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[Rachel]

Tomorrow, Tuesday (well I guess later on today), we are putting down my dog Casey. He has lived a very long life, about 14 years, but it is still really hard. He has lost control of his bowel movements (ie, he shits in the house sometimes) and has difficulty standing up and sitting down, his back legs are giving out. My parents are leaving for Mexico next week and then my sister and I are both going out town so they didn't want a)for him to get worse and us to have to deal with this by ourselves and b)to have to pay for someone to take care of him and then have him get worse/die without us there. I am just so upset and don't think it's his time to go :(


Has anyone had to put their beloved pet, dog or not, down?

[karmakiller]

Aw, I know how hard it can be, but in the end it's usually what's best for the animal. Rather than them suffering.

My mom's dog had to be put down a few years ago. I live on a farm, so the vet makes stops out here and he put our dog to sleep and it was really hard on my mom, because she and that dog were attached at the hip.

After she was put to sleep, she was in a little plastic container with her blanket over her and her favorite toy with her. My mom went to go see her and my mom said her name and she woke up. She just about gave my mom a heart attack and the vet had to come back.