My best friend (dog)....gone.... Not a person, but man's best friend.... Dear (Up), I am afraid that BeBe is not doing at all well. She has been on i/v fluid therapy continuously since Thursday morning, but despite this her kidney function tests have not improved. I have just completed another blood test, and the results are still very bad. She is in a state of renal failure which is irreversible. She is not in pain, but is effectively intoxicated by the build-up of urea in her bloodstream. She won't eat,so I have been feeding her a high-energy supplement in the form of a paste. Please let me know your thoughts on this, but I really feel that it would be kindest at this stage to put her to sleep. I am sorry to be giving you bad news on your vacation, and I hope that otherwise things are going well for you. Kindest regards, (doctor) This is not what I wanted to read in my email this morning. My poor dog.... This hurts, it really does. Well, my pup lived a good 15 years, I just hate this had to happen when I was gone. Man..... Yeah, I know that the dog had a good life and that she is old and her time has come. What hurts me is that I was out of the country the past 6 months and decided not to return during the summer. I really wish I had now, because I would have been there from june to july. Missed the last opportunity to see my old pal. That, and a relative told me 4 or so months ago that my sister had a friend come over and the old dog got all excited and acted like a puppy jumping all over him etc, they said the dog thought he was me for like 10min till it finally realized it wasn't. (he had the same color hair as me etc, and my dog's vision was fading.) That hurts knowing the pup missed me and thought he was me, makes me really wish I had taken the trip back this summer to see her. The dog siter is going to be there for the procedure...damn I loved this dog. RIP Bebe!
Geeze !!! Damn !!! I thought she was a person.... You got to change the title... or SOMEthing. I was relieved rather than sad... .... My cousin died this year, man.... stabbed to death..... by some punk....
Damn I shouldn't said anything like that and hyjack the thread. Pleas nobody say anything like "sorry max14" and such stuff. Just forget about all I said. I know how you all feel... Appreciate it.
Sorry Uprising. It's 6 a.m. here. I'm pretty numb. I just thought it would somehow make you feel better.
Yeah, I know that the dog had a good life and that she is old and her time has come. What hurts me is that I was out of the country the past 6 months and decided not to return during the summer. I really wish I had now, because I would have been there from june to july. Missed the last opportunity to see my old pal. That, and a relative told me 4 or so months ago that my sister had a friend come over and the old dog got all excited and acted like a puppy jumping all over him etc, they said the dog thought he was me for like 10min till it finally realized it wasn't. (he had the same color hair as me etc, and my dog's vision was fading.) That hurts knowing the pup missed me and thought he was me, makes me really wish I had taken the trip back this summer to see her.
I thought I was reading about a person at first ~ sad news none the less Uprising. Very tough to lose a pet like this - RIP.
i'm going to take **** for this. IT WAS A GOD DAMN PET. I know there are alot of pet lovers out there. But man, this is a pet. I know how people can be attached to their pet, which is actually, pretty amazing. But man, I thought this was a person. Look at the way it was written.
Thats tough Up, sorry to hear it. I know how difficult it can be to lose a pet. For many of us they become a real part of the family. Hang in there.
I thought it was a person too... and i'm by no means a pet person... but come on Kam, is it really that hard to see how people can get attached to pets? Personally, I really dislike animals and the idea of pets...but that's just me. I can totally see how others think of pets as part of their families.
I think alot of people underestimate how hard it is to lose a pet. You grow so attached that it really is losing part of the family. I'm sorry for your loss.
Not a pet lover either, but I can see how people might get attached to a pet, it's usually not the pet itself, but the memories that one carries of the places and people and the events one might go through with that pet present. It's similar to how some people might refuse to get rid of a car that they had special memories with; it goes beyond the object itself. With that being said, sorry to hear it Up, at least the dog had a good, long life with a nice family and a nice home.
No, i understand that people are really attached. Maybe i posted it wrong or whatever, but, yeah, I understand that people get attached to their pets really really close. I'm just not that guy though. Maybe, later on in life, I might get me that pet, but I am not a pet guy.
The hardest thing I have had to do in my life up to this point is take one of my dogs to the vet to be put down. You feel like you need to explain to them why you are doing it, but you can't because they wouldn't understand anyway. They just keep looking at you with love and trust, never imagining that you are taking them to their end... it's hard, but for the best. Sorry to hear about your loss, Uprising.
There is a reason why they call dogs "man's best friend". Whenever things are looking really bad or you are at your lowest point, you can always count on your dog to be there for you with his tail wagging. All he or she wants is your companionship - nothing more. I feel for those people who have never had the joy and experience of raising a dog. You don't know what a great friend you are missing! Uprising - hang in there - sorry to hear about it. 15 years is a pretty long time so she lived a good life. You are doing the right thing by putting her to sleep, but I know that doesn't make it any easier. RIP Bebe.
Up Sorry to hear this, it sucks. Its like losing apart of your family and you cant get back in time to say one final "love-you/good-bye." I send my sincerest condolences man.
I don't put a person's life any higher than I do a dog's life. Especially if the dog happens to be your best friend.
Im very sorry, I know its very hard to lose your dog (best friend), my dog died in 2001 and I cried over a week, my dog had 10 years.
