This past weekend has been one of the worst weekends ever in my life. Hunny Bear has really suffered and if I could go back to Friday afternoon, we should have put her down. However, neither my wife nor myself was ready to say goodbye and we thought we were doing the right thing. I think it is obvious that I got little sleep and I had to move HB into the living room and stay with her so my wife could get some sleep. We are less than 9 hours away and I am finally at peace with this, but I will never ever forget her and I will probably never get over losing her.
Very sorry to hear about this, Manny. Over the past two years we lost our 14 year old Dachshund, 15 year old mixed breed dog, and just a few weeks ago our 17 year old cat. It's incredibly difficult. We have no pets now, but will probably adopt a couple this summer. Very hard and sad times. Stay strong, Manny.
Hang in there bud. Take peace in the fact you gave that special lady the best life you could. I know she was lucky to have such a great Dad.
having to make those tough decisions for our pets is never easy. Thoughts are with you and your family. Sorry for your loss.
She went across the Rainbow Bridge yesterday afternoon and is no longer in pain. I miss her so much and will never get over her!
I'm so sorry for your loss and I know the pain very well. I've just made the hard decision to put down our 18 years old family cat Sampson last week. He was in stage 3 kidney failure and we couldn't bare to see him suffer any worse then it is. I went to pick up his ashes and paw print yesterday and I was crying like a kid on the way home. We already miss him soo much.... Just hang in there knowing shes in a better place now and that you'd given her the best and most loving life shes ever had. I'm sure she appreciate and loves you for that. Grieve as much as you need and that time will heal all.
Yea...beautiful dog. Tough loss. I hope you stayed with her until she was asleep (the first shot) to see her off. It's a hard thing to do but necessary imo...versus not being there for it (which is also hard). I couldn't stay for the second shot. As time goes by, you will blunt the trauma of going through what you just went through with the good memories taking over. You did the best you could. That's what a responsible pet owner does. We know she had a good life just from how you write about her. I'm definitely teary-eyed now. Please tell us some good moments or stories about her if you wish. It could help your grieving process and I'm interested in what she was like.
Yea, I did stay for both shots along with my son-in-law. I will share some good stories about her later this afternoon.
