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Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
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Location: Dordogne

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 10:45 am Post subject: said goodbye to the old dog this morning
Our final visit to the vets. Poor old Ben collapsed on the stair going in and I had to lift him in (he's 33 kilos). We have been working well together to get Ben an extra year or so, but he has come to the end and I owed him that final kindness. So he just went for a long sleep with me holding him. No more pain.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 10:47 am Post subject:
I am so sorry. I feel your pain. xxxxx

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 10:53 am Post subject:
hug and a couple of kindly noses. it is hard but the last kindness is exactly that .

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9891
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 11:16 am Post subject:
the last gift. sorry for your loss

baldybloke

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1388
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 11:18 am Post subject:
Never an easy thing to do. Sorry to hear about your loss.

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 11:38 am Post subject:
That's really hard on you, but you did the right thing. What lovely beings they are. I share your pain. Hugs.

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 11:47 am Post subject:
Sorry for your loss. As you say, no more pain.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 2:19 pm Post subject:
Horrid task but it's our burden to have them with us. So sorry for you all but glad he went to sleep peacefully xxxx

Spruengli

Joined: 12 Jul 2006
Posts: 537
Location: Dorking(ish)

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 15 3:17 pm Post subject:
Very sad for you but the right thing to do.

jettejette

Joined: 01 Jun 2013
Posts: 225

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 15 9:23 pm Post subject:
An awful decision to have to make, but undoubtedly, the right one. So sad for you! X

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 15 9:45 pm Post subject:
Just seen this, awful for you Lorraine.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 15 9:06 am Post subject:

Not so awful. He was a rescue dog - we got him aged 2 from an owner who kept him in a pen outside and fed him kitchen scraps.

He's had a great life with us and has been able, in his later years to sleep all day out on the grass, getting up to welcome visitors and play with their kids.
In the last 2 years he's been on thyroid tabs which have taken their toll. Lately, we knew he had liver problems and arthritis in his spine and legs.
Only in the last month or so did he appear not to be able to deal with life any more, becoming increasingly incontinent and in pain.
The decision was the right one, and after he slipped away I thanked the vet who has been great with him these last years.

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