When do you know it's 'that' time?
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CAPP0 said:
Well I'm not up to writing a long post right now, but DuffDog is finally chasing celestial squirrels 
She suddenly got massively worse at about 11.30, I called the vet and asked them to come immediately, and Duff went as peacefully as she could have, all 36kg of her curled up on my lap and in my arms, out in the garden she so loved, in the sunshine.
More from me another time.
Aww poo - I said to myself I'd hold it together over this She suddenly got massively worse at about 11.30, I called the vet and asked them to come immediately, and Duff went as peacefully as she could have, all 36kg of her curled up on my lap and in my arms, out in the garden she so loved, in the sunshine.
More from me another time.
Cappo - just be happy that Duff is now out of all pain and chasing cats like a puppy
Well today I finally knew
Jaz was put to sleep an hour ago and it is the most peaceful I have seen her in quite a while.
She never lets anyone touch her feet/legs, but she was happy to let the vet shave her leg and administer the drugs - I think she was ready to go and find some peace.
She was out in seconds, lying in my arms and I do not think I have ever seen her look so comfortable in a very long time.
I have cried a few buckets worth this morning but am now surprisingly calm, if empty. I absolutely know that I did the very best for her and will treasure every moment of the nearly 17 years we were friends.
See you on the other side Jaz and god help the squirrels on the other side
Jaz was put to sleep an hour ago and it is the most peaceful I have seen her in quite a while.
She never lets anyone touch her feet/legs, but she was happy to let the vet shave her leg and administer the drugs - I think she was ready to go and find some peace.
She was out in seconds, lying in my arms and I do not think I have ever seen her look so comfortable in a very long time.
I have cried a few buckets worth this morning but am now surprisingly calm, if empty. I absolutely know that I did the very best for her and will treasure every moment of the nearly 17 years we were friends.
See you on the other side Jaz and god help the squirrels on the other side
CAPP0 said:
Ah no Gary, really sorry to hear this. Even though you knew it was on the horizon, it doesn't make it any easier, does it. But as everyone always says, you have absolutely done the right thing. Maybe amidst the sadness is a small comfort in knowing that Jaz hasn't got any aches or pains or scares or discomfort any more.
Take it easy, give yourself time to come to terms with your loss. Great pic to sign her off with, if that helps at all.
Thanks Cappo - that really means a lot! Take it easy, give yourself time to come to terms with your loss. Great pic to sign her off with, if that helps at all.
ali_kat said:
Oh Gary, I've been thinking of you & Jaz all week, but was too scared to bump the thread again 
. My heart was in my mouth as I opened it, praying that someone other than you had bumped it.
My deepest condolences
But you know that you have done the very best thing you could for Jaz after 17 years of devotion, it is the greatest gift you can give to your best friend.
I posted this on FB yesterday for a friend, it was his Mum's funeral & she left this planet in the same place my Mum did It applies to pets as well as human loved ones, I hope it helps
Ax
The immediate personal and most agonising grief begins about three days after the death of a loved one and holds hard from 4 to 6 weeks most cases.
Time then welds one state of human feeling into another until they become something like a rainbow; strong grief becomes a softer more mellow grief; mellow grief becomes mourning; mourning at last becomes remembrance - a process that may take from six months to 3 years and still be considered normal.
Stephen King - Pet Sematary
Thanks for your kind words Ali (and to all of you) - reading them has started me off again down the teary road! . My heart was in my mouth as I opened it, praying that someone other than you had bumped it.My deepest condolences
But you know that you have done the very best thing you could for Jaz after 17 years of devotion, it is the greatest gift you can give to your best friend.
I posted this on FB yesterday for a friend, it was his Mum's funeral & she left this planet in the same place my Mum did
It applies to pets as well as human loved ones, I hope it helps Ax
The immediate personal and most agonising grief begins about three days after the death of a loved one and holds hard from 4 to 6 weeks most cases.
Time then welds one state of human feeling into another until they become something like a rainbow; strong grief becomes a softer more mellow grief; mellow grief becomes mourning; mourning at last becomes remembrance - a process that may take from six months to 3 years and still be considered normal.
Stephen King - Pet Sematary
That's a lovely piece from Mr King - if a little unexpected from that film which still gives me the shivers
I know Jaz is, at last, at peace and that is the most important thought that I'm clinging to right now.
I've just been shopping and everything, including my driving, is being done in slow motion - I feel a strange mellowness, which I assume is a profound sadness, that I have not felt before. I am focusing on every great moment we had together right now and can even smile at some of the crazy things she used to get up to. It is, however, going to be a long day today.
Thank you to everyone for your kind thoughts - it really does mean a lot.
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