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I just had to put my dog to rest a few weeks ago. This post brought me to tears once again. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. We knew she wasn’t feeling well but we thought it was probably just worms or something simple. It wasn’t. We scheduled for it to happen at home because she was scared to death of the vet. From the time we scheduled it to the time it happened was the longest 3 days of my life. I miss you terribly little girl. 😢
I just had to let go of my 15 year old best friend last week, thank you for this.
Will $35,000 be enough to take care of your financial aid?
I'm giving palliative care to my 14 year old hound. His appetite is still good and he's mobile, but this is one of the hardest times in my adult life, even though I've been preparing myself, knowing that his breed's life expectancy is around twelve years. Last time I had to put a pet down was a ~~car~~ cat I kept for 15 years and that sucked too, but it's been a long time since then.
He’s lucky to have you. Good human.
Last time I had to put a pet down was a car I kept for 15 years
Cars are considered pets, now? (J/K)
It was not a Jaguar. 😸
Just on a curious side note, what do people who don't have anyplace to bury their pets, (ie; apartment dwellers etc.) do with the remains of their pets once passed?
I had my dog cremated and the vet had an option to pay $100 more, and someone from the local wood working high school team designed and builds the cremation box. I did that and now she’s in a beautiful cremation box that’s well made and local. I think it’s a good way to honor my dog, I miss her everyday
I've had one cremated and I've been meaning to take some of the ashes and make a glass sculpture for something permanent, and then go release her ashes out somewhere. Others have had backyard.
There are several companies that will take ashes and make jewelry, paper weights, ornaments, sun catchers, etc.
For a fee you can work with your vet, or sometimes even county/city programs, to cremate your pet after they die.
You can get them cremated but I've always gone for the "ask someone with a car to drive me out into nowhere and pick any ol spot that isn't too close to water". Depending on timing this sometimes requires me to wrap them up and pop them in the freezer for a couple days which isn't stellar feeling but gets the job done
Ok, this hurts. I have a 16 year old Shih Tzu that, at his yearly a month ago, the vet find a mass in the back of his mouth. Because of his age, I opted to not explore further in case it weakened him.
On the Plus side, nobody told him something may or may not be wrong so he continues to speed down the hallway and spins out at the kitchen and on his walks, he drags me around at his speedy pace
Considering his brother went into congestive heart failure on Mother's Day right after lockdown, I'll take this with grace :) (sort of)
This hits. Said goodbye at the end of February. Would have been 15 in March.
Made me cry, miss my old boy so much. Almost been a year....
This is why spoiling your dog(s) is an obligation rather than an indulgence
Not a bad idea to finally find out if your dog loves chocolate in the moments before
I’ve always appreciated and applied the Zoroastrian reverence of dogs:
https://zoroastrians.net/2021/08/09/importance-of-a-dog-in-zoroastrian-religion/
TIL in Zoroastrianism, otters > dogs:
In the Vendidad, it is stated that the spirits of a thousand deceased dogs are reincarnated in a single otter (“water dog”)
Pet deaths are always so hard. They're usually so perfect and sweet, and then they just go, and it's always too soon. And you want to properly express to them, somehow, that they were perfect, they were beautiful, and they were loved.
Explanation: This is an actual Roman epitaph for a pet dog. Ancient peoples loved their pets just as we do. RIP, sweet pupper
Argos made it into Homer's Odyssey for this same sentiment.
Pearl was his wife if that tells you anything. /s
