i had to put a pup down today, and didn't think shooting him would fxxx me up like it did. for anybody thinking of doing so to save 50 bucks at the vet-don't.
that's all.
that's all.
don't ever shoot your dog
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wow. sorry to hear about that man. I think it says a lot about your character that you wanted to do it rather than having a stranger do it. Don't let it get you down to much. I don't know the whole story but it sounds like the Dog had to be put down regardless and you did it for your buddy. Sorry.
I stayed in the room when the vet gave one of my dogs (had her for 13 years) the injections. It felt pretty bad, but I wanted to be the last person she saw. Sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss. Hang in there. It will take time.
At least one person who has posted in this thread has stated in the past that that's how they put their dogs down.
You did what needed to be done. There is no "right" way.
Sincere condolences,
Curtis
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all you guys that judge-go fxxx yourselves. my dog needed to be put down. we went where he loved to train and he got do die doing one last retrieve. it wasn't to save money you fxxxing fxxx. i was referring to threads i have read where people have talked about using a 5 cent bullet versus paying the vet. it was the hardest thing i have ever done.
all the guys that actually understand-thanks. the rest of you-get fxxxed.
cjf-why don't you delete it? oh ok.
all the guys that actually understand-thanks. the rest of you-get fxxxed.
cjf-why don't you delete it? oh ok.
Man sorry for your loss....words escape me on how you must feel.
I had a black lab years ago that could look in my eyes and just know what I was thinking and was a true partner, he traveled well, went everyplace, did everything I asked and never left my side. He had the best greeting that was all his own, when I walked in the house he would left his muzzle and just touch his nose in the palm of my hand. One day I came home and he did not great me............I had thought about it for hours and then noticed he was not holding holding himself or his head. The next day he was just not all there, after work he could not get up. I rushed him to Dove Lewis to find out later that he ruptured a disc in his neck and within two days he could not stand, leave his kennel or function. they gave him all the steriods and meds they could and I was faced with putting him down. I took my vacation of two weeks and planed the trip in the middle of the night so that the kids and my better half would not have to see me take the dog away and see me fall apart as I stayed in the truck for hours talking to him until I could make my self pick him up to take him in........
I stayed next to him and the god's honest truth I could not say a word for about week as I was on the edge of just loosing it and going to cry like a baby...It was rough and I am now facing it again with my yellow as she just got old fast. My mother has told me that she would put my yellow down when the time came as she knows just how hard it was for me.
NO FAWKING WAY I COULD
The last picture I have of Riley is of him taking a big ass dump in a sage brush bush in deep snow, the top was poking out of the snow and just had to s*** on a plant, never on grass???? He is looking back at me thinking why are you taking this picture??? Anyway I had it framed and it now sits on my desk, people look at it and just dont get my wacked out humor and the happy memories that pic brings to me as each time I laugh my ass off when I look at it and remember that day.
I adopted a chocolate lab a few months ago and I have to tell you it was the best thing I did, she has bonded to me in a way I just can't believe. I have known her since she was about a year and I got her a few months ago when she was 15 months. It is a good story that I will have to write about some day sone. As most know I am not a "writer" I just plug in a sentance here and there. But here is a pic of "Hurley" her given name.
Shane
I stayed next to him and the god's honest truth I could not say a word for about week as I was on the edge of just loosing it and going to cry like a baby...It was rough and I am now facing it again with my yellow as she just got old fast. My mother has told me that she would put my yellow down when the time came as she knows just how hard it was for me.
NO FAWKING WAY I COULD
The last picture I have of Riley is of him taking a big ass dump in a sage brush bush in deep snow, the top was poking out of the snow and just had to s*** on a plant, never on grass???? He is looking back at me thinking why are you taking this picture??? Anyway I had it framed and it now sits on my desk, people look at it and just dont get my wacked out humor and the happy memories that pic brings to me as each time I laugh my ass off when I look at it and remember that day.
I adopted a chocolate lab a few months ago and I have to tell you it was the best thing I did, she has bonded to me in a way I just can't believe. I have known her since she was about a year and I got her a few months ago when she was 15 months. It is a good story that I will have to write about some day sone. As most know I am not a "writer" I just plug in a sentance here and there. But here is a pic of "Hurley" her given name.
Shane
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yeah man-i feel the crying thing. i cried for 2 hours straight tonight. my head kills.
OregonCruzer
Póg mo Thóin
Whatever the "issue", it sucks to do this. x2 that this is not a helpful statement.
Hang in there, man. Doing it at the vets isn't any easier. I think you did the right thing.
Luckily when our old pup died (Ursa, German Shepherd) she was about 11 and 1/2 and from what we could figure she was walking in our back yard and had just had a heart attack.
We found her laying on her side in the snow, looked peaceful.
I don't think I could ever deal with having to put my own dog down. I feel very much for you man.
We found her laying on her side in the snow, looked peaceful.
I don't think I could ever deal with having to put my own dog down. I feel very much for you man.
Skillet
Skillet
Heavy...
Sorry.
Sorry.
NaterGator
On Gilligan's Island
s***, I don't care how you put it; having to watch the vet inject our weimaraner with loads of sedatives during a hurricane was the second most painful thing I've ever had to witness in my life. I held it together as I watched the dog I dog that grew up from memory #1 with me succumb before my eyes, but when I got home and got in bed I bawled like baby. I stayed sad for ~2 weeks and then I got to the point where I could appreciate having a companion like that, but I will never forget my first dog.
Good god, I can't imagine what having to shoot man's best friend would be like; I'd spend $15,000+ to save myself the agony.
Good god, I can't imagine what having to shoot man's best friend would be like; I'd spend $15,000+ to save myself the agony.
What was wrong with the dog?
sorry for your loss. I know a few others that have been there, put them down themselves not only out of respect for the bond, but for the comfort of the animal. My sincere condolences.
