Moparmat2000
I'm Awesome
Our black lab retriever mix passed last night. He was 12 years old. I kept telling the kids this past year , y'all need to love on him, he is at the end of his life. At 4pm I noticed him stumbling around, couldent stand up, and he couldent hold his bowels. Grac and I carried him out to the backyard and set him on the grass. She sat with him, I called my wife told her what was going on and that originally he was doing 19 respirations per minute, and she needed to get home quickly. I checked when we got him outside and he was down to 12 per min. I told Grac, you need to love on him. This is the last time you will ever have to do this. So we sat and talked to him and petted him. She wanted me to call a 24 hour vet. I told her, Grace , Bo is dying. There is nothing that a vet can do for him. Just love on him, pet and talk to him, let him know we are here to comfort him. I told her, he is in the backyard grass where he can see the sky and smell familiar smells in his yard. He knows we are here. Nobody should ever die alone, not even pets.
He was down to 6 breaths per minute, and very very shallow breathing. Wife bolted from work, got held up at a damn rail crossing, and got home too late. My oldest daughter got there just as he passed. We took him to the vet this morning to get him cremated and put in an urn like I did for my dog Sadie Girl a little over 2 years ago. First time since 2006 I am dogless. Hows it feel? Weird and empty. Cat was crying and looking for him. We put him in the garage on his bed and covered him up last night until we could take him to the vet this morning. We took her out there to see him. She nudged him with her head and he didnt move like he normally would.
Will I get another dog? Probably not. Sadie was my best friend and sidekick for 18 years. Putting her to sleep while holding her was the worst for me, because she was seriously hurting and suffering. Ditto for watching Bo slip away while sitting and petting him, but somehow I dont feel as bad, because I didnt have to make that hard decision to end his life, then wonder and second guess in hindsight if I made the right decision . God did that for me, and took him home. The night before he ate all his food and was pretty normal, and the day he died he was a bit lethargic in the morning but nothing really out of the ordinary for his age. When he went, it went down hill quickly. Like within 2 hours. Heres the thing, you love em like they are your kids, because in a way they are like your kids except better behaved. When they pass, it's just waaay too hard.
He was down to 6 breaths per minute, and very very shallow breathing. Wife bolted from work, got held up at a damn rail crossing, and got home too late. My oldest daughter got there just as he passed. We took him to the vet this morning to get him cremated and put in an urn like I did for my dog Sadie Girl a little over 2 years ago. First time since 2006 I am dogless. Hows it feel? Weird and empty. Cat was crying and looking for him. We put him in the garage on his bed and covered him up last night until we could take him to the vet this morning. We took her out there to see him. She nudged him with her head and he didnt move like he normally would.
Will I get another dog? Probably not. Sadie was my best friend and sidekick for 18 years. Putting her to sleep while holding her was the worst for me, because she was seriously hurting and suffering. Ditto for watching Bo slip away while sitting and petting him, but somehow I dont feel as bad, because I didnt have to make that hard decision to end his life, then wonder and second guess in hindsight if I made the right decision . God did that for me, and took him home. The night before he ate all his food and was pretty normal, and the day he died he was a bit lethargic in the morning but nothing really out of the ordinary for his age. When he went, it went down hill quickly. Like within 2 hours. Heres the thing, you love em like they are your kids, because in a way they are like your kids except better behaved. When they pass, it's just waaay too hard.
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