The house seems so empty without him
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I had to have the big old boy put down yesterday and thought I was dealing with it very well until just now. I was doing a cheese salad and some cheese fell on the floor so I picked it up and just expected him to be sat there waiting for just such a chance to get a free nibble, I had to throw it in the bin what a waste.
He was 9 years old and was diagnosed with mouth cancer 7 weeks ago, it had gone to his lyphnodes and further so it was just a matter of time. I decided I couldn't watch him struggle eating and drinking anymore he could only drink from the garden tap.
Never again.
Oh dear, i'm so sorry to hear that. We have been there before and I know it hurts. We have an old 15 year old German Shepherd cross who keeps surprising us, but we know we are on the last lap with him and dread the day we have to let him go.
Edited by CatherineJ on Saturday 26th September 18:43
k that!" and flooring it right past. No wonder the kids look dejected. "Dad, were gonna need a bigger bus"Mr Green said:
.I picked it up and just expected him to be sat there waiting for just such a chance to get a free nibble, I had to throw it in the bin what a waste.
Yes - I feel your pain brother.7 years later and anything that lands on 'The Dog Shelf' aka, the floor, I still half expect a dog to be there first.
Mr Green said:
Never again.
Exactly what we said. Its taken us this long to just about thinking of a visit to the dog's home to have a look for another possible adoptee.Its strange how family dogs always seem to be just in your peripheral vision - that takes a bit of getting used to too.
Chin up fella - I bet he had a great innings.
My dog has been fighting cancer too, thankfully she's been given the all clear now but I still worry about the day it comes back, if it does.
And she's also taken to running away every single time we let her outside. Keeps running to other houses along our road, but this is a busy B road and she has no road sense.
Chin up fella. He's not in any pain wherever he is now and he has an endless supply of cheese 
I've done it and will have to do it again when the time comes. Can't imagine it ever gets any easier. You just have to think of it as the last decent thing you can do for a very dear friend.
Sorry to hear that fella. I had to have my dog Benny put to sleep New Years day this year, he was also 9 it absoloutly broke my heart. He got out his basket one evening and just fell to the floor, had some kind of stroke and couldnt move, rushed him to the vets and they did tests, he improved a little but not much and the decision was made, the most difficult one I have ever and probley will ever make. Not a day goes by when I dont think about him and stuff he used to get up to and mischeief he used to get into. I too expect him to be there as soon as I drop tit bits in the kitchen, he was like a rocket, there before it hit the floor.
CommanderJameson said:
The best cure for the grief caused by losing a dog is to get another one.
almost. The best cure for the grief caused by losing a dog is to never have just one dog - if you replace the dog you lost with another one, you don't have an immediate attachment, it's like saying you can replace your mother with any random old woman.if you have just one dog, wait for the grief to calm down, then find some really deserving mutt at the dog home - not a cute pedigree puppy, but a really deserving mutt that needs a home.
to the OP - RIP, that sucks, I've lost two dogs and it can really hurt.
Mr Green said:
Never again.
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