Found my dog in the pond today

[Remal]

my mums dog (and mine before I left home a few years ago) Jasper, 16YO on tuesday went missing on Wed. Had to get his body out of my mums neighbours pond today. been driving everywere to find him in the local area, posters every were, phoned dogs home, RSPCA etc.. but nothing

a very sad day for me too, sorry to brighten up your day. just needed to get it off my chest

cheers Matt W

PS amazing how you get attached to bloody dogs eh

[Zod]

My first dog was called Jasper. Went missing just before his fourteenth birthday. We found him at the Vet's. He'd been hit in the hindquarters by a car. 19 years ago and it feels like yesterday.

[Remal]

Hope this feeling goes away quick. Not a good feeling. thought I would be better but..........


well I don't

[tobeee]

Sorry to hear that Matt. Never nice to lose a pet, especially one you grew up with.

[F.M]

Sorry to hear that matey..

[Remal]

a bitch eh

[JoolzB]

Remal said:

a bitch eh

Not a nice way to end your search but at least he had a good innings, 16 isn't a bad age for a dog and if you missed out on the dog getting numerous problems with age etc then at least it avoided any suffering, easy for me to say but chin up lad.

[Remal]

The thing is he was getting old and age does not come along. I know I manage a residental care home.

He was alsmot blind, getting def, bad legs etc and we were going to get him put down after his 16th birthday.

Just in our minds he went in pain not in .... you know the rest

just seemed it was his choice not ours, just wished we had more say in how he went.

[gorvid]

Sorry to hear this....

You never needed to feel the 'guilt' of having him put down though....

I doubt it was a painful death.....

[UKBob]

Remal said:

The thing is he was getting old and age does not come along. I know I manage a residental care home. He was alsmot blind, getting def, bad legs etc and we were going to get him put down after his 16th birthday. Just in our minds he went in pain not in .... you know the rest just seemed it was his choice not ours, just wished we had more say in how he went.

I did my part today, pulled over and 'encouraged' a st bernard to get out of the road, taking him to the first house I saw. The owners of the house recognized the dog as belonging to a neighbour from further down the road (busy main road) and took him in. As I was leaving, I saw a someone running down the street looking rather frantic - apparently he had escaped (the dog not the neighbour).

So... at least you found him. My mothers cat was run over last year and she didnt find out for weeks. Either way its sad, but the 'not knowing' was the worst part of it for her.

[Remal]

we know but hope he was not in pain when he went.



poor bloody dog

[UKBob]

Remal said:

we know but hope he was not in pain when he went. poor bloody dog

I know But at least he had a good innings.

[petros]

My sympathies. Know how you feel, my kitten has been missing for 2 days now,bloody pets,

[Remal]

UKBob said:

Remal said: we know but hope he was not in pain when he went. poor bloody dog I know But at least he had a good innings.

true. But still makes you think. the worry, pain and hope they were not in any at the end

[blindswelledrat]

Really sad mate. I can guess how you feel!

[Remal]

Thanks for all the nice replys.

cheers guys

[Nick P]

we lost a cat a few months back....we found him at the side of the road soon after he had been hit....he was still alive and we had to take him for 'putting down'...that was hard to do......and bloody expensive

[john75]

Really quite hard loosing pets after a while you tend to think of them as part of the family I remember when I had a pet goldfish die.

[Remal]

nice one

[Andy Mac]

Sorry to hear. It's like losing a family member.