold a custom kennel I made myself for my dogs. I put both of them down in June, but had been dragging my feet on selling their kennel. As I was cleaning it up I said to my wife how I was sad to see it go. Its one of the many things I've made that I'm the most proud of and something that got a ton of use out of too. For the longest time we had our lab and husky in those plastic dog crates and I handcrafted a kennel for them that they both loved. I sold it to one of my best friends and his family so definitely feel good about it.
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I still have my big dog's harness, been about a year and a 1/4 since he's been gone. My daughter loves looking at pictures of him even though it's really tough on me. I don't think I'll ever toss it. It hangs on its own hook next to the other twos' harnesses. Our little rescue dog uses his leash now for walks but that's fine, that's just a generic one from Petsmart that I've bought dozens of over the years once they rip.
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Having to come to this realization soon. Have a Pug-beagle mix who's 11. Diabetic and have to give him two shots a day, he's almost completely blind now, has arthritis and has been pissing on the carpet more and more lately. He has Cushings Disease (which is basically a non-cancerous tumor on his brain that makes him constantly hungry and never feels full,) so he's always acting like he's starving. The last couple of days he just been walking in circles and seems disoriented. We have to take him outside ourselves now.
But then he acts all happy when we get home and normal, and he doesn't appear to be in any pain.
My two teenagers grew up with this guy, and he's their best buddy. Mom is really trying to stretch it out, but I'm bothered by his quality of life right now, despite him not showing that he's in any pain.
I think the decision is coming in the next couple of weeks, and I'm dreading it. It's going to be hard for both me and my wife, but my kids will be devistated.
But then he acts all happy when we get home and normal, and he doesn't appear to be in any pain.
My two teenagers grew up with this guy, and he's their best buddy. Mom is really trying to stretch it out, but I'm bothered by his quality of life right now, despite him not showing that he's in any pain.
I think the decision is coming in the next couple of weeks, and I'm dreading it. It's going to be hard for both me and my wife, but my kids will be devistated.
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I had to put down my lab 2 weeks ago. It was tougher than I thought it'd be. She was 14. Lived a good long life. My hope was that she'd just do it on her own, but that dog was always a fighter. I probably should of known she wouldn't give up. Could hardly walk, likely heart issue, was barely eating, and was going downhill fairly quick. She was in pain and pretty much made me do it. Looking back now though, it was the right move....even if I didn't like doing it.
