Today was the day for my Lab,Bear, he had to be put down.

Sorry for your loss. As far as I am concerned, the number of people who are or could be worth as much as my pets are and have been is trivial. What matters now is that you gave each other 13 good years.

Hmm. Dusty in here.
 
Thinking of my Lab mix also called Bear. He is 14 this month and we are week to week with him now. Not looking forward to that trip to the vet. My thoughts are surely with you today.
 
Sorry to hear about your buddy. I lost mine in May, 10 year old mini schnauzer named Ozzy. I'm not ashamed to say I cried like a baby, and still tear up looking at pictures. He was my constant companion for 10 years, and I'm still kind of lost without him. We took him outside, spent about 3 hours with him in the fresh air and sunshine, then let him go. I wrapped him and gave him to the vet for cremation, and we have his ashes. This is the 1st time I've been able to post this, so I know your pain. Hang in there buddy...

We have his daughter who went through a bad bout of pacreatitis in Dec. and we thought we were going to lose her. She's diabetic now and hanging in there, but they day will come, and I'll lose it all over again. Pray to GOD we get to see them again in our next journey...
 
I'm sure sorry for your loss, I still grieve over my sheltie, Hope, that has been gone over a year. I believe that we will see them again some day...

THE HOUSE DOG'S GRAVE
By Robinson Jeffers


I've changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore,
Except in a kind of dream; and you,
If you dream a moment,
You see me there.

So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in,
And you'd soon open; leave on the kitchen floor
The marks of my drinking-pan.
I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no,
All the nights through I lie alone.
But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays,
And where you sit to read—
And I fear often grieving for me—
Every night your lamplight lies on my place.
You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard
To think of you ever dying.
A little dog would get tired, living so long.
I hope that when you are lying
Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine. No, dears, that's too much hope:
You are not so well cared for as I have been.
And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew.
Your minds are perhaps too active, too many-sided...
But to me you were true.

You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.
 
As puppies they live to play. But soon they will become the tireless partners and patient companions who live only to please. They will dive into impossible covers for us all day long and willingly make retrieves that are longer than the should be. So to all the great dogs we've known and loved we wish soft beds, warm fireplaces, and good hunting.
 
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like Bear was a great friend. There's lots of good dog folks here that have been through the same thing.
I've posted a few times here about my old bullmastiff, Angus, he turned 14 back in September. He's still with me but it won't be too long, he's wearing down, doesn't have the muscle he used too, his hips are bad, and he can hardly hear. He's still good for a short walk around the yard now and then, though, if the suns out and it's not too cold, once he gets loosened up he's still got a little bit of skip in his step and I can still see a much younger dog in his cloudy eyes and greying fur. It's going to kill me when he's gone.
 
Sorry to hear of your loss. You did what a true friend does and it's not easy. May the "Shamrocks Fall Softly" for your Bear. He will be there waiting for you at the Bridge. Until then, you have him in your heart.

Pete
 
Losing a pet and especially a dog is losing pure unadulterated love. I think that is why it hurts so.

For those who recently went thru this you have my condolences. It was your posts that helped steel me for this day. Thanks.

For those who are at the end of time with your pet, you have my condolences and support.

You all are a great bunch. Thanks again.

Duane.
 
Having to take a beloved old dog to be relieved of their pain has been some of the most painful experiences of my life and I've lost many family members...As someone said, too many people live too long and most dogs don't live long enough...As Slick Willie was want to say, "I feel your pain"...Except, I'm telling the truth.
 
I don't know why I keep reading these threads. I've lost so many best friends over the years. I have three now, lost two on the same day in the Springtime. Dogs teach me how to love. And how to love again. My thoughts are with you, and everyone who knows the heartbreak of losing a dog. Go get another one. So many great dogs (redundant) desparately need the kind of love you will give them. And they will give it back to you ten fold.

I'm sending you a hug.

Frank
 
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Well, that did it for me.....

Kanewpadle said:
You lost a friend today. Sorry. You will never forget him. He will live on in your memories. :(
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I can't talk right now.:(:)
 
I haven't......

STCM(SW) said:
In late February my Black Lab, Bruno had trouble breathing, after lab test's, Xrays and sonic test's I find out he had a large tumor in his chest. Was not something that could be removed with out killing him.
In constant pain breathing.
One week later I had to have him put down.
He was the best........
Only thing I can post/say is this:



Sorry for your loss.....
Something in my eyes right now, must be rain I think..... :(
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I haven't recovered from the last one.....
 
Sorry for your loss. Four years ago I had to put down my fourth gun/family dog. She was a yellow lab and lived to be 14. I got her when my two sons were little guys and the three of them grew up together. My boys named her Sunnydog (get the connection to my forum name?) She retrieved many wild pitches in backyard baseball games and too many ducks and geese to count. After the boys went off to college, her last day came and I burried her at the farm by our duck blind, where we had shared 14 years of hunting together. One of the hardest things I have ever had to do. The boys are grown now, and I have an new lab, named Ice. He is a ball of fire! His picture is my avatar. The boys come home in hunting season and the 4 of us still go to the duck blind together, and Sunnydog is there too.
 
You never forget a loyal companion.

I lost my DZ in November of 2013. Not a day goes buy that I don't miss him even with two other dogs. Today was especially bad. I saw a 14 month old that looked just like him this morning.

When we talked I realized she had another Knucklehead much like him. I cried all of the way home.

My heart goes to you and my eyes are leaking again.

Smile and remember, It's the best you can do.
 
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