[Closed] Looks like I'll be saying goodbye to my mate (dog content) 🙁

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Not good chap, very sad to hear it. Gutted for you. Take care, J.

sorry mate

nothing makes it feel better, just get through it

We have a staffy cross boxer who's 13 years old and in the last year or so has started to show his age. Fingers crossed for you

Sad times.

Very sad, just do the right thing and let time do the healing.

Very sad and dread the day my best mate leaves my life. Remember the good days but I'm sure you will.

😥 sorry to hear that fella

I knew what this thread was going to do to me and I knew I shouldn't open it.

It's going to be the hardest thing you ever do. However, the pain will fade, but the memories of the good times never will.

🙁 Make a big fuss of him. Unlike you he won't be sad or worried, so he can enjoy his remaining days with you.

This has brought me to the verge of tears!!

When one of my cats was killed 7 years ago I was absolutely devastated, cried more than when my mum died!!

All I have now are great memories of him, he really was my best mate.

Bugger. Sorry 'bout that feller.

I knew what this thread was going to do to me and I knew I shouldn't open it.

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Take care . . .

Sorry buddy.

Bugger.

What a handsome fella. You'll be destroyed but get down the RSPCA and get another super guy in need as soon as you can. Good dog guardians/parents (hate the term 'owner') like yourself are always in short supply.

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Sorry to hear that. He looks like a great chap.

sad day 🙁

condolences

your boy is the spitting image of our staffie cross, great dogs.

dont leave it too long, get another, as said there's more dogs in need than there are good owners, and maybe the best way to remember this chap is to make a good home for another

Terrible news.

Take care of him.

So sorry to hear this. But you know when it's the right thing to do.

I knew I shouldnt have opened this, good luck he looks like a cracker, gorgeous boy.

Booo, sorry mate, that's sad. He's lovely....

aye thats the way i look at it when we had to put our old Cat down - we gave him a good life, a good decent non suffering death and we now have new cats that we can give a good home too. the circle of (pet) life.

OP - best wishes!

Very sad. I have had to say goodbye to several great dogs so far, and it never gets any easier. Just be certain that he knows how much you love him and make that last walk a belter. I'm welling up just thinking about it. Be strong and get another as soon a s you can, so many dogs need good homes.

gutted for you mate.

I'm really sorry for you. These decisions are never easy, but it may be the best thing.

Give him a big hug from me.

sad news , feel for you 😥

Really sorry to hear that. They really are a man's best friend and it's a sad thing that they're only with us for a relatively short time 🙁

Sympathies.

Dogs really do exert an amazing emotional pull. I am dreading losing my first one (currently 11 yrs old). Truly man's best friend.

If it is the worst then try and arrange for the vet to come out to the house for his 'final visit.' We did this with our dog as she hated the vets. She was asleep in the kitchen and he came in and just helped her stay asleep....

Still really hard but we took a lot of comfort from knowing she was completely oblivious to the whole thing.

sorry to hear that - make the most of the time together. Grab some quality snaps together.

Oh poor little lad, so sorry to hear this 🙁

Sad news 🙁

About as tough as it gets. I'm still in bits after having my old fella put down last year.

Give him a big hug as often as you can.

We're at the same point now. Our King Charles Spaniel will be 15 in January, she's completely deaf and sleeps most of the day. She still enjoys a small walk and a fuss though. She had a stroke a few years back and battled back from that but when do you make the call to end things before they start suffering?

So tough 😥

when do you make the call to end things before they start suffering?

For us it was when she stopped wanting to go out for walks.

You just know when.

I'm welling up. Stay strong fella it's gonna be tough, you have my deepest sympathy.

Gah, sorry to hear 🙁 ^^ definitely ask the vet for a home visit, I did this for my last dog as she hated the vets, it was really gentle and totally un-stressful for her. It'll be really tough, but just try to remember the good times. I found getting rid of food / bowls / etc (assuming you have no more dogs that is!) as it just reminds me of them.

I lost my best mate (kitty) 6 months ago, I still catch glimpses of him out the corner of my eye occasionally but it's only a shoe or something stupid, and I still find myself when I come in from work looking in his chair to see where he is 🙁 just try not to be too upset if this happens to you!

Sorry to hear that UBB. I always loved that shot of him on the ferry/boat stood on his hind legs with tongue out loving every minute of it.

I'm sure you'll do the right thing at the right time, but condolences. Don't have a dog - would absolutely love one but can't - but I can see this must be the hardest thing. Good luck.

Thanks for all the replies - don't really know a lot more today, but will hopefully have some answers later.

It's hard knowing how healthy he normally looks - he could come home tomorrow and run like a whippet. Hopefully we get to spend that bit of quality time together.

I'm currently working away on nights on the M5 in Bristol, whilst Mrs STR and little miss STR are back home nr Matlock in constant tears - poor hound is 20 miles away from home in a cage 🙁 It's stress that makes him go downhill too, so just hoping he's that doped up at the moment, he doesn't know what's going on.

Rickos - awesome memory, that was years ago. I'll put a little montage of his life up as and when the time is fit.

Cheers all! x

So, our little fella has left us a little sooner than we expected.

We didn't get chance to have him home or go for that long walk. I'm 150 miles away and didn't even get chance to say goodbye.

The vet rang and said he'd gone downhill today, so we took the decision that whilst he was sleeping to let him go.

Bless you Wesley. Sleep well little man.

Sad news.

genuinely gutted for you mate 🙁

Feel your pain, remember the good times

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That is really sad. 🙁

Very sad news. My sympathies.
Mrs BD is a vet and our dog has just been diagnosed with an aggerssive form of cancer. It's heartbreaking. Silly really, how close we get to our furry friends.

oh thats right, make me cry at my desk.

We got a puppy, our first dog, in April this year. Reading these threads is filling me with dread for when that day comes for us.

I can't imagine what its like for you and hope you remember all the great times you had.

Sad news, just got me crying and I've got a lesson in 10 mins.

My thoughts are with you all.

boo

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I have to bury one of ours tomorrow..

13 year old Black Lab who went by the name of Jake..

When they get old, they get old quick..

See you around mate..

Sorry to hear that STR.
My 12 YO english bull cross is getting slower. Can't get into the car on his own any more and seems confused as to why. Been through thick and thin with him, I'll be inconsolable when his time comes. 🙁

Thanks for the messages.

I've just about managed to stop crying, but I'm sure there will be more.

Poor Mrs STR is on her own in a house full of reminders of him and little miss STR isn't home from school yet - she has been prepared, but seems to have it in her head that he had a few months left.

Derby Vet school asked if they could carry out a post mortem for training and beneficial knowledge of his condition. We agreed to this and then he will be cremated. We shall be scattering his ashes on the local moors in a couple of weeks.

And I'm off again....

So sorry for you and your family mate..

We got a rescue cat in August and she is a great addition to put house. I'd be gutted if anything happened to her.

My brothers Staffie (Bullet) had to be put to sleep last year, he was in Germany with work when he went rapidly downhill.. We all went over to say bye to him, he was so tired and didn't know what was going on. He managed to hang on until my brother got home though.

Best natured dog I have ever known, friendly, docile, playful, attentive, funny and always up for a cuddle. Never once growled or snapped at any of the kids who used to play with him and undoubtedly wind him up.

Rest in peace Bullet... Sadly missed.

My thoughts are with u and ur family at this sad time.. Made worse by the fact your working away! Take care.

Thoughts here with you and poor Wesley too. Hope he drifted off quietly chasing rabbits in his sleep. Ashes on the moors sounds like a great send off.

A good friend went through the same on Monday & even their cats seem to be in mourning. Spookily, mrlebowski, he was a 13yr old black lab called Jasper.

My thoughts are with all of you, I don't even want to think about the day Tilly goes. 🙁

I went through it all Monday night, heartbreaking, words cant describe it all, so really feel for you chap.....

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Thoughts are with you fella.

Really, really dreading the day we have to do this..

oh thats right, make me cry at my desk.

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sad news, but just think of all the lady doggy bits he can now sniff in heaven

Echoe the above.

Life is so short. We have a staffy cross who is now coming up 6 and it seems only a short time ago we got him. I still see him as a puppy! When in reality he's every bit as middle aged as myself.

Very sad when they go. But especially at such a young age 🙁

Sympathies to you and your family, has made me think a lot about my own relationship with my pup.

Sorry to hear that TAFKAS. 🙁

Also sorry to hear you couldn't be there to say goodbye. That must be gutting but I'm sure the feeling will fade in time and be replaced by the good memories. We all have to go at some stage. I'll bet he had a good life with you and yours. It's all we can do for them while they're around.

Sorry about your pal. I had to take mine a couple of weeks ago, he was old and it was for the best. It didn't make it any easier. I am welling up thinking about it.

Cliche, but time heals.

Perhaps not on your radar but worth thinking about rescuing another one and filling that space. He/she will never replace him, but another dog would benefit from a friend like you.

So sorry for you mate, as mentioned try and remember all the brilliant time you spent with him.
Thoughts are with you and the family.

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That's crap STR, but at least you did what was best for him - letting go can be very difficult 🙁

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Really gutted for you. It's dusty in here again.

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Sorry to hear it happened so soon.
RIP Wesley

Very sorry for you and your family TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR. Rest easy Wesley.

Take care chap.

J