My Dog Is Dying . . .

Old boy, I guess it's time to rest those bones for good . . .

Our family dog, Bones is going to doggy heaven today . . . goddam life has been a b**ch this week!!

He's such a sweet, gentle dog; never snapped, or bit anyone . . . he's so gentle, my 1-yr old nephews can feed him treats . . . . he barks when the doorbell rings, and he's massive . . . half yellow lab, half rhodesian ridgeback . . . man, if you have any pets, give them a nice petting for my dog, Bones

I have 2 cats as well, and he was so amped when I came home with them . . . he's like their big brother . . . they lick his head sometimes . . . and when we got them, they would hide, and the only way we knew where they were was because there was Bones, waiting for them to come out and play . . . must have made him feel like a pup again

take care old boy

 

^thanks man . . . I think that's only something real animal lovers understand . . .

 

Bones is 10 1/2 . . . and for a big breed like him, that's actually pretty old . . . but he's in pretty decent health . . . there's nothing visibly wrong with him, and I guess it was a selfish thought to assume he'd live at least 5 more years . . .

he's been coughing and throwing up more and more frequently over the last 2 weeks, and we took him to the vet to learn he's got some kind of ulcer . . .

but they also found a large tumor in his lung . . . and it's better to let him go now than to wait until he can't even move around or worse--not breathe

 

I think I'm gonna leave work early and make him a nice fat steak . . .

 

thanks a lot you guys . . . I'm not trying to make a depressing thread here, just that if you knew this dog, you'd know he deserves a nice eulogy

 

yeah, I don't want to remember him sick . . . they said the tumor is very aggressive . . . and he doesn't deserve to be put through that

 

I know . . . I see him struggling as arthritis starts to set in for a while now, but whenever the thought crossed my mind, I'd shut it out . . .

we have another little dog, and she's seriously like 20!!! We thought we'd have to put her down first, and then this happens basically out of nowhere

exactly . . . my boy is going out on top . . . wouldn't think of letting him suffer . . . he's such a good boy

I don't have any right now, but I'll def try and dig some out, and scan them in . . . what sucks is my family doesn't take a lot of pictures, and the ones we do take are always stored somewhere and forgotten . . .

I drew that pic in the first post of this thread, of Bones though . . . it was for an art school project a few years back . . . looks just like him

 

thanks jag . . . you hit the nail on the head

everytime you get a new pet, it's almost like you're setting yourself up for pain, eventually . . . I almost want to go get a new puppy for the family for Christmas . . .