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Had been preparing for it for a while...putting my dog to sleep...

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I had been prepping for this for a long time, but it was still much harder than I ever thought possible.

I bought my dog when he was 6 weeks old, picked him out at 3, and put the deposit down. He was 40 days shy of his 11th birthday when I had to make that decision.

That dog never once got boarded, and never spent one night outdoors. He was a companion and friend to me for 1/3 of my life.

He went everywhere with me, either asleep in the back of my SUV or on the very tip of the bow of my boat.

His legs were failing him, and he had started to lose muscle mass this week....at least that's when you could start seeing it. Vet said that his heart was no longer strong enough to pump at a rate to keep him active, and the muscles were atrophying. I could keep him alive, but it would not be a great life, actually it would have been horrible for him, and selfishly I considered it.

I made the choice after laying on the vet office floor with him in my arms for about an hour. His eyes were telling me that he was tired, but would fight if I wanted him to.

I ran next door to the C Store and grabbed some chocolate and vienna sausages and he had a great last meal.

The vet came in with a sedative so he wouldn't be nervous when the poison was injected, and he and I laid together on the floor for another 15 minutes together. The sedative was making him calm, but he was still very awake. She came in with the needle and as she was prepping him to be able to inject I felt him stop breathing. The heart was so tired that all he needed was the sedative to let go.

He died in my arms, and never had to be given the poison.

I have never cried like that in my life.

Sorry for the rambling, he will be greatly missed.

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sorry man for your loss, I teared up reading your post,.. I never want to experience that pain again but what do I do get another dog and enjoy the 10-15 years I can with him.

It took me a year to get over my weim's death they said it would be easy but I still miss my boy and talk to his urn all the time.

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Sorry for your loss. Any of us that have had pets that were more than pets - that were family - know what youre going through. All the best.

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