Best Friends

[sweetwater]

It's a tough decision to put one down. My last lab Ben had liver failure and was getting bad quickly and I tried what the vet recommended and nothing really helped. So one day I had to put him down. I told the story before on here....Ben was my birthday present, 14 years later on my Birthday I had to put him down. A few months go by and I want another Black Lab so I found a Breeder who had English Black labs (stocky with blockheads) and we talked. She had two black males left and I said I'll take either one. As we were talking about paperwork and what the process is to register him with AKC she said he was born on May 20th. Yep my birthday! I told her the story and she said if ever a dog was meant to be with an owner it was me. It's a cool story for sure but I will say all dogs I have called my own have led a lifestyle of a human. Goes to work with me, swims with me, enjoys so many things like freedom and love that some dogs never experience. Since he is with me so much he listens and constantly looks at me to read me. Most dogs do this but like kids we all think our pets are special.

Maxx a few years ago.

Black labs are such wonderful dogs, they are like a little puppy in a big dogs body. I have an indoor cat that has a mass surrounding his liver right now. I've had him for 12 years and he is such a good pet. He had been losing weight for several months but he was eating like a horse. We took him to the vet thinking diabetes at the worst. After looking at the xrays the vet explained what the problem is and recommended we just take him home and spoil him. That's what we're doing now but it hurts to watch him steadily decline. He doesn't seem to be suffering but cats are very resilient animals and it can be hard to tell what's going on with them. We are enjoying everyday with him like it might be the last. One of these days we know what is inevitable but that knowledge only seems to make it worse. I plan on having him cremated so I can take him with me where ever life may take me.


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[DJD]

Black labs are such wonderful dogs, they are like a little puppy in a big dogs body. I have an indoor cat that has a mass surrounding his liver right now. I've had him for 12 years and he is such a good pet. He had been losing weight for several months but he was eating like a horse. We took him to the vet thinking diabetes at the worst. After looking at the xrays the vet explained what the problem is and recommended we just take him home and spoil him. That's what we're doing now but it hurts to watch him steadily decline. He doesn't seem to be suffering but cats are very resilient animals and it can be hard to tell what's going on with them. We are enjoying everyday with him like it might be the last. One of these days we know what is inevitable but that knowledge only seems to make it worse. I plan on having him cremated so I can take him with me where ever life may take me.


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That is such a sad time when you have to let them go and I feel your pain being in that situation with your Cat.Those poems and letters hit me in the gut every time. When we put Ben down.....We buried him next to Nikki another Black Lab that he was close with, she died about 6 months before he did.

[kygorski]

My lady wanted a small puppy type dog. So we got a cairn terrier shitzu mix. 21 pounds of pure energy.She spoil it rotten, when ever its time to bring mama home from the hospital she's there with me. While joyce is gone, she mopes around, usually whitin arms reach.Its sad because I'm sort of alergic to the dander, but, sometimes during the night, I find myself using her for a pillow. I pull the seat up and she is the co-pilot.

[sweetwater]

That is such a sad time when you have to let them go and I feel your pain being in that situation with your Cat.Those poems and letters hit me in the gut every time. When we put Ben down.....We buried him next to Nikki another Black Lab that he was close with, she died about 6 months before he did.

I know what you mean about those poems. I've read the rainbow bridge thing many times and it still brings tears to my eyes every time. Is it not a strange thing how we can hear of human pain, suffering and death every time we turn on the news and sometimes it affects us with little more than a raised eyebrow, then when we lose a pet we can mourn for months on end without feeling any better about it. I don't know about you but when I think about that I get a case of the guilts.