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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
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Iz normally just likes 2 chew on da chikenz bonz...
In all seriousness, some great posts here recently, especially about pets getting older and people having to make that tough decision. I have raised 3 dogs in my life so far and have sadly had to put 2 of them down, both before their 9th birthday. Cancer, in both cases. First time was when I was 12 and man, was it traumatic.
But the second time was for my purebred black Lab Scoobie and in some ways, far worse. Best, big dumb, all play no obey dog ever. Drove my grandmother and great-grandmother crazy - he always wanted to play and would do laps around the kitchen/living room/dining room. I was around 21 when we had to put Scoobie down - yeah, I was full of myself, brimming with piss and vinegar, charged with the invincibility [and stupidity] of youth and I thought it wouldn't hurt as much as it did when I was younger.
Man was I wrong.
I only wish we had helped out Scoobie a earlier - we tried a couple of surgeries, but they only prolonged the inevitable and actually reduced the quality of life for Scoobie in those last few months. I don't regret much in life, but I do regret not pushing my family harder right from the beginning when Scoobie started to decline noticeably. I can still remember what I perceive to be pain in his eyes near the end and that he was begging us to help release him.
I learned one lesson from that - as tough as it is for us to let go of our pets, sometimes its absolutely the best thing to do. They will never tell us how bad they hurt....That's only one reason why we love them so much I think...
EDIT: And @Stitchawl, indeed that is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard...
