Ddog put to sleep today

Sending a hugs OP. It’s so terribly sad and all so sudden. I truly believe they don’t suffer when they are put to sleep. If he suffered neurological damage that would so much more distressing for him. You did him the final kindness even though that is so hard to bear. I was with my cat last week as it was her time. I’ll miss her forever - last thing she heard was that I loved her.

I'm so sorry xx

Its devastating and SO difficult to deal with, you don't get the understand & support you do if it's a human, but it hurts SO much.

it gets 'less raw' rather than better.

you know you did the right thing for him xx

💐

Forgot to add Rudyard Kipling poem The Power of Dog sums up the grief perfectly.

OP I am so sorry for your loss. You did the kindest thing. It does get better but I needed grief counselling.

We don't deserve dogs only someone who has owned one would understand this and I'm a new dog owner

Someone said that to me and it made me so cross.

I’ve gone through a lot of trauma with a pet these last few weeks. Totally understand your emotions 💐 When I was in the vets they have a helpline for people dealing with pet grief.

PS, there’s a very poignant Pam Ayres poem about losing a dog.
It’s called Tippy Tappy Feet - all too liable to have you groping for the tissues. 😥

Huge sympathies, 💐 I do know how horrible it is.
I know it’s no consolation now that you didn’t make him suffer any longer, but it may help a bit in future.

I just hope no ghastly non-doggy person says, ‘Oh, well, you can always get another,’ as if you’d just had the TV nicked or something. I had that, after losing the dog we’d had for 14 years. 😰

Similar happened to me with my dog. He went from fine to having a massive seizure. I drove him to the veterinary hospital but in all he could have been seizing for 3/4 of an hour. When I got there they managed to stop the seizure but by then he was blind and crashing into things. They said I could keep him in and they would sedate him and give him a MRi the next day. I chose to PTS that night, I knew it was over. So he went from fine to PTS in a few hours. I was in shock. It has happened suddenly to a friends dog too. I'm very sorry for you, it's a nasty shock.

So sorry op. Its a heartbreaking loss. My condolences x

So sorry @redcans . It is one of the hardest things to do. We lost our old girl in February. She was nearly 15 and suddenly started losing the use of her back legs. The look on her face when she couldn't get up was awful. We fed her really well but couldn't get any weight on her. The vet said it was the right time to let her go but I was in bits.
We loved her, gave her a good life and did what was best for her up until the end.
They are part of the family. So hard to lose them. I found this poem when I lost my lovely saint bernard a few years ago. It really resonated.
Take care x

I’m so sorry for your loss, we had to put our cat to sleep on Monday. He was having seizures, it was also very sudden. He was only 2 so a baby really. It hurts so much doesn’t it?

I really hope you are all ok. I’m sure he wouldn’t have felt any pain, our cat was given a strong sedative 1st so was already asleep before the final needle. He wouldn’t have felt it, it’s just so hard going to the vet with your pet and leaving without them. Xx

Am so sorry op I know exactly how you feel as my dog was put to sleep two weeks ago and like yours was pretty sudden.
The pain is horrendous and time is the only thing that will make it easier. Also take comfort in the knowledge that you gave him a great life.
It's so tough (second time for me going through it) Honestly our big fella was half human and such a gentle, beautiful soul.
I'm the sort of person that rarely cries but I've cried buckets.
Thinking of you big hugs x

So sorry OP. They're never 'just' a dog.

Aww, hugs OP. It’s the worst feeling ever, but you’ve done the right thing, the best thing for him. I

I'm so, so sorry for your loss. I'm nearly two years on from losing my boy and it does get better though the hurt doesn't completely go away and it takes time. The pain was horrific and it took longer to come to terms with losing him than it did losing my dad, I think because I know Ollie would have stayed by my side forever if he could, whereas dad hadn't been well and was ready to go.

While it still feels like something is missing and that our home isn't a home without him, the pain isn't intense and I take comfort now in knowing he was loved, I did my very best for him, and that he had a lovely life and I can look back on photos and videos and remember the lovely times we had together.

So sorry for your loss. It does get better with time, but the early days, weeks and even months can be heartbreaking 💔 One day you'll think of him and smile, rather than cry. I lost my old boy 8 years ago, but I still think of him often with happy memories, tinged with sadness that he is gone but grateful for the time we had together.

I’m so sorry for your loss, we lost our dog suddenly 4 years ago, and he was only young so completely unexpected. We cried a lot, and just took things easy. Might be worth checking if you have bereavement line cover on your pet insurance, as much as people tried to sympathise they couldn’t relate, either not having had a dog or they’d only lost dogs to old age. Pet grief can be as strong as losing a family member.
It does get better with time, I can smile when I think of him now xx

You have probably read this before but it's such a lovely way of thinking.

https://www.goodthingsguy.com/opinion/why-dogs-live-shorter-lives/

I’m so very sorry. It’s so painful. But you did the right thing. Think of the lovely times he had with you. 💐

So sorry OP. It's just awful isn't it. Try and take some comfort from knowing you did the best thing you could for him x