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pylon · 03-09-2009, 07:32 PM

I feel for you man, I have had to put a few cherished four legged family members on the other side of the needle and it is never easy. But we ahd one dog that went out in an absolutely poetic fashion.....

We had a Yorkshire Terrier that was 15, and she was basically on her second year of 10% kidney function. It was amazing she made as far as she did. She was an incredible dog in every aspect as far as intelligence and compasion went and I am not saying this just because she was my dog. I have yet to have a pet this astute and connect with humans. Anyway, for basically her last 6 months all she did was sleep pee herself and hobble around, the only reason we kept her going was because she just seemed to love the family so much and we felt that to her was more important than the suffering. Then one day she perked up like a champ and dug out this crappy old balled up garden glove out of her toy box she used to chase up and down the hall for hours at a time when she was younger and had unlimited energy. It was her favorite thing in the world. She wouldn't stop growling at my dad to throw it, so my dad started to because she wouldn't leave him alone. After about 20 minutes she stood at the end of the hall, looking at the whole family, then darted into the bedroom. About 10 minutes later my mom went to go look for her and she had died under the bed with her chin in that crappy glove. Even to this day I think back at how sad yet how poetic it was for her to go out that way doing the thing she loved best, as meanial as it may have seemed to everyone else.

As I write this 10 years later, I still tear up at the loss of a great family member. It is never easy losing a pet but what they give you in return is always worth the pain of losing them in the end, even if it is their natural time.

My condolences dude.

03-09-2009, 07:32 PM	#38
pylon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	I feel for you man, I have had to put a few cherished four legged family members on the other side of the needle and it is never easy. But we ahd one dog that went out in an absolutely poetic fashion..... We had a Yorkshire Terrier that was 15, and she was basically on her second year of 10% kidney function. It was amazing she made as far as she did. She was an incredible dog in every aspect as far as intelligence and compasion went and I am not saying this just because she was my dog. I have yet to have a pet this astute and connect with humans. Anyway, for basically her last 6 months all she did was sleep pee herself and hobble around, the only reason we kept her going was because she just seemed to love the family so much and we felt that to her was more important than the suffering. Then one day she perked up like a champ and dug out this crappy old balled up garden glove out of her toy box she used to chase up and down the hall for hours at a time when she was younger and had unlimited energy. It was her favorite thing in the world. She wouldn't stop growling at my dad to throw it, so my dad started to because she wouldn't leave him alone. After about 20 minutes she stood at the end of the hall, looking at the whole family, then darted into the bedroom. About 10 minutes later my mom went to go look for her and she had died under the bed with her chin in that crappy glove. Even to this day I think back at how sad yet how poetic it was for her to go out that way doing the thing she loved best, as meanial as it may have seemed to everyone else. As I write this 10 years later, I still tear up at the loss of a great family member. It is never easy losing a pet but what they give you in return is always worth the pain of losing them in the end, even if it is their natural time. My condolences dude.