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My lovely dog passed this morning

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TheJazzSinger · 08/06/2025 17:47

I can’t breathe for the crying & the grief I’m feeling.

She had a brain tumour and went downhill very very quickly. We had a wonderful kind and caring vet and she passed so peacefully in my arms, I felt her last breath on my face.
im so full of grief that I’m questioning if I did the right thing. I’m being horrible to myself and I can’t help it, my head is so full of thoughts. I’m dreading tonight. My DP goes away to work tonight so I will be so alone.
I had her from a ball of fluff and she was here for 9 years and 9 months.

i just don’t know what to do.

Sorry for rambling

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TheJazzSinger · 08/06/2025 21:48

LadyWiddiothethird · 08/06/2025 19:25

It’s beyond heartbreaking losing a loved pet.Our cat died this morning,he was about 17,having my 45 year old son sobbing in my arms was just awful.He went downhill rapidly last night and my son stayed with him.

Remember how much you loved your dog and how much she loved you.I have been out once today and coming in was horrid,I expected the old lad to be on the couch meowing like he usually did.I have an elderly dog still and the thought of losing him is unbearable.

The price we pay for loving our pets,but they are so worth it.

I’m so very sorry. I remember my Ds (in his 30s) howling down the phone to me when his DCat had a fatal heart attack in front of him. Such a dreadful harrowing noise.

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TheJazzSinger · 08/06/2025 21:54

Houndmumma · 08/06/2025 18:01

So sorry for your loss but sometimes saying goodbye is not only the hardest thing, but the kindest thing when they’re so poorly.

We lost our elderly pair in the last 18 months and it hurts so much. Feels like a part of me went with them. But you need to remember the happiness & joy you had together. We’re shortly getting a new dog but needed at least a year to process the loss of our previous two. Any new dog won’t replace or make their loss any easier, but we know we have love in our hearts for another little soul.

You’ll find it hard for the next few months, it does get more bearable with time, so just be kind to yourself and if you want to cry, cry. The raw grief does slowly pass and then you start remembering all the happy times. Take care x

Thank you for your wise words. We will get another sweet soul, I only work 10 hours a week so I have plenty of time to give, live by the sea etc… but missing my girl is just hurting me so much at the moment, my head is spinning.

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SupposesRoses · 08/06/2025 21:57

It sounds like you have given her a wonderful life

Somuchgoo · 08/06/2025 22:02

My condolences. Losing a pet is so hard :-(

You didn't just do the right thing, you did the only fair thing.

My child was diagnosed with a BT as a toddler. She's mostly ok now, but it's taken years of recovery, and she was very fortunate in that it was a type that wasn't aggressive. But HUGE surgery, complications, years of physio, prolonged rehab.

And in the weeks before she was diagnosed she was sad, hurting, clingy, emotions all over the place.

We don't know what dogs feel, but it's not a leap to suggest doggy was feeling similar.

Your options really were potentially huge neurosurgery, from which doggy might never fully recover, and that doggy wouldn't understand, and depending on the type of tumour, possibly died anyway. Or do nothing, and it would have gone past how my little one was into genuine suffering until either a long death or a stroke. It would have been horrific for you and your dog.

Even if curable with surgery, I wouldn't put a beloved pet through what my child had. They don't understand the future like we do, they wouldn't understand why their brain didn't work properly, or why they were unbalanced, couldn't run etc.

Giving doggy the chance to die without too much pain, without the pain getting really bad, is the kindest thing you could ever do for your dog.

lolly07766 · 08/06/2025 22:06

I can barely read this thread.
We lost our beloved German Shepherd last September, it was heartbreaking. She died at home but not peacefully, I think she may have had a seizure or something. She was coming up to her 13th birthday, she lived a great life and was very much loved, but I miss her every single day.
Sending you hugs 🌹

thismummyslife · 08/06/2025 22:15

I’m so, so sorry to read this. But you truly did the right thing for her and you were so brave for her. She left this earth in her humans arms after a life knowing she was truly loved and she wouldn’t have changed a thing. It’s one of the hardest things for those of us who have the joy of having a dog in our lives. Time does heal and she will always be in your heart. In a better place now, and I’ll say again, you did the right thing x

TheJazzSinger · 09/06/2025 00:11

lolly07766 · 08/06/2025 22:06

I can barely read this thread.
We lost our beloved German Shepherd last September, it was heartbreaking. She died at home but not peacefully, I think she may have had a seizure or something. She was coming up to her 13th birthday, she lived a great life and was very much loved, but I miss her every single day.
Sending you hugs 🌹

Oh, goodness, I’m so sorry. It must have so upsetting for you and your Ddog. The sudden unexpected passing was something I was also very scared of.
I know we were “lucky” in that we managed (with the help of the kindest vet) to enable our Ddog to have a peaceful passing.
I am very sorry that you didn’t. Sending you much sympathy on the loss of your lovely Shepherd, she was a grand age.

I feel a massive part of our grief as animal parents is not knowing what to do, it seems guess work so much of the time. She looked so peaceful at the end that I actually asked the Vet if he was absolutely sure that she was so poorly…he said “German Shepherds are big noisy boisterous dogs who love running, swimmimg, playing. Your lovely pet has done all those things and she needs to sleep now. Look how calm and rested she is now, you’ve done the absolute best by her”
A really compassionate, kind man.
And he was right, she’d had a smashing life, got up to all sorts of mischief, had tons of love, ate too many treats, pinched a whole cooked chicken, ate a dozen eggs and the box, and now it was sleepy time.

Goodnight, sleep tight my beautiful girl.💔

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