When a pet dies...

[#1hoosierfan]

I am so sorry for the loss of your handsome pup.

 

[tazdev3225]

I lost my furbaby 26 days ago and I still look for her every day. As hard as it is you did the right thing.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I'm sorry for your loss. It's difficult when you lose a pet.

 

[MinnieLovesMickey12]

I know how you feel. I had a Doberman (Dallas was his name) for 9 years and he got very ill and we waited until he was very bad before we finally put him down. He had gotten heart worms even though we gave him heart worm preventative and even the vet didn't detect it until it was so bad he was passing out every time he would get excited. He started falling down and urinating on himself.

Driving him to the vet that morning was the hardest drive of my life. I cried all the way there. My ex husband (husband at the time) wouldn't do it. He refused to do it. So I had to.

I took him in and the vet came in the room and got him. Unfortunately they only took him right around the corner into the next room to put him to sleep and for some reason he resisted the medicine that was suppose to kill him. He started breathing very hard. I could hear him. They ended up having to give him a second shot to make him finally go. But I heard all of that.

Then a minute or so later the vet walked back into the room to tell me it was over and he had my dog's collar in his hand. When he handed me that collar I lost it. I was inconsolable. I am crying right now just retelling it and it has been almost 20 years ago.

I stayed in bed for a week crying. Until I lost my own mother it had been the hardest thing I had ever gone through in my life.

For years I swore I would never have another dog as long as I lived because I just couldn't go through that again.

But after time you eventually do want another dog. And now I have my best doggie friend in the world. My Jack Russell terrier RILEY. He sleeps with me every night and he is only 2 so maybe we have a good ten or twelve years left with him.

I didn't mean to hijack the thread, sorry. And I am sorry for what you are going through.

 

[Tozzie]

And now the house just feels so big and empty.

We had to put our labx down yesterday. Milhouse was such an awesome dog- NO...member of the family. My heart hurts. DH and I are both pretty torn up over it. Poor guy...his hind end simply stopped working. He had been dealing with some spinal/nerve issues for the last 2 years. His hind was weak and he'd lost the ability to always feel when he had to go #2 (sometimes it would just fall out of him if he couldn't feel the "urge"). But he was getting around fine and happy.

While I was away at a horse show, DH called me to tell me that Milhouse couldn't get up. Couldn't walk. Had seemed to have lost all functionality in the hind end. one leg was completely dead, without any sensation. The vet saw him immediately and we tried prednisone, thinking maybe there was inflammation of a nerve somewhere...but the decline in his physical state was rapid. He was in so much pain. Couldn't even lift his head. It broke my heart.

So we helped him across the Rainbow Bridge. 9 1/2 amazing years with that wonderful dog! From the day we found him as a 3 month old puppy, sitting in the middle of the road next to the carcass of his dead mother...

I miss him so much.

The day we brought him home:


And all grown up:

I am so, so sorry, I lost one of my cats 2 weeks ago right before I went on vacation, it is devastating when you lose a pet.

 

[momof1princess]

And now the house just feels so big and empty.

We had to put our labx down yesterday. Milhouse was such an awesome dog- NO...member of the family. My heart hurts. DH and I are both pretty torn up over it. Poor guy...his hind end simply stopped working. He had been dealing with some spinal/nerve issues for the last 2 years. His hind was weak and he'd lost the ability to always feel when he had to go #2 (sometimes it would just fall out of him if he couldn't feel the "urge"). But he was getting around fine and happy.

While I was away at a horse show, DH called me to tell me that Milhouse couldn't get up. Couldn't walk. Had seemed to have lost all functionality in the hind end. one leg was completely dead, without any sensation. The vet saw him immediately and we tried prednisone, thinking maybe there was inflammation of a nerve somewhere...but the decline in his physical state was rapid. He was in so much pain. Couldn't even lift his head. It broke my heart.

So we helped him across the Rainbow Bridge. 9 1/2 amazing years with that wonderful dog! From the day we found him as a 3 month old puppy, sitting in the middle of the road next to the carcass of his dead mother...

I miss him so much.

The day we brought him home:
http://s120.photobucket.com/user/Jennasis1/media/milhousefeb04-14.jpg.html

And all grown up:
http://s120.photobucket.com/user/Jennasis1/media/Milhouse2.jpg.html

So sorry for your loss. We lost our beloved basset hound in May. He had also lost the use of his hind legs, and we had to let him go.. He was my baby, and my heart aches for him every day. I still can't bring myself to visit his grave.

 

[momtotreasure]

Aw, I'm so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful sweet baby!

 

[Kay1]

Milhouse was a very beautiful dog while he was with you on Earth. Now he is a beautiful angel dog who lives in your heart and in Heaven.

God bless all of you. I'm so sorry for your loss. I pray the passage of time will ease your pain.

 

[Kay1]

I know how you feel. I had a Doberman (Dallas was his name)
Then a minute or so later the vet walked back into the room to tell me it was over and he had my dog's collar in his hand. When he handed me that collar I lost it. I was inconsolable. I am crying right now just retelling it and it has been almost 20 years ago.

I stayed in bed for a week crying.

My Jack Russell terrier RILEY. He sleeps with me every night and he is only 2 so maybe we have a good ten or twelve years left with him.

I didn't mean to hijack the thread, sorry. And I am sorry for what you are going through.

What a rough experience. I'm terribly sorry. I'm glad you found Riley. My dearest friend's daughter's dog is named Riley, too.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm so sorry. It truly stinks when you lose a beloved pet. They all go way too quickly.

 

[ugadog99]

I'm so sorry.

 

[minkydog]

Awww, I'm so sorry. We went through almost the exact same thing with my old Minky. Even though I knew it was coming, it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I thought I would never get over it, and it did take me about 18 months. I know you will grieve Milhouse's passing in your own way. and here's a hug

 

[BenbowInn]

What a sweet looking boy!

So sorry about your loss. We have two dogs, two rats and a cat so I understand the love and loss of a pet. ((Hugs)))

 

[Pooh93]

I am so sorry. Such a handsome boy. Our fur babies leave us all too soon.

 

[Jennasis]

Thank you all so much. So many of you seemed to have had the same unfortunate thing happen to your dogs (the loss of hind end function). We knew he had something wrong (a bulging disc or something, pressing on the nerve and causing the poop issues and lameness), but the sudden onset of total hind paralysis was shocking! The last night he was with us he cried all night, and he screamed anytime we tried to move him. We all slept (Me, DH, Milhouse and Lilly our other dog) in the downstairs spare bedroom so he wouldn't have to be alone...and there was no way we could carry his 100lbs upstairs to the master bedroom where he usually slept at the foot of the bed.

On the last day, as we prepared to head to the vet, I offered Milhouse a "cookie" (a piece of chocolate chip granola bar). He LOVED treats. Especially people food. He was such a good boy...even with his crippled legs...his front legs had become completely stiff (the vet said there was a word for this but that it was related to his loss of hind end function)....even with his crippled legs he STILL tried to give me his paw for the treat.

Such a good boy.

 

[auntmeme7577]

I know what you mean about giving you his paw. When we had to put our lab down he kept trying to get up to comfort me because I was crying
They are such special angels
God Bless and comfort you

 

[SLP958]

I am sorry. That empty house feeling is so tough.

So glad you had this sweet dog had such loving parents.

 

[Viva Las Disney]

I went through this a few months ago with the death of my 14 year old minpin due to kidney failure. It's shocking how the loss of a dog can make a house feel big and empty. The pain has passed but I still miss my dog everyday, they truly are a member of the family.

 

[DznyCrzy11]

Thank you all so much. So many of you seemed to have had the same unfortunate thing happen to your dogs (the loss of hind end function). We knew he had something wrong (a bulging disc or something, pressing on the nerve and causing the poop issues and lameness), but the sudden onset of total hind paralysis was shocking! The last night he was with us he cried all night, and he screamed anytime we tried to move him. We all slept (Me, DH, Milhouse and Lilly our other dog) in the downstairs spare bedroom so he wouldn't have to be alone...and there was no way we could carry his 100lbs upstairs to the master bedroom where he usually slept at the foot of the bed.

On the last day, as we prepared to head to the vet, I offered Milhouse a "cookie" (a piece of chocolate chip granola bar). He LOVED treats. Especially people food. He was such a good boy...even with his crippled legs...his front legs had become completely stiff (the vet said there was a word for this but that it was related to his loss of hind end function)....even with his crippled legs he STILL tried to give me his paw for the treat.

Such a good boy.

Reading this made me cry. That's exactly how Bubbles was the night before she passed away, she kept crying out. We just stayed with her and tried to comfort her. My mom passed away in 2007 and I felt the same exact way as far as emotions go. They really do become part of the family. Just know that Milhouse was well take care of.

 

[hereyago]

He was a handsome dog, so sorry for your loss.