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mopinko

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13. the last big favor we do for our buddies.

Sat Sep 24, 2016, 12:47 PM

Sep 2016

so hard to do, but so important. we just cant make them suffer when they start to fail. we cant make it make sense to them, like you could to a person. i cant imagine the horror of them in pain, w no understanding of what the cause is, or what the hope is.

it is a thankless task, so i will say thank you for him.
be good to yourself.

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I'm losing my Jack, [View all] nilesobek Sep 2016 OP

I'm so sorry, nilesobek. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #1

Is his quality of life poor? MADem Sep 2016 #2

He cannot walk walk very good. nilesobek Sep 2016 #4

I'm so sorry for you. 17 years is a wonderful lifetime for a dog. Fla Dem Sep 2016 #5

It's a terrible, terrible thing to have to go through. MADem Sep 2016 #7

I'm giving him a quarter of a tramadol on occasion. nilesobek Sep 2016 #12

:( baldguy Sep 2016 #3

So sorry, nilesobek. femmocrat Sep 2016 #6

I am so sorry irisblue Sep 2016 #8

we love all the pets we have, but there's always that one Skittles Sep 2016 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #10

There's no good answers here Arazi Sep 2016 #11

the last big favor we do for our buddies. mopinko Sep 2016 #13

What an unfair world nilesobek Sep 2016 #14

yes you do and mopinko Sep 2016 #16

So sorry a la izquierda Sep 2016 #15

I'm so sorry. n/t area51 Sep 2016 #17

Update: I took him to the vet this morning. nilesobek Sep 2016 #18

You are not a monster. You did what was best for Jack, not what was best for you. Fla Dem Sep 2016 #21

it's the kindest thing you could do...they leave us too early Demonaut Sep 2016 #23

I had rescued a chocolate lab nilesobek Oct 2016 #29

Your Jack went to sleep on your lap, surrounded and loved by his person irisblue Sep 2016 #24

You gave him a wonderful long life during which Ilsa Sep 2016 #25

Hug shenmue Sep 2016 #26

Very sorry to hear this rumdude Sep 2016 #19

Just went through that recently... lame54 Sep 2016 #20

Just be there when he goes, it's so very hard Demonaut Sep 2016 #22

I want to thank everyone nilesobek Sep 2016 #27

... Skittles Sep 2016 #28

... In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #30