We've had our wonderful greyhound for 9 years and tomorrow he will say his final goodbyes. I am devastated as he's always been my shadow. He would sit with me while I worked and accompany my on lovely walks both alone, with DH, and especially DD as a baby, toddler and now child.
I am not sure how I'll cope. He's my baby and I'm in agony at the idea of him not being here anymore.
He developed subcutaneous haemangiosarcoma at the start of the year. He had surgery to remove it in Feb but it came back in April. He had chemo to slow the growth from May until now, which gave him a lovely final summer, but the tumour is now fairly large. He is still happy pootling about though. On Monday I spotted what looked like an ingrown hair or boil, and the vet and I were concerned it was starting to form an ulcer. It has grown quickly in the past two days and looks like it must be painful, although he doesn't show it. I don't want it to burst and him be in agony so we made the decision for euthanasia while he's still feeling OK.
My poor love, I will miss him forever.