don't ever shoot your dog
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It's never easy anywhere for any reason. Beginning with a pup can be difficult, accidents, training, chewing, etc. The middle of their lives is the best ever. No doubt the end is the worst, a horrible payback for all the time and memories shared. It may seem silly to some but when we put Sydney down I either "grew up" a little more or matured or whatever you want to call it OR I actually lost a part of my life.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
now or then? Ok, that was bad....
I know how hard it is to put an animal down with your own hand......it's a heavy burden to hold, but in the long run you will learn it was the right thing to do.
sounds like you did right by your pal. Condolances. I can only imagine how tough that would be.
If the pup was ill you did it a favor by ending the suffering. You are crying from the emotion you have with the companion. Just rest easy knowing you did what a good friend would do for another in the same situation.
I have a 14 year old beagle I am trying to build up the strength knowing I only have a few more years max with her.
I have a 14 year old beagle I am trying to build up the strength knowing I only have a few more years max with her.
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You are a brave man. I don't think I could ever do that to my baby. I consider myself hardened and tough but my little guy has me wrapped around his paw. I love him dearly. I an so sorry for your loss.
This thread almost reminds me of the T Y L E R cat/barbell thread
my sympathies are with you. sometimes i drift off thinking what i will do with mine and it practically reduces me to tears and i have many years left. im sure he was happy and you did the right thing. i hope you can come to terms with that. i hope i have the man in me to do that when its my turn.
I swore off posting in chat, but I am making an exception here. This one moved me to do so...
Please read to the end, don't assume what I am about to post...
I'm a long term vegan and former zealous animal rights activist.
There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with putting your beloved friend out of his/her misery in a place you choose and in a manner you choose (so long as you get it right the FIRST time so there is no additional needless suffering). The last ride, the last one-on-one time together, the last moment of bonding...nothing can replace that.
There is something a little too sterile and distant to having a vet push the pink juice into your friend and watch their heart slow and stop, at least for me.
In my family, we lost three dogs and one cat to cancer, stroke, etc. in an 18 moth span. (way too much for us to handle in such a short period of time) and each time we had a great vet come to our home to do the deed. That way, our animals were in the comfort of their own familiar environment, did not have to be picked up (painfully) and relocated to a place that often is stressful, full of other animals' stress hormones wafting through the air, and on a cold stainless steel table.
It takes a huge amount of courage and strength to take this solemn responsibility into your own hands. You owe nobody an explanation.
That all being said, YOU will end up suffering more because the sights, smells, etc. burn indellibly in your mind. IMHO the human psyche is not well equipped to process and cope with these traumatic memories. You are experiencing this first hand and I am sorry for you, truly. Be at peace with the fact that you were thinking about what would be the least stressful way for your buddy to go out and took a personal sacrifice to make it happen.
That takes balls bigger than the ones I have, I must admit.
Now, go and get a classy tattoo to commemorate and honor your friend. Seriously. It is cathartic.
Please read to the end, don't assume what I am about to post...
I'm a long term vegan and former zealous animal rights activist.
There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with putting your beloved friend out of his/her misery in a place you choose and in a manner you choose (so long as you get it right the FIRST time so there is no additional needless suffering). The last ride, the last one-on-one time together, the last moment of bonding...nothing can replace that.
There is something a little too sterile and distant to having a vet push the pink juice into your friend and watch their heart slow and stop, at least for me.
In my family, we lost three dogs and one cat to cancer, stroke, etc. in an 18 moth span. (way too much for us to handle in such a short period of time) and each time we had a great vet come to our home to do the deed. That way, our animals were in the comfort of their own familiar environment, did not have to be picked up (painfully) and relocated to a place that often is stressful, full of other animals' stress hormones wafting through the air, and on a cold stainless steel table.
It takes a huge amount of courage and strength to take this solemn responsibility into your own hands. You owe nobody an explanation.
That all being said, YOU will end up suffering more because the sights, smells, etc. burn indellibly in your mind. IMHO the human psyche is not well equipped to process and cope with these traumatic memories. You are experiencing this first hand and I am sorry for you, truly. Be at peace with the fact that you were thinking about what would be the least stressful way for your buddy to go out and took a personal sacrifice to make it happen.
That takes balls bigger than the ones I have, I must admit.
Now, go and get a classy tattoo to commemorate and honor your friend. Seriously. It is cathartic.
after reading some of the posts here you cant argue with the age old saying "mans best friend", I had a 10month pup (felt sorry for him as he was the runt of the litter) that I was training up, could tell he was going to be one fine gun/working dog. Spent hours and hours with him every day for 9months, he some how go a kidney infection (vet wasnt able to shed any light, was both kidneys too) which made him annemic, the vet said feed him red meat and he'll be fine, 2 days later back to the vet, had to be put down, he was in way too much pain with full kidney failure. I was coincidering getting some herbal treatment from the States, but that would have taken 3 weeks to arrive and I would'nt have been able to live with myself for putting him through that much pain for a treatment that may have not worked. That was 12months ago, I still wonder "what if I did this etc", but at the time I felt it was the right thing to do.
I feel for you, I know it is a huge sign of respect to euthanise your own animal, but personally I dont think I would be able to do it.
I feel for you, I know it is a huge sign of respect to euthanise your own animal, but personally I dont think I would be able to do it.
This is what happened to me when I had the vet put down my dog. Dying is part of life, but that was hard because she got hit by a car in the prime of her life. I fxxxed up and didn't fence her in. Sorry Loopy. Haven't been the same since.
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thanks guys. this actually does help.
what i was trying to say through my tears last night is what sheila said in a nutshell. i thought i had the balls, was doing it right, blah blah blah, but in the end it was very hard on me. i almost have some kind of PTSD as i keep seeing him post gunshot. that disturbed me. i've done it to elk and deer without a blink, but this fxxxed me up. i would never do it again. having said that, i don't think it is ever easy....needle or bullet.
oh and noah-when i was typing this thread, it was the only time i chuckled last night, as it also reminded me of T Y L E R and the cat. humor is the best medicine for me right now.
thanks dudes.
what i was trying to say through my tears last night is what sheila said in a nutshell. i thought i had the balls, was doing it right, blah blah blah, but in the end it was very hard on me. i almost have some kind of PTSD as i keep seeing him post gunshot. that disturbed me. i've done it to elk and deer without a blink, but this fxxxed me up. i would never do it again. having said that, i don't think it is ever easy....needle or bullet.
oh and noah-when i was typing this thread, it was the only time i chuckled last night, as it also reminded me of T Y L E R and the cat. humor is the best medicine for me right now.
thanks dudes.
Listen, I'm not trying to kick you while you're down, but didn't you accuse hunters on this board of being "fxxxing bambi killers" in another thread not long ago?
See the highlighted sentence in the quote above my last post.
Dude, there's a time and place for this...IMO, this is NOT the time. Cut the guy some slack, he just lost his best friend and pretty mentally fawked up right now!
Sorry about your pooch. If you need to talk to someone, go do it.
Fair enough. I'm done. Sorry for your loss.
