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Old 12-13-2019, 11:43 AM   #1039
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I had to make the decision to put my 15 year old Shiba Inu down a week and a half ago. I had been dreading the decision for the last few years, she had slowed down but just kept trucking despite everything. Every time it was oh this is the last time she'll be on the coast, or the last christmas, or the last camping trip. She had many of those lasts over and over again.


I had unexpectedly lost another dog (Milo, not by euthanasia) in the summer very suddenly, a younger one that was supposed to live many years past Rika, and that meant that for sure 2019 was going to be a bad year losing both dogs.



The last couple months we had another puppy around for her to play with and it really did inject her with youth. She tolerated him jumping on her, running circles around her, or even sleeping beside her (she was always kind of a bitch to other dogs, and definitely was the king of the hill with Milo and her). On e morning she just started suffering bad vertigo, nystagmus, balance issues. You could see she was scared, and uncomfortable. We took her to the vet, tried a couple treatments but I think we knew it was just that time.


I'll start by saying that I feel immense relief as well as sadness. I feel relieved that she isn't uncomfortably lumbering around the house. I feel relief I don't have that decision hanging over my head. I feel relief that she won't and isn't suffering and that made and makes things just so much better. It also made it very easy to come to peace with the decision the day of. Nobody wants to just put down an animal who seems happy but is slow, or seems happy but has accidents. She was uncomfortable, I gave her relief.



Now the hard part, verbalizing the decision. We knew it had to be made, I'd been essentially grieving and preparing for years, but once you say it its final. Things go into motion, theres no take-backsies. It went by so quick, she went very peacefully and we were spared the suffering that Milo had experienced when he passed away which was so incredibly difficult to watch and not be able to take away.



Now, because everyone likes pics of pets here they all are. Rika the Shiba Inu, Milo the Chihuahua, and Remi the puppy chihuahua who is filling the holes in our hearts.





Rika




Milo



Remi and Rika
I'm so sorry you're going through this right now. We had to say goodbye to our almost 13 year old Newfie 3 years ago to the day. It truly is like saying goodbye to a family member.
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