I had to bury my bud today
 

Well, today I had to do the last two loyal tasks a pet owner ever has to do for thier buddy. I had to put my yellow lab Kegan down today. I then buried her under her favorite tree by the garden. That sucked. Gonna miss her. I'm really not looking forward to the telling the kids after school. RIP Keegs.

My condolences, it's been a little over a year since I had to bury my best friend.

Sorry to hear this.

Dogs are good people.

Sorry to hear it. Hope the kids don't take it too badly.

I have a near-11 year old yellow Lab. I'm not looking forward to this eventuality.

My condolences. I still get teary eyed thinking about when I had to put my cat down and what led up to that decision.

Best wishes, tooge.

Sorry to hear. We're still mourning the loss of our beloved cat over Christmas.

In March it’ll be two years that I had to put down Phoebe the Jeep dog.
Hardest thing I've ever had to do, I still get choked up thinking about it.

Terrible to hear.

I'm very sorry.

I love my lab, Noel, I can't imagine putting her down.....I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Glad she had such great memories for you though. Hang onto those. Our family has an ornament for every animal that we've had that we hang on the tree each year. And we always have to tell a memory about him/her. It's a great tradition. And we cry every time.

right of passage
for the adults and the kids

Very sorry to hear, Mr. tooge. We're close to the end with our lab, too. It's going to be difficult.

Condolences.

FAX

Sad to hear tooge. It's always hard to do that. No one ever realizes how much a pet means to us until the day comes to make hard decision.

I've been there. I feel for you bro. I didn't have to put "Duke" down, but I found him after he picked a fight with a pack of coyotes. It's hard to bury a friend.

I had to put down my dog about 2 1/2 yrs ago. Still choke up when I think about it.

No doubt that was the saddest day of my life. Cried like a little girl for hours/days.

Got him when I was 8 yrs old. I was an only child and my parents got divorced, but I still grew up with my dog, my parents made sure my dog went where ever I went.

During the rough and sad times when I was younger, I always had my dog to cheer me up. I will always have a huge spot for that dog in my heart.

Sorry to hear about your loss.

I remember having to put my dog down.....one of toughest things to do at the time. I still miss him and I didn't even have him that long.

Sorry to hear, man. I have 2 goldens and am afraid of that day.

very sorry to hear that.

I had to do the same about 4 years ago. I still haven't been able to get a new pet. It's a very hard, hard thing to do... I feel for you.

Very sad to hear take a little time and then get yourself a new shelter dog and give it the love you have been saving.

Dave

Very sorry for your loss, Dogs are the best.

thanks everyone. It'll be a while till I get another dog, but we will and we will always have great memories of her. It is good to share, thanks again.

Sorry

Not trying to be an a** but this place was in our local paper and is growing. Don't think I could do it but just found it interseting. Its about 20 miles from me

http://www.pet-animalpreservation.com/whyhow.htm


P.S. I also have an 11 yr old yellow lab, not looking forward to the day.

rowdy

sorry to hear about your pooch.....like family for some people

I had to put my very sick cat down on 9/11/08. I still think of him everyday and miss him terribly. We buried him in the backyard (screw city ordinance) and I'm so glad we did. I see him (and my dog which had been cremated) every time I look outside the kitchen window.

It gets less hard every day. And at some point you and your kids will hopefully welcome a new puppy that will capture their hearts much as your old dog did.

I am sorry to hear it.

Ang

Aint no fun puttin a goodin down.

My regards to you and yours.

She was an awesome dog. I'm pretty attached to her so I'll be mourning right there with you. I know it's a lot more difficult when it's your own dog but this hurts enough. I'm actually going to miss her licking the salt from my legs during shorts weather. Been a tough week.

Most sincere condolences. I roomed off and on, and played in bands with one of my best friends in KC. He adopted a white German Sheppard from a friend of his, and that dog was the "house dog" to about 20 different people over the years.

I decided to go by his house one night, out of the blue, for shits and giggles. When I got to the door I heard our buddy barking, but he wasn't running to the door per his usual MO. I knew right away something was wrong.
I went inside, and sure enough; he was laid out on the floor. His hips had gone bad, he was getting old, he had some major problems with his digestive tract by that point, and he was hopped up on "doggy painkillers".
I stayed and had dinner with my friend. After dinner( and MUCH booze )we took him outside to let him do his business. He could still walk, but it wasn't easy for him to do. All of the houses near westport are built on steep inclines and have steps from the sidewalk to the floor level and then more steps up to the porch.
I was doing pretty good until he started showing difficulty getting up that incline. I walked back over to him and urged him on, and when he finally made it up to the top; I absolutely lost it.
Of all the people that had come and gone in that dog's life, I was the only one aside from my friend who spent real time with him, taking him for monster long walks, throwing the ball around in the yard and in the park, and just enjoying having him around and in my life.
I've had, and have, family members and friends who will never get that level of sorrow out of me.
I found out that he had died a couple of days later, and I was really grateful that I had that chance to see him and say goodbye. Still am.

Sorry to hear it, tooge. My condolences.

Sorry bout your pup tooge. I'm still missing Keely... nearing a year now.

dusty in here

Sorry for your loss. That sucks. :(

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hate that

Sorry to hear that Tooge. It has been over 6 years since our Black Lab had to be put down. I can still get a lump in my throat when we look at pictures.

Wiping my tears for your loss. It's tough to lose a friend.

I think something is wrong with my eyes after reading that one...it seems like the fluid running out of them or something.
Sorry for your loss

I've posted this before, but it's appreopriate again I think.
Condolences to you and yours Toogs and Godspeed Keegs

(it's an old Dear Abby column I saved after we had to put our first husky to sleep in '97).

Dogs Don't Have Souls, Do They?

I remember bringing you home. You were so small and cuddly with your tiny paws and soft fur.

You bounced around the room with eyes flashing and ears flopping. Once in a while, you'd let out a little yelp just to let me know this is your territory.

Making a mess of the house and chewing on everything in sight became a passion, and when I scolded you, you just put your head down and looked up at me with those innocent eyes, as if to say, "I'm sorry, but I'll do it again as soon as you 're not watching."

As you got older, you protected me by looking out the window and barking at everyone who walked by. When I had a tough day at work, you would be waiting for me with your tail wagging, just to say, "Welcome home. I missed you." You never had a bad day and I could always count on you to be there for me.

When I sat down to read the paper and watch TV, you would hop on my lap looking for atention. You never asked for anything more than to have me pat your head so you could go to sleep with your head over my leg.

As you got older you moved around more slowly. Then, one day, old age finally took its toll and you couldn't stand on those wobbly legs anymore. I knelt down and patted you lying there, trying to make you young again. You just looked up to me as if to say that you were old and tired and that after all of these years of not asking for anything, you had to ask me for one favor.

With tears in my eyes, I dorve you one last time to the vet. One last time, you were lying next to me. For some strange reason, you were able to stand up in the animal hospital; perhaps it was your sense of pride.

As the vet led you away, you stopped for an instant, turned your head and looked at me as if to say, "Thank you for taking care of me."

I thought, "No, thank you for taking care of me."

Figures it would be the last post that got to me. That is some seriously sad stuff right there.

Very very sorry for your loss Tooge, as I write this my faithful golden retriever and best buddy Otis (named for a certain wide receiver) has his head in my lap looking for some attention.

I got him about 6 months after I lost my last golden, Max. It was incredibly hard to bury Max, he died unexpectedly of a heart defect I didn't know he had until it was too late at a little over 2 years of age. I waited and waited until I was of high enough rank to get my own place and move out of the barracks before I could get Max. He was my roommate and buddy while I was so far from friends and family.

I'll never forget the trip we made cross country after I got out of the Air Force and we moved back home to Missouri. I took out the back seat of my Jeep Wrangler and made a bed for him. I crammed the last of my possessions that the movers didn't take into the front seat with me so he would be comfortable for the trip.

Every couple hundred miles he would lean his head over my seat and place it on my shoulder. I'll never forget the look of people who shared the elevator with us when we stayed overnight in Colorado... something comedic about a 110 lb golden retriever getting on the elevator and being scared silly by the automatic doors.

I wasn't ready for another dog but my parents bought me Otis for Christmas of '07 http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=173931 , so he is just a little over a year old now. He's just as good a dog as Max was and I love him just as much. I never would have beleived it myself, but getting another dog really is the fastest way to heal.

Not cool Tuckdaddy.

Thanks. We laugh about him now, but it was just a horrible experience at the time. When my buddy took him in, he was already about three years old, and that was in 1991. Fourteen years is a long time to have with an animal and he was so human, he might as well have been a little kid.

One of the saddest things I've ever seen in my life was my friend tell his 8 year-old son who was there that night "If you see your dad start to cry out of the blue and for no apparent reason over the next couple of months, don't worry".

So sorry about your loss. Losing a dog/pet is one of the hardest things to endure.

Sorry to hear about that tooge. We lost our girl 2 years ago and still think about her all the time.

My mom forced my dad to take my dog to the pound. He was a mean little bitch so he was probably killed soon after. He growled at everyone and even snapped at me a few times. But I still miss him. That was like...5 years ago. Sorry for your loss.

It's been a year or two since Stumppy got put down. He was around 13 I believe, and had got hit by a car was in bad shape. It sucked then, I can't imagine putting one of our beagles down.

Sorry to hear that Mr. Tooge. Its really tough have a good dog die and even more tough digging the hole. Been there twice and it aint no good. My condolences.

I'm sorry!!! Sending all my love to you and your family. Maybe in time you can get a new yellow lab that'll bring new happiness to your family. That always worked in the grieving process for me growing up.

I tell you; the best thing to do if you're going to have a pet is to get a 2nd one when your current one hits middle age. As they pass on, it makes the whole ordeal a lot less painful.

Very sorry for the loss, Tooge. Right now it will be real tough but down the road you will be able to look back without nearly as much sadness and just remember the great memories your pup brought you.

I remember when I was a kid we had an Irish Setter that lived to be 18 years old, he was a great old dog. We also had a great dane that was quite a bit younger, like 3 or 4. The night our setter died, our great dane thought he was just cold and laid on him the whole night (they lived outside) trying to get him to warm up. Dogs are just special, there are no two ways about it.

Sorry man. I have a 5 year old chocolate and know it'll be a tough day when it comes.

bummer dude, sorry to hear

"I go to prepare a place for you, my fathers house has many rooms"......
GOD's gentle example of unconditional love, a good, faithful dog.

Sometimes I wonder which is the more developed species...

My serious condolences. My wife will be a basket case when her 11 year old Black Lab gives out.

My mom just adopted dog a few weeks ago after her two long-time dogs died of old age within the last few months.

The new dog got out yesterday and was run over and killed. She said she had just "grown to love" with her new friend.

I had to take him to the pound.

Horrible day for her. Not a good one for me either.

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Yikes. That's some serious suckage. Sorry to hear it.

As hard as it is to lose a pet -I've buried three kitties in the last five years- you must remember you gave your buddy a good home, and a good life because of it. I hope when you've had some time you'll go out and get another pal, hopefully a pound pooch - and give another deserving animal a good life. Too many lovable dogs and kitties in the shelters these days. It makes me very sad. Hope you'll bounce back and think about it.

I just bought a Yellowlab puppy for my little girl for christmas. So far he's destroyed two paits of boot , my best garden hose, and a basketball + every time he comes in the house he goes straight back to the farthest place he can find and takes the most massive shit he can squeeze out.

I'm gonna miss him too!