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re: When people can’t put their pet down when the pet is suffering
Posted on 12/10/23 at 1:46 pm to CatsGoneWild
Posted on 12/10/23 at 1:46 pm to CatsGoneWild
It's sad if the dog is suffering. Maybe go to the vet with your dad and let him hear the vets opinion.
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Posted on 12/10/23 at 2:01 pm to kywildcatfanone
I went thru this earlier this year.
My Wife passed away and her little dog was almost blind and totally deaf.
I gave him a bunch of sleeping pills , put him outside on his pillow on a really nice day and when he passed out I double tapped him with the Ruger 10/22
Quick and easy.
He's buried in the back yard with some of my wife's ashes sprinkled on him
My Wife passed away and her little dog was almost blind and totally deaf.
I gave him a bunch of sleeping pills , put him outside on his pillow on a really nice day and when he passed out I double tapped him with the Ruger 10/22
Quick and easy.
He's buried in the back yard with some of my wife's ashes sprinkled on him
Posted on 12/10/23 at 2:42 pm to LSU5508
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if you’re going to do it I’d recommend having the vet come to your house and being there with the pet while it happens. I did this many years back and to this day It still brings me some joy that I was there for him in that moment. I’l
We did the same thing with our 15 year-old beagle a few years back. I really believe she appreciated the gesture because she would get all nervous when we took her to the vet.Matter of fact, she had laid on her bed for three days without getting up by herself, however, when the vet and his assistant came to the house and while we were talking just inside the front door out of sight of the dog, withih about a minute she came struggling to where we were standing. I knew then that she was ready.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 2:44 pm to CatsGoneWild
Some people are selfish and they think it’s merciful.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 2:46 pm to CatsGoneWild
Put your dad down too
Posted on 12/10/23 at 2:52 pm to Rouge
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It's a cry for help. Don't put your dad out to pasture like you think needs to be done with the dog.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 8:10 pm to BK Lounge
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Cant speak for anyone else, but im hoping/planning to live to 100, at least- good health willing and the creek dont rise…. .. im in my 40s, so by the time i get there it’ll be more commonplace to live to 100.. of course, all that assumes that some A hole who’s texting and driving doesnt come along and t-bone me .
But why? Have you not been around many old folks? QoL rapidly falls off at 80. Enjoy your 80s and check out, don't be drain on your family and society.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 8:55 pm to CatsGoneWild
We recently had to put one of ours down. 15 year old Westie. He was deaf for the last 2 years and started going blind, couldn't see anything at night so he'd get lost in our room and whine multiple times a night. The last 6 or so months he started barely moving from his bed, except to eat and drink and use the bathroom, vet said it was bad arthritis. He was also grumpy with the kids, presumably from being in pain. We started questioning if it was time, then he started using the bathroom in the house inexplicably.. vet says dimentia. That day we decided he had suffered long enough and scheduled the euthanasia.
I can't imagine keeping an ailing dog alive for any longer. Already I sometimes wonder if we should've done it sooner.
I can't imagine keeping an ailing dog alive for any longer. Already I sometimes wonder if we should've done it sooner.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 9:49 pm to Roux22
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I don’t mean to be that guy, but is the dog all that dad has left at home? He is 80. If mom is gone and the home is empty that dog may very well be what is keeping him holding on.
Agree, and the dog could be a proxy for his own fear of dying.
OP - suggest you sit down with your dad and have a sympathetic heart-to-heart talk to ask this very question. If possible, bring an older, calm rescue dog with you to show him other dogs need him as well.
Assure him that his beloved pug will be in a better place once humanely sent to doggie heaven.
I wish you and your Dad the best, it's always so incredibly painful deciding to put down a loved family pet. Been there, done that like so many others here, and it's never, ever easy.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 9:54 pm to LSU5508
I had to put my best buddy Brutus down a month after Ida and lost my house in Ida. His front legs just started to give way and it was hard to watch even though he never whined about it.. could not stand to see him suffer. I was in the room when he passed. I wanted to make sure my face would be the last thing he saw. I held him the whole time. I was a mess
After that. Hardest thing I have ever had to do.
After that. Hardest thing I have ever had to do.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 9:55 pm to CatsGoneWild
You poor thing
Posted on 12/10/23 at 9:55 pm to CatsGoneWild
Go get him another pug & tell him it's a stray & you're about to take it to the pound. Roll him around it some mud & dirt 1st. He'll take it.
I often have to think outside the box with my elderly mother.
I often have to think outside the box with my elderly mother.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 9:56 pm to CatsGoneWild
My family can kill my dog when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 11:09 pm to CatsGoneWild
Unless the dog has a terminal progressive condition like cancer, the vet won’t euthanize it.
This post was edited on 12/10/23 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 12/10/23 at 11:14 pm to Northshoretiger87
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I can let mine go peacefully in my arms in the night.
That never happens
Posted on 12/10/23 at 11:42 pm to Jcorye1
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That's a tough one. Personally I don't think I could put an animal through chemo, so much pain and they just don't have the capacity to understand. Had two dogs die of cancer, one we made the decision not to go the chemo route after the first tumor, second we made the decision, but dogs brain literally melted before we even could tell the vet.
My 5 year old dog has fibrous histosarcoma. Had a back leg amputation and just finished his chemo (lomustine).
Dogs do way better with chemo than people do. There was no upset stomach, hair loss, any of the misery that we associate with chemo in people. We had to monitor his white count and put him on some occasional antibiotics because it suppressed his bone marrow. But that was it. He rolled through that like a champ. Appetite actually seemed to increase a bit.
If he seems to be remotely uncomfortable, I’m getting a vet here to put him down after a big steak. But I’m giving him every chance I can. He’s never let me down. I’d feel like I was letting him down if I didn’t do everything I could for him.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 7:12 am to TexasTiger89
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I can let mine go peacefully in my arms in the night.
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That never happens
Yes it does, it happened to me. Pooch was feeling poor and I held and tried to comfort her until the vet opened up the next morning. She went to sleep while I held her and never awoke. It was upsetting at the time but thinking back I am glad that it happened that way.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 8:20 am to greenbean
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But why? Have you not been around many old folks? QoL rapidly falls off at 80. Enjoy your 80s and check out, don't be drain on your family and society.
Some of yall seem incredibly short sighted .. How old are you ? Sure, being 85 or 90 yrs old might suck TODAY.. but if you are in ur 30s , 40s or 50s right now- then by the time you are 90 yrs old or 100, things will most likely be much different .. advances in medicine and nutrition will help people live longer and healthier.. just go look at classic old tv shows like All in the Family from 50 yrs ago- those characters Archie and Edith, and the actors who played them- were in their late 40s when that show started.. they look like the average 65 yr old looks today.. times change, and people live longer and better .
Posted on 12/11/23 at 8:33 am to CatsGoneWild
I hate putting a pet down as much as the next person.
I also know what it's like to be lonely. Loneliness, to some, can be extremely painful especially if you've lost a spouse, etc. I can see why he's holding on.
Prayers for both
I also know what it's like to be lonely. Loneliness, to some, can be extremely painful especially if you've lost a spouse, etc. I can see why he's holding on.
Prayers for both
Posted on 12/11/23 at 9:31 am to CatsGoneWild
I struggled with this too. When I finally made the appointment to put my old dog down she died that day while I was at work. She made her way outside and just laid out and died.
I tried everything. But she had cancer and heart disease and would stay hyperventilating. Got a great 15 years though.
Last picture 2 days before she died.
I tried everything. But she had cancer and heart disease and would stay hyperventilating. Got a great 15 years though.
Last picture 2 days before she died.
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