Losing a pet is one of the hardest and most emotional things to experience...yet

[jasonluckydog]

I lost my dog on Tuesday he had a tumor on his brain stem..

 

 

some will remember the thread I started when I got him, Fuzz will remember.

 

 

Angus was a great and healthy dog for 2 months then it all went downhill and fast, I spent thousands and was sleeping 4 hours a day the last few months of his life. I wont go into all the details but he needed around the clock care for his safety. 

 

 

 

I would have done this for 8 years if I had too, I loved that dog. I was in a depression state and kept this private his neurologist said he could live for another year or longer, Angus did not need to be put down.

 

Then Angus started doing great in his treatment then literally out of nowhere he declined fast and hard so I had no choice but to put him down.

 

I swear A 100000X I will never get another dog again and go through this heartbreak again but I see that not lasting..

 

RIP Angus.

 

This was taken 3 weeks ago 

 

 

 

[the butch]

This is the very debate I have with myself when I'm considering getting a dog.

[jasonluckydog]

This is the very debate I have with myself when I'm considering getting a dog.

the pain is horrible no doubt but I would do it again.

[Jangler]

Sorry to hear about Angus, JLD.

 

I was never really a cat person, but I got a blue tip himalayan in 1993. Bestest sweetest cat ever! She got sick and had to put her down in '96. Still haven't gotten another pet, so I understand why you feel you like you will never get another dog. 

[jasonluckydog]

my better half wants another bulldog badly she has already contacted a breeder who lives in town.

[Shufdog]

I'm sorry man. I have a VERY old dog in declining health right now, I know the end is near for him. I honestly don't know how I'm going to react when the time comes. That has to be one of the toughest decisions that a person has to make!! I'm sorry!

[Porn Shop Clerk]

sorry bro

 

[88 Bronco]

I can sympathize. I had to put my dog down a few years back and it was one of the worst days of my life. I took about a week off from my life to morn. I have gotten other dogs, but I will never forget Hank. If you do decide to get another one, don't expect to replace Angus.

[ladypanther]

So sorry. Your dog was lucky to have such a devoted owner.

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[Anybodyhome]

I remember when you got Angus from the SPCA. We lost our lab three years ago and our chow/shepard last June. Fortunately we knew and planned ahead, although it doesn't make it any easier.

 

I thought I was okay until our vet sent us the annual winter solstice pet remembrance invitation. She puts a tree in the office lobby and invites all of her customers who lost pets to a gathering to say a few words about their pets and hang an ornament on the tree. Gabrielle "Gabbie" lived a full 17 years

and was the most laid back, easy going dog I've ever known.

 

Nonetheless, we did get another dog, "Chief," about 6 months after losing our lab. He was the best ting to happen to Gabbie. We're convinced he added another year or 2 to her life. She was always looking out for him and he was always keeping an eye on her.

 

The wife wants another dog, but Chief travels really well and taking care of one is a lot easier than 2. You can usually show up with one dog somewhere... ot necessarily 2.

 

RIP Angus- and remember all the good times you had together.

 

 

 

[Goondal]

Very sorry to here it man.  The hardest day of my life was when I had to put my cat Carmen to sleep.  I was nine years old when I got her and it was just after my twenty-ninth birthday that she really went downhill.  She had been to the vet for a check-up about six weeks earlier and we had talked end of life stuff.  He told me to think of three things she loved doing, when she stops doing them then it is time.

 

At the time she was still full of life, in no pain and doing all the things she loved.  Then is a span of just a few days it all went downhill.  Afterwards the vet said when he had looked at her lab results on her last visit he did not know how she was still alive, that it was as if her heart did not know when to quite.

 

She used to always wink at me when she was happy.  I still remember twice in those final minutes, once when I carried her into the vet's office and once right before she was injected her looking up at me and winking, it was as if she knew.  She was just five months short of turning twenty.

 

To be honest, I only remember crying twice since, I do not even know when.  Once was when the Red Sox won in '04 and the other time was on that day, and I cried like a baby.  I am actually on the verge just writing this.

 

RIP Carmen and RIP Angus, he was lucky to have you.

[thefuzz]

JLD, sorry to hear man.

 

When I put my bully down was one of, if not the hardest decision I have ever had to make, to this day I tear up when I think about him.  

 

Just remember, they aren't meant to last.... far too much love in them to be around for as long as we are.

 

I have yet to be able to get another one, just too much pain from the last.

 

Good luck, I don't get emotional/cry about much in my life, but he is the one thing that I am not ashamed to break down about.  And there is nothing wrong with that.

 

 

[Creepster]

sorry about your loss JLD - souunds like Angus got lucky when you found him.  Unfortunately not all dogs and cats get blessed with such a good caretaker.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Lost a dog and cat to cancer in a span of six months once. It's tough but pets are the best thing ever. Currently have a 14 yo cat and a 6 yo bulldog. Love those guys.