Euthanasia and your pet

[JiriHrdina]

Beautiful dog. Congrats!

[MrMastodonFarm]

I got a touch of the warm and fuzzies now, thanks for posting that Cow.

[Dion]

I'm happy for you Cowperson. Glad you were able to find another 2 dogs.

Great pics btw

[puckluck]

Great pics and congrats on the dogs. What kind of camera do you use btw?

[metallicat]

I'm glad I opened this thread to some happy news.

[WhiteTiger]

A beautiful looking goldy, Cow!

[schteve_d]

As soon as I saw a new post in this thread I immediately thought: "oh, no". Nice to see good news for a change. Good for you.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Kryzsky

I was pretty embarrassed about crying at the vet's when they put the needle in his paw and he drifted away.

I cried for about the last 45 minutes of the movie Marley and Me last weekend, so you've got nothing to be embarrassed about. These damn things become huge parts of our lives, and it's hard to accept they fact they are gone when they do leave us.

[Suzles]

I'm very happy for you Mr Cowperson. Those are going to be two very lucky dogs. There were two Goldens on the Animal Services website last week and I was cheekily going to send you the link - glad I didn't now. Looking forward to all the photos to come!

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Suzles

I'm very happy for you Mr Cowperson. Those are going to be two very lucky dogs. There were two Goldens on the Animal Services website last week and I was cheekily going to send you the link - glad I didn't now. Looking forward to all the photos to come!

We were actually offered Marcie by a friend of mine just after Abby passed away but before Keeper did as well.

Too much, too soon.

We were going to wait into later Spring/early Summer but the opportunity with Ruby came up last week and, we thought, "in for a penny, in for a pound" and checked to see if Marcie was still available as well. She was.

What kind of camera do you use btw?

A Nikon D80 with a lot of miles on it now, even though it's only a few years old. It's probably not good enough for what I want to do going forward but changing its not a priority right now.

I found Abby and Keeper were something of little muses to me. After the passing of Keeper, there was a period of a full month where I didn't take a single frame of anything, something I hadn't realized until I went back and looked at the log on the camera. I like shooting animate objects, particularly one's you can't really control. It keeps you on your toes and makes you think. Dogs are very handy for that kind of thing.

I'm glad I opened this thread to some happy news.

We have three ten-year-old cats, so I might be back at some point . . . . but hopefully not for a long while with a dog.

More light amusement in a dark thread, we had these two scamps as house guests on the weekend, just before the arrival of Marcie. The yellow Lab is Willow and the Great Pyrenees monster is Otis, neighbour dogs we were watching.

A surprise attack:



and . . . . . WHUUUMMMPPPPHHHH!!!!



. . . and no harm done.



The Great Pyrenees and I will now go back to our normal relationship, me rearing back with a handful of gravel ready to throw at his head and him stopping his charge at my much smaller Golden's and running away.

Cowperson

[Jbo]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but this thread helped me get through one of the toughest days of my life.

Patch got diagnosed with liver failure about a week ago. Prior to getting sick, she showed no signs of getting sick. (Besides usual stuff that a old girl would do) She made it 14.5 years.

Today, I had to put my best friend down. She was a fighter right until the end, despite not having much time left. Thank you CP for this thread. Knowing others have gone through this helps make the pain slightly less.

RIP Patch

[Regulator75]

Sorry for your loss. I dread the day that I need to re-read this entire thread.

[HalifaxDrunk]

Many of you are all aware of the HELL I have been through over the past couple years. Well life keeps kicking me in the nuts.

Over the past week things haven't been great with my dog Iggy. After a few blood tests and finally an x-ray it was confirmed he had cancer and a shot-put sized tumor in his abdomen. This tumor was putting so much pressure on his colon that he was not really able to relieve himself any longer. He was fine as far as we knew only a week and a half ago. There was an option to have the Vet completely clean him out then only feed him mush so he could pass this. Then we would have to take him in daily (or weekly) for Chemo, this would not cure him it would only extent his life a bit. It was breaking my heart seeing my dog as a shell of his former self. We did our best to comfort him but I couldn't put him though making him sicker and not having a great quality of life just se we can have him around a bit longer.

So yesterday I had to make one of life's hardest decisions and had Iggy put to sleep. I loved my buddy as much as my son. I can't believe how much I miss him already. The house is so empty, everywhere I look reminds me of him. Some people may think "it's only a dog" but he was much more to me than that. He absolutely worshipped me and it was always comforting to have him near. He was my "Flames Buddy", Iggy laid on the coach with me and sat through more Flames games in the last 9 years than probably 90% of CP.

"FML" doesn't quite sum everything up lately.

RIP Iggy (2002-2011).

[LChoy]

Sorry to hear HD. Sincerely hope your life gets better soon

[Scrollbar]

I'm sorry for your loss HD. Iggy was a beautiful dog. Take comfort knowing you provided him with a great life and a loving home; something not every dog gets to enjoy.

[flambers]

Sorry to hear your loss...

[Regulator75]

Sorry to hear HD. Take care.

[Sample00]

Heartbreaking stuff, HD. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Mayer]

I feel your pain, HD. Just a couple months ago we had to put down our dog of 14 years down. I have tried to avoid this thread but seeing the picture of your pup got me.

Brooke was the best dog I could have ever wanted. So sweet, never acted out. Little kids could climb all over her and she never cared. I hope one day I have a dog with her same temperament. It's funny, the reason we got her was because we heard about a farmer who's dog had some puppies and he was stuck with this last one that he couldn't get rid of. Every time people came to look at the puppies she ran away and hid. All she cost us was a bottle of whiskey.

Her heart and lungs and vision and everything was strong right to the end. It was arthritis that got her. It eventually got to the point where she couldn't get up by herself and could barely walk. It was heart wrenching to see. She was still trying to be happy but we knew it was time. Hardest thing I have had to do in my life.

Edit: can't get picture to work....here's the link.

http://img831.imageshack.us/i/img0063hv.jpg/

[WilsonFourTwo]

Sorry HD.....that's a lousy situation. You gave each other your best, take comfort in that.