Well that was a craptastic day .

[Plomino]

Our lovely greyhound had to be put to sleep this morning . He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his shoulder , which was highly aggressive , and spread rapidly in the space of three weeks , leaving us with no options other than to let him go . I'm gutted , DH is gutted , and kids are devastated . And just to add to it all , I managed to back into someone else's car whilst taking DS to work . Great . Fucking great .

Our other lovely hound is bewildered , and keeps curling up next to me , nudging me as if to say 'I'm here !' But she's not happy either and keeps looking for him , as she did when we lost our first boy . So I think we're going to have to get her a new dog friend . But today I just feel like howling . Again .

So sorry to hear this. It's so hard. I cried on & off for a week when we lost our boy in November. Never thought I'd be like that over a dog. We lasted 6 weeks before we got another.

Oh gawd, I'm so sorry. 💐

I'm so sorry xx

Oh bless you. I'm so sorry for your loss and the gap that it leaves in your family. We lost our dog 6 years ago and there's not a day goes by when I don't think of him.
Since November however, I've had snuggles with our new pup. He's utterly gorgeous, not the same, but I'm still totally in love. I feel disloyal to our old dog, but I hope he's pleased that we're loving and spoiling another pup even though he did disgrace himself at puppy training last night
Hope tomorrow is a bit easier for you

I'm so, so sorry

Osteosarcoma is fucking evil, we lost our Lab to it in 2014, he was diagnosed on the Friday and we had to make the decision on the following Tuesday. I had some of his ashes made into a bead I wear every day. I am so sorry for your loss .

I have my old dogs collar tag on my house keys- that way, i still get to take him wherever I go. Plus really lucky the other week when i dropped them in town and as my number was on the tag the guy who found them was able to call me and give them back

Ok no! So sorry to hear this. One of our greyhounds is getting on and I'm absolutely dreading it.
You did the most caring thing you could under the circs though. Saving them that pain is no small thing.

Hope you have an easier day tomorrow.

Posted too soon, sorry!

Sorry your going through this. It hurts now but it does get a little easier. I found it easier to get his stuff into the agrage straight away when mine passed so i wasnt continously walking past it- toys, bowl etc. Maybe a bit more difficult with another dog but it helped me.

Sending hugs

Thanks for your thoughts . It's so hard . Every evening I would grumble at him heaving himself onto the sofa and laying right across my knees so I got pins and needles . How I wish I had pins and needles tonight .

We're going to get him cremated , and put him under one of our apple trees alongside my big horse's ashes , so they can be back racing together as they always did - both running together just for the sheer hell of it to see who could get to the water trough first .

That made me cry. He clearly had a lovely life with you and your family.