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27-06-2008, 05:40 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: U.S.A. Kansas
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| |  How Do I Put A Pet Down?
The companion from day one for a decade. She pisses herself, lays around unaware... She hurts. How do I end it without being selfish? I cry as she gets up to walk tonight and falls. She has for months. |
27-06-2008, 05:48 PM
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When I was a kid, we would take them out back and shoot them. It was hard. But it had to be done. I suggest you go to a vet and consult with them. The few dollars it may cost are worth it if you ask me. If they have a painless way for your pet to die with dignity, all the better. The way we did it is not dignified. |
27-06-2008, 05:53 PM
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Thanks CJ for being blunt. I would be lying if I said I did not post hoping for a magic bullet so to speak. Just she has been here twice as long as PTSD has been effective. I cried so hard tonight holding her tonight as she is acting as she is leaving me very soon, scary. I am 34 and she has been here since 23. |
27-06-2008, 08:12 PM
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Veiled,
I know how hard it is to put your pet down, but in the end it's the humane thing to do.... *hugs* |
27-06-2008, 08:30 PM
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Veiled, I wasn't saying it to hurt you. I'm sorry if it did. |
27-06-2008, 09:35 PM
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I hurt for you and have been here, so I know. All I can tell you is that it IS the kindest thing you will ever do for her.
I can also say that SHE will let you know when it is time. She will look into your eyes and into your soul and then you will know. Have you ever heard of the rainbow bridge?
If not, google it. Your answer is there. Praying for you and I'm here if you need me |
27-06-2008, 10:02 PM
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I'm so sorry veiled. It's hard to see our pets suffer. When I have had to put them down, I never felt selfish--on the contrary, I think it is the final, most loving act we can do for our pets, to let them slip painlessly from a difficult life. Vets will let you hold them and talk to them as they are euthanized. It's awful, it's horrible, but if they are suffering, it's the most compassionate thing we can do.
I'm thinking of you. |
28-06-2008, 12:50 AM
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Hi Veiled,
In April our cat Monty was showing signs that he wasn't well, he had lost weight, and passing lot's of urine ect ect..He was 16yrs old.I became more and more anxious about is it time or not..what is the right thing to do...was I just giving up on him...but I had to come to some decision and had to do something.I rang the Vet and she said to bring him in. He was alot sicker than I realised. He had multiple problems, one being kidney disease.The vet was so compassionate,I stayed will she put him to sleep.
Veiled, prior to seeing the vet I felt that I was being selfish, but now I know that it was the kind and compassionate choice. |
28-06-2008, 01:23 AM
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Vieled,
This is a hard and painful time... Thoughts and prayers are with you and your pet.
Tachiku |
28-06-2008, 02:08 AM
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The humane socity offers this service in an injection. All vets do too, but they can cost $300 to do it. I would think that because the humane society is non-profit, they would be less expensive.
I am going to get my cats cremated and put with me and my husband when we are cremated. Maybe the cremation place could recommend a caring vet who will come to the house and do it.
Either way, we all will be crying with you. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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