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  • #102
    aonb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭aonb


    Smilerxxx, as Kylith said, you WILL know when its time.
    My poor old boy was diagnosed with a growth on his liver, but was in great form, still eating and happily pottering about. We had a great few weeks with him, appreciating every moment we had him, knowing it was borrowed time.

    He started to slow down very quickly, and once he stopped eating, we KNEW we had to let him go.
    He started to LOOK at me with a look, like Kylith described... my boy too used to come to me for help when there was a problem - bone stuck in his teeth, thorn in his paw etc etc - he knew I would help him when he was ill - that stare and that look told me it was time.

    You cant let your boy suffer, you will know when its time to take the final step - for him....


  • #103
    Santana Gray Metronome
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Santana Gray Metronome


    kylith wrote: »
    Thanks for your kind words everyone. Tegan passed in the vet's at lunchtime. It took longer for the sedative to take effect than it should have because her abdomen was so swollen she couldn't lie down. She went very quickly and with no pain or struggle once the needle was in. We wrapped her in her blanket and have buried her in the back garden.

    I'm so sorry to hear this.


  • #104
    Inexile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Inexile


    Kylith - sorry to read about your little dog. Its so sad to lose them.

    Smiler - I hope you have some more time with you fella but are able to let him go when the time is right.

    On a slight off point - when deciding when is the right time to let your dog go you also have to consider can you nurse them if they have a terminal illness. For many its not possible to do so as with work commitments you simply cannot be there all the time and when you are away you worry about them. In such circumstances it may be kinder to let them go a little bit earlier than you wish.


  • #105
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    I took Rani up to bed with me last night. She wasn't sure about going upstairs because the last time she did I wasn't there and she wound up locking herself in the bathroom. A few treats coaxed her up and once she realised her bed was there she was happy to settle down for the night after having a sniff around and eyeballing the 'other' dog that lives in my mirror. There wasn't a sound out of her all night, which was a huge relief for me and for her too I'm sure.

    My parents will give me the 'you're mad' lecture when they find out, I'm sure, but for what time she has left I'd rather be mad with a happy dog than 'sane' with a stressed one.

    It still feels like Tee is going to walk in from the kitchen any minute.


  • #106
    Pretzill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Kylith I have been following this thread hoping all would be ok with Tegan, so sorry for your loss - your story particularly brings it home to me because I had two sibling dogs who were together for 14 years when my girl passed it was quick she had liver disease and we had to pts and her brother was watching on as she faded within a week before - but he didn't seem affected by her passing - she was pts in the vets and cremated.

    It wasn't until about a month later we had to bring him to the same vets for a check up - he had slowed down considerably since his sisters passing - when we entered the vets he perked up, running around, sniffing etc ... I thought (probably wrongly but it gave me comfort) that he sensed his sister had been a there - he got a second wind after that with help from new pup and lived a year after his sibling. I cried for a week when my girl died and unapologetically so - when my boy passed it was expected and I coped better - still miss them both but smile about them now and all the joy they gave me for such a large part of my life.

    It will get easier for you and Rani.


  • #107
    smilerxxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 472 ✭✭smilerxxx


    I let jack go today...fly over the rainbow my old man. I'm forever in your debt. You've no idea what you've done for me.

    I'm so sorry kylith xxx xxx big hugs


  • #108
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    smilerxxx wrote: »
    I let jack go today...fly over the rainbow my old man. I'm forever in your debt. You've no idea what you've done for me.

    I'm so sorry kylith xxx xxx big hugs

    So sorry for you smiler. You did the best thing you could for him, and he'll have known that. Big hugs to you, and be good to yourself. Don't be afraid to cry if you need to.


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