Tomorrow is going to be one of the most difficult days I have experienced in my life..
My companion, my best fur friend and the 5th member of our family is going to be PTS.
After lots of discussions with vets, behaviourist, charities and owners of the same breed, as a family we have come to the decision this is the only option but it doesn’t make it any easier.
Being my dog from before my relationship, I’m finding this harder than my partner. I got my dog at a very difficult time in my life and he’s been there as emotional support through some really difficult personal times, without even knowing it.
At 4 years old, he’s still a young dog but unfortunately his behaviour has been gradually getting worse over the past year and he’s now bitten quite badly, before now we have been trying to help with training and it’s just been growling/jumping and being nervous of people other than me, but this attack was completely random and unprovoked. I’ve recently had a baby so it’s not possible for him to stay with our family anymore and I feel it’s irresponsible to rehome him to someone else when his behaviour is so unpredictable. I have phoned every charity, rescue centre and the only people that would take him is a last chance rescue where he would be kept in a kennel for the remainder of his life.
Im struggling with the idea of putting a “healthy”dog down, regardless of his behavioural problems and living with the guilt of doing this to him. It’s happening tomorrow but I feel sick about it.
any words of wisdom on how to deal/cope with a loss of a pet and the trauma of being there was he’s PTS