Very sorry to hear your sad news. So glad you are at peace with your brave and compassionate decision. It's the toughest time, and your beautiful boy was clearly very much loved.
yes I have been preparing myself for some time and thanks for all your kind comments. its something we all get but its hard to verbalise it. thanks again. I going out to run round the park x
So sorry to hear this. I am sure Douglas loved you very much and was comforted by your compassion at the end of his Life Well Lived xx
I'm so glad you can feel this way about it. That's just how I felt with my old lab. It's the hardest decision we make and yet at the same time the easiest because we love them. Douglas was obviously a wonderful dog and brought you lots of fun, laughter and love. I hope midge gets back to her old self quickly and Rory is ok and I hope you can just keep smiling at the memories.
I am so sorry to hear this. I have loved sharing Doug's life with you through the forum, he will be sadly missed. It is the last great thing we can do for our dogs, to be with them on their onward journey xx
its ok in the house and the other dogs are doing well. Midge keep getting into Dougs bed and looks a bit sad about it but they are eating and doing normal things. They played ther ususal morning silly game while their breakfast was got ready and Midge did a sneak off yesterday on her walk. Im being very attentive and careful but so far she's doing well. She has a strong bond with her Toy boy Rory and its definately helped. Rory is stressed and has been doing thngs like jumping up and being a bit silly but I'm just being calm and understanding. My OH got back from the huge family wedding down south he was very upset what had happened and sad he wasn't there but had stopped off in Stoke to buy some choccy bones for the dogs. Such a tough uncaring man ha caught him! Midge was very pleased to see him. I'm glad his last memories of Doug were him OK and happy, glad he didn't see him so hurt and distressed. I'm glad it was just me Doug and the Vet it ment all my energy went into comforting my Dog and it was the last thing between us a private thing between us. The weird thing is the house is so quiet. So still, no Douglas noise. No happy morning wuufs no silly barking no strange old gentleman bottom squeeks. And the expecting to see him in his usual place and my brain almost filling in the details to creat the image. The no happy wuufs is the killer though didn't notice them so much when he was here but now they're gone I miss them
strange thing is I feel a bit sad but mostly i feel almost victorious if you get what i mean we got him through so much so many times and still had a lovely little walk and enjoyed playing right up until the day before he died. He was happy and that just makes me smile and all the things he did make me laugh. He died after his breakfast obviously being a lab but he did eat it with the same gusto he always had. It was quick he was himself till the end and i made sure it was easy for him. I could really cry but the smiling at happiness he gave just stop me
