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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 2:42:20 PM

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Doctor rauhouse thanked me for the card, she really did appreciate it.

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I've always written a little note too. I am a hospice nurse and you don't get " immune " to helping people die peacefully. I am sure that Vets don't get " immune" to euthanizing our beloved pets and seeing our pain as they do it. There must be days they just go home and cry themselves. A little note lets them know how much their work is means and how grateful we are to have them, as not to have to watch our pets suffer.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 2:49:52 PM

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There was a real nice soft blanket on the table for sparky. I was going to hold him on my lap while she did the job then put him down, but she warned he could let go of his bowls and pee or poop all over me, so we left him on the table with his torso cradled head on my shoulder. When I was ready to leave I pulled the end of the blanket up over him kissed him told him to sleep well and slipped out to go on home.

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Brought us to a special room, dimmed the lights and gave Shogun a fluffy mat to lay on. I sat on the floor with his head in my lap. First they gave him a sedative and for 20 minutes or so I cradled him and talked to him. I kissed him and comforted him while they gave him the last shot. Seconds later he was gone. They brought Loki in to see him and say goodbye. I stayed and cradled and talked to him for a while after that but soon realized it was time to truly say goodbye.

It never crossed my mind NOT to stay with Shogun until the end. He deserved nothing less.
I miss Shogun everyday but I am so grateful to have shared this life with him. I wouldn't change a thing.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 2:52:59 PM

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There was a real nice soft blanket on the table for sparky. I was going to hold him on my lap while she did the job then put him down, but she warned he could let go of his bowls and pee or poop all over me, so we left him on the table with his torso cradled head on my shoulder. When I was ready to leave I pulled the end of the blanket up over him kissed him told him to sleep well and slipped out to go on home.

I'm so very sorry for your loss *HUGE HUG*

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 3:00:56 PM

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I kept his collar and his tags, the colalr an tags are both dirty and tarnished just like they were in life, and I am keeping his squeeky toy. one of his fav ones. And I will keep the cedar box his ashes came home in, even if the ashes themself get spready, and we took pictures of us together this morning before leaving, and a picture of him in a happier time will go up too.

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. I am in the process though of getting all my pics of her together. I am gonna make something and frame it with the pics and her fur. Kind of like a memorial. My heart does go out to you. Please give Sparky an extra hug and kiss.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 3:04:00 PM

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Thank you, it was very hard but so worth to see him through his last trial. I've seen him through so much else.

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There was a real nice soft blanket on the table for sparky. I was going to hold him on my lap while she did the job then put him down, but she warned he could let go of his bowls and pee or poop all over me, so we left him on the table with his torso cradled head on my shoulder. When I was ready to leave I pulled the end of the blanket up over him kissed him told him to sleep well and slipped out to go on home.

I'm so very sorry for your loss *HUGE HUG*

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 3:59:50 PM

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blubbing like a baby here; I just knew I shouldnt open this thread!

you showed Sparky the same love at the end as throughout his life; so many animals never get such a friend, humans included

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 4:54:24 PM

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I couldn't read the other posts...Too emotional...I've lost two of my best friends and family members over the years.

Remember your puppy will be afraid and will need you with them. It is such a good way to go...peaceful and painless. They will let you hold them as they go..first a sedative to relax them..and it will too...they will soon be sleeping pain free...secure in the arms of those that love them... You can hug and kiss them...stroke their fur..whisper your love in their ears...let your tears wash away their pain.
Then when you are ready they will inject a drug that will stop that big loving heart. Your puppy will gently slip away....

Now and then when alone I still call my Rosie...remembering the adoring love she gave me. It never fails to put a smile on my face and bring back sweet memories..she will live in me as long as I have breath.

Don't miss this special moment.. your puppy wants you there...what more could we ask for at our death.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 9:15:33 PM

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Hoping that you and yours will get through this difficult time with peace and grace.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 9:38:19 PM

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Sparky wasn't afraid in the end I don't think ,the moment I discovered he wasn't well it was suddenly like ok I can stop trying to be ok now. Before he'd walk and he'd come to me and you know, it was clear he was a little under the weather, but nothing quite so alarming. but when I decided ok you look sick, lets get you seen by the doctor he quit walking so well , and by the end of the evening was as limp as a rag dollie, he just layed there and trusted me to see to him. it was like a switch was flipped. And honestly Iknew when he lay limp in my arms an didn't say a word when I picked him up he didn't feel good. He wasn't one to put up with being carried with out at least a growl or a grunt.

I picked his head up to make him drink water, since even though he was thirsty he just wouldn't drink with out mommy holding him up, and when he was done he'd like almost lay in the bowl.

an we carried him outside to go pee then carried him back into bed, and then hand fed him his breakfast, and he was just my little rag doll. so limp and obliging to mommy picking him up. He'd kiss me every now and then and sigh a bit an sometimes snuggle closer.

I think somehow he was relieved, cause I think he knew I'd take care of him an try tom ake him comfy, and he didn't have to struggle to act like he felt ok.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 9:44:52 PM

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I am so sorry for your loss, and glad that Sparky is not suffering any more, and I know it meant a lot to him to have you there.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 9:45:39 PM

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Our remaining dog Ginger seems to be sad too, she knows we left with sparky and didn't come home with him and she hasn't seen him since, I hope she won't be sad long.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/17/2008 9:48:01 PM

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Yes. I gave him the peace and comfort he deserved after years of being a loyal buddy.

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I am so sorry for your loss, and glad that Sparky is not suffering any more, and I know it meant a lot to him to have you there.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 4:02:15 AM

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I kind of admire you all who can be there when it's time. Back in May 2000, my girl Katrina (Keeshond, such a mild-mannered girl, rescued from a shitty pet store) was diagnosed with liver cancer. Her last night with us I had her up on the bed and I gave her a percocet and tried to comfort her as best I could. I didn't want her to be in any pain. Next day, around noon, it was time. I told my ex I didn't want to know whether she passed in the car or was sent to Rainbow Bridge in the Vet's office. To this day I don't know. I had 13 years with her and that was good.

I'd been avoiding getting another animal companion because I really didn't want to go through that again. A friend of mine has been telling me all this time that I need a dog, because one of my joys in life is going over to her house and playing Hide n Seek and rolling around on the floor with her two Malamutes (these are big puppies. My nic for the guy is Mr. Big Paws (yeah, I know, I'm a softie)). So 3 weeks ago she comes into my house (we have a no-knock policy; we're really good friends) with a little Shih Tzu named Smokey. She gives me this sob story about how she found him wandering around in a ditch, and how his human-mom had just passed, and the people he was staying with couldn't keep him yada yada. What could I do? I was finessed. So Betsy renamed him Smitty and he's become my constant companion. We're still getting to know each other, but he's a good kid.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 7:35:48 AM

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I'd been avoiding getting another animal companion because I really didn't want to go through that again.

I understand your feelings...It took me 5 years before I could even think about another companion. Not only was I afraid of the pain of losing a love one again but I felt getting another dog was somehow disrespectful to the memory of my Rosie.

I'm glad I got over it...even though I did have to feel the pain of death again...I got another 12 years of unconditional love. Now I'm still morning and it will be awhile before I get another...but I will.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 8:40:10 AM

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YourHand, my heart goes out to you. I've had pets most of my 46 years. So many times I've cursed the fact that their healthy life span is so much shorter than ours.

When we moved down here to the farm, we had three dogs. Molly, a sweet, aged black lab that was my son's best friend through difficult teen years. Bella, a beautiful, too smart for her own good, elegant, shepherd mix that went to work with me often, and ruled her domain, as my sidekick, without question. Her presence was so much bigger than her 80 pounds. Then there was Rusty, a huge 110# golden retriever, that was such a gentle giant after his rehabilitation. He came to us already in middle years and brought a comic relief to many days. I will never forget watching my first grand crawling over him, poking baby fingers into eyes, ears and a mouth big enough to fit over that fragile baby head. Or, as a toddler standing on a sleeping, living, big hairy red step to see out the windows to watch the horses. That dog would lay so still with those bony little heels digging into his ribs.

All three of them kept me company through many military deployments, when the guy that lives here at the farm, was gone. They gave my kids unconditional love through their teens when it was very hard to like them, they guarded, they entertained, they frustrated and made me late for work on occasion. Hunting season was guaranteed to lure them down by the river at least once a year to investigate what the deer hunters left. Usually coming back, after they heard the tone of my voice change when calling, stinking to high heaven, requiring an instant bath. All in all, three of the best dogs of my life.

All three are gone now, first Molly whom I chose to euthanize rather than put her through the hell of beginning treatment for diabetes. She was an old dog that had been severely tramatized before I adopted her and would not have dealt with the ongoing vet stays well at all. Bella died in midstride, running in the yard chasing a rabbit one frosty morning. I was so devastated by her loss it still brings tears to my eyes 4 years later. Rusty was also euthanized due to cancer. Three dogs gone in three consecutive years.

I believe in quality of life. My pets give me so very much. Taking Molly and Rusty in to be put down was awful. Comforting and holding Molly in her fear of the vet's office, and both she and Rusty as they slipped away.........so hard. But it was my way of repaying them for all the difficult times they comforted me and my family. The joy and love they gave. The smiles their memories still give.

There are three different dogs here now. Each as special in their own way. Someday their time to go will come and it will be just as painful. I hope I will be there with them to cry in their fur and thank them for the joy and love they give me every day.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 8:47:53 AM

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I feel your pain, and currently just had my best buddy (a 14 year male cat) diagnosed with diabetes. He is on insulin and doing well, but also has kidney disease which I'm sure will take its toll eventually.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 8:50:34 AM

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It is the last chance you will have to say goodbye and to comfort him, or he you. the one thing I have learned in a long line of pets..they say thank you not only fr the life you gave them, but for that last blessing of a peaceful passing and promise to wait for you on the other side.

My sorrow for your loss.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 9:32:35 AM

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YMHA,

I am completely teared up right now - I am so happy you were with Sparky at the end, and I'm sure he's waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge chewing on his bone.

Speaking as a former vet tech that's had to give the injections, and as one who has lost two furry friends of my own - it is always heartbreaking to let them go, but it's the most selfless thing we can do, to say goodbye to our fuzzies when their lives are no longer worth living. I know that your vet must be hugely appreciative of the lovely note you wrote.

You may want to get your other puppy a playmate - after my kitty Trips passed away, I wasn't going to get another kitty for awhile until I realized that my other kitty Morgen was terribly lost without a companion and snuggle friend. I inquired at my vet's office and a week later brought home two kittens - Reggie, my hugely affectionate orange monster and his brother Thomas, the mobile globe - otherwise known as FatFat. Morgen adopted them as her own, and even though they're now twice as big is she is, she snuggles and grooms them every night.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 10:50:15 AM

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I'm not going to be afraid to get a new animal. However I know I am barely making it finacially sometimes, and sometimes Daddy aint even close to making it with only 3 or 4 bucks left before payday an it's weeks away, and his job isn't doing well enough to give him more than part time.

And the 1 or 2 k debt that careing for my baby, over the last year while he got older, racked up isn't even half gone yet, and I've got new debt to pay for this last round of care, I'm thankful for my dad who put the 200 dollar "go to sleep" fee on his credit card. I sure couldn't have afforded it. I am also grateful that I never closed the credit card account I was days away from closeing, or I wouldn't of been able to afford the initial 350 dollars for the ekg and bloodwork to find out why he was so sick.

plus 3 k for the new bed we bought before all this sickness business started.

So I know I have no right or business signing up for more finaicial responcibility right now, or anywhere in the near future. Pets are a LOT of money, and while worth it, I won't sign on for something I know I can't afford now and on down the road in the future. It wouldn't be fair to the lil guy or girl, and it certaintly wouldn't be responcible of me. Plus we have Ginger, and she's going to be enough for me for quite a while.

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RE: tomorow we take sparky tp be put to sleep - 10/18/2008 11:55:11 AM

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I'm so sorry you had to let Sparky go. I let my Sophie kittie go on Friday too. She would have been 20 years old Nov 8th. I haven't gone out to bury her yet today. I will soon but I really don't want to. I'm putting her under my cherry tree. She's the first pet that was ever just mine. Her long fur was a beautiful black that took on a sable brown cast in the sunlight.
She had been in the hospital since Monday and wasn't progressing. I held her in my arms when they used the IV line for her last shot. It was peaceful for her. I'm so glad she is out of her pain.

I hope the knowledge that Sparky isn't in pain anymore comforts you. I hope all your good memories of Sparky will give you peace.

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