It Never Gets Easy Putting A Dog !!

[bird 10,014]

Non not mine , but a lad ive met few times on my dog walks. He got a border x pat just a pet, but loves mooching about , great little dog think its 6 year old, and the dog that being put down a 11 1/2 year old min schnauzer bitch , it got cancer of the womb . The bloke loves my dogs, and his terrier go in all the cover with Buck, they love it , old Bryn just watch's them . lol . his little bitch is a really nice little dog, she always did her own thing, just plod along in her own way, and Buck was great with her very gentle . Seen him yesterday , and asked where the old dog was , told me he was putting her down when he went back home, said got to be done as she not moving and not eating, so he doing the right thing .His wife very upset , took it very bad crying all day yesterday . he not to bad but its upset him as well really, he said his terrier will miss her, I said so will my 2 Bryn and Buck , yeh she was good little dog liked to follow Buck and his terrier in her own time , looking for tree rats haha , yeh its a sad day when it happens , Bryn 9 and Buck 4 so got few more years in them yet , he said he prob get another terrier when his mrs feels better and wants one .!!

[TOMO 29,292]

yeh mate its sad ,,,i had an old lurcher put down with the same cancer,,,soon as vet diagnosed it ,,we did the op and removed all the laddie parts,,,give her another 4-5 month,,,but it came back,,she was incontant ,,loosing weight ect,,,should have had her pts the first time,,,taught me a lot that old dog had her from86 we went all over hunting ,,

[bird 10,014]

yeh mate its sad ,,,i had an old lurcher put down with the same cancer,,,soon as vet diagnosed it ,,we did the op and removed all the laddie parts,,,give her another 4-5 month,,,but it came back,,she was incontant ,,loosing weight ect,,,should have had her pts the first time,,,taught me a lot that old dog had her from86 we went all over hunting ,,

yeh Tomo , when the big C gets them , like most things in life , it norm end of the road for them. I know us lot on here that keep working type bred dogs , that are a working animals that do a job, that both man and dog love, and you miss them that bit more when there good at it . But dog bring pleasure to people in all walks of life , pet or lap dog, worker, they all leave big space when there gone, hope the bloke gets another dog, a nice terrier pup , would be just right and help his mrs get over the old dog .

[brambles 3,411]

I was the same 6th September last year I had to put my old Russell bitch to sleep she was 15 and had a great life but christ it broke my f@cking heart sat in the van and cried like a big Jessie afterwards lol

[jok 3,474]

Well mate. If you can't shed a tear at that time you are heartless. Wonder if it's just us soft Jocks though? Jok.

[Guest Ronny]

Put 2 down in last 2 years.horrible days.like losing a family member.

[j j m 6,626]

very sad times

[northern lad 2,292]

Lost my old Border 12 months ago next month,still miss him every day......devastated the whole family when he went.a necessary evil unfortunately....

[tb25 4,627]

Never easy digging the hole..And then filling it back in..

[bird 10,014]

Well mate. If you can't shed a tear at that time you are heartless. Wonder if it's just us soft Jocks though? Jok.

no mate, it don't matter where you from . I met the bloke yesterday , on my dog walk , he just got his pat x border terrier with him, he was running around with Buck playing . I asked him out it went, he said they put the needle in her, she looked at him then moved her tail bit then, then she was gone .His mrs had to go outside she couldn't handle it. he strong fit lad , does a lot of landscape gardening work. he left the old dog there , went out side to his mrs and then drove the motor , he said to me he had tears in eyes all the way home . he hoping to get another bitch terrier pup soon, so it not just jocks who shed a tear when a dog put down .

[brambles 3,411]

15 year I had her 5 year longer than my oldest grandchild she loved them all and they were the same with her, even after trying to explain what happened to them in an adult manner ended up 3 of us in the kennel tidying her bed away bubbling lol No as said you'd have to be a hard hearted swine not to shed a tear after all there as loyal as the day is long atb

[Kay 3,709]

Its a decision I had to make on 21st Dec,my old greyhound bitch had gone off her back legs , I couldnt see her struggle any longer , the hardest part was the fact she was basically ok other than her legs, eat & drank right up to the end.

 

She came to me via a lad on here, & was a great source of comfort to me when I first separated from my husband, we spent that first Christmas day out playing in the snow .

 

She was like shit of a shovel & the first time I saw her in full flight was the most amazing thing I had ever seen , she was that '' special dog'' we have all owned

 

RIP Madge gone but not forgotten

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Ronny]

Very hard to replace a dog that you have a special bond with .one of mine was 15 .couldn't look him in the eye at the vets.

[Paulnix 426]

Had to put my fathers 12 yr old Springer down on Christmas day, very hard on the old man because the dog was born on same day we buried my mother, truthfully he kept him two days longer than he should of but he couldn't bare to have him put down, cracking dog though and sired a fair amount of pups in his time.

First time I've put one down myself and was a lonely walk back, the wife knew to keep the kids away from me for a while after and while she couldn't really understand how I could until I told her in my opinion its the last best thing you can do for a dog, still it's hardest thing I've done in a long while but sort of glad it was me and not a stranger in the vets.

 

ETA, Kay those are some really cracking photo's, I may steal one for my screensaver

Edited January 6, 2017 by Paulnix

[gnipper 6,894]

It's hard but it's the kindest thing we can do for them when their time comes.