Worst Week ever
Discussion
My Border Collie, Flint, has suffered from epilepsy for around 4 years now. On Tuesday he had some fits, which he then repeated on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and today, each time getting worse. He had given up and was not fighting it any more. We knew this day would come, but he was always such a fighter that we thought he could make it to old age. He didn't even look ill.
Today we made that difficult decision and at 3pm the vet came over.
He's not even been gone 3 hours and my life feels so much emptier. He was only 6 1/2 and so he should have still had over half his life to go. He had a fit just after the vet administered the sedative (sedative is given before put to sleep drug), thereby confirming that we were making the right decision.
RIP Flint. You will be missed.
Today we made that difficult decision and at 3pm the vet came over.
He's not even been gone 3 hours and my life feels so much emptier. He was only 6 1/2 and so he should have still had over half his life to go. He had a fit just after the vet administered the sedative (sedative is given before put to sleep drug), thereby confirming that we were making the right decision.
RIP Flint. You will be missed.
Sorry for your loss.
It's the hardest decision to take because of the trust they have in you, but it's a day that comes. One you never forget, but the pain does ease.
I took our lab, with whom I had grown up since infant school days, on her last trip to the vets on Boxing day of my second undergrad year at uni. It was just old age and heart problems, and the old girl had given up. She knew.
I'm now an old fart with pension not far off, and I can see her face everyday even now. I swore we would never have another dog because of the heartache but here we are with a 2 year old Golden, filling that hole in my life that forgotten was there.
Today is raw, tomorrow morning will still be raw. It gets better.
It's the hardest decision to take because of the trust they have in you, but it's a day that comes. One you never forget, but the pain does ease.
I took our lab, with whom I had grown up since infant school days, on her last trip to the vets on Boxing day of my second undergrad year at uni. It was just old age and heart problems, and the old girl had given up. She knew.
I'm now an old fart with pension not far off, and I can see her face everyday even now. I swore we would never have another dog because of the heartache but here we are with a 2 year old Golden, filling that hole in my life that forgotten was there.
Today is raw, tomorrow morning will still be raw. It gets better.
So sorry to hear your sad news. I know how hard it is to have to make that decision, I have gone through it many times now but it never gets any easier and I invariably end up bawling my eyes out all the way home from the vets. Unfortunately working hours prevent me having a dog at the moment but I am sitting here surrounded by 3 old rescue cats who I adore and wouldn't want to be without.
Thanks for the kind words. He was my first dog. Still got a Springer here, however she is a lot quieter (and smaller) than he was so we are already noticing.
Then there are all the little things... We just had to change our shopping order as we no longer need the cheap bulk packs of ham for his pills.
We have also realised we have 60Kg of food. The Springer (5yrs old) being so small does not need as much food, so it will take us ages to go through it all. In future we won't be bulk buying to save money (sometimes £50) as she won't be getting through all the food.
It also seems weird not doing anything now. 7am, 9am, 3pm, 9pm, 10:30pm was pill time where he would wait at the fridge. After 6pm he expected me to take him out down the road for his toilet, every hour or so. He would not go in the garden if I was home. If he wanted attention and you ignored him, he would find a bit of rubbish on the floor and bring it to you so that he got praise.
All these silly little things I will miss. I will also miss him lying on the floor next to my chair when I am working and he is not out walking (I work from home a lot).
Although our Springer was in the room when he was put to sleep, I think that because he had a fit as well she didn't realise that he had been put to sleep, so I guess she will start missing him in a day or 2. She has seen him have a lot of fits this last week.
Struggling to hold it together every time I think of him.
Then there are all the little things... We just had to change our shopping order as we no longer need the cheap bulk packs of ham for his pills.
We have also realised we have 60Kg of food. The Springer (5yrs old) being so small does not need as much food, so it will take us ages to go through it all. In future we won't be bulk buying to save money (sometimes £50) as she won't be getting through all the food.
It also seems weird not doing anything now. 7am, 9am, 3pm, 9pm, 10:30pm was pill time where he would wait at the fridge. After 6pm he expected me to take him out down the road for his toilet, every hour or so. He would not go in the garden if I was home. If he wanted attention and you ignored him, he would find a bit of rubbish on the floor and bring it to you so that he got praise.
All these silly little things I will miss. I will also miss him lying on the floor next to my chair when I am working and he is not out walking (I work from home a lot).
Although our Springer was in the room when he was put to sleep, I think that because he had a fit as well she didn't realise that he had been put to sleep, so I guess she will start missing him in a day or 2. She has seen him have a lot of fits this last week.
Struggling to hold it together every time I think of him.
Oh I'm so very very sorry to read this. You made absolutely the right and kindest decision for dear Flint
I remember you discussing his condition in the past.
Many will know what you are going through me included (no doubt you have seen posts of mine mention my Jimmy whippet!). It is never ever easy, no matter their age but you feel so robbed when they are young. I had never lost a four legged friend at a young age until Jimmy, it was hard to accept. I'm afraid 3yrs on I still struggle with it but I still know we made the only decision for his welfare and that I don't regret, in time you will realise the same but it will still be hard.
You will eventually remember him with a smile not tears but not yet and that is normal
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I remember you discussing his condition in the past.
Many will know what you are going through me included (no doubt you have seen posts of mine mention my Jimmy whippet!). It is never ever easy, no matter their age but you feel so robbed when they are young. I had never lost a four legged friend at a young age until Jimmy, it was hard to accept. I'm afraid 3yrs on I still struggle with it but I still know we made the only decision for his welfare and that I don't regret, in time you will realise the same but it will still be hard.
You will eventually remember him with a smile not tears but not yet and that is normal
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