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Having Max put down this morning.

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Flysure1

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He has lymphomia cancer, the vet said we could try chemotheropy, or sometimes they respond for a while with large chortizone treatments, (usually just short term) and he said the diarea may not stop, I cannot watch him dwindle to nothing. I have to call the vet and tell him, I might have to ask the wife to do it, sorry to share my sorrows here, I can't even bury him here because the ground is frozen deep, I am having the funeral home cremate him and they will bury the ashes. He will be missed by all of us here, I cannot make myself go and see him again, I am weak at that---thanks to all of you again.
 
Sorry to hear that.

Those little four legged guys are really part of the family, I know a chow I had named "Osa" was certainly a member of my family and I look back with fond memories of each of the 14 years she was with us.
 
Rod,

I'm so sorry to hear this sad news, it was not the outcome we were all hoping for, but know that you are doing the right thing. I wish that we could be as compassionate to humans as we are to our 4 legged family members.

Know that you gave him a quality of life equal to none other.


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Rod,

So sorry to hear that.

StangFix members have made a donation to dogtown in his memory.

It's all I can think to do.
 

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I have also been following your updates on Max as well and I am very sorry to hear the sad news. We are also pet owners here and have had to do that far too many times. We have a pet crematorium here that the vet will send the remains to, I am usually the one who goes back to the vet office to pick up the little box. We all must grieve in our own way and that is what helps the SWMBO put our family member to rest. Just remember the good times that you had with Max and how fortunate he was to have a responsible owner that was able to care for him and make the correct decision when care was beyond your control. fd
Tim
 
Sorry to hear that, Rod. :sad We never got another dog after we had to put our down a couple years ago.
 
Wow, I have to say the donation to dogtown is incredible! I hate to admit that I had to have Sherry call the vet, I could not do it. I also will admit that I have thought about the good times with him several times this morn.and the tears flowed, our female sissy came over and put her head on my leg at the computer--like she knew! I should have been there with him at the time but I couldn't go. Thanks to all again! Sorry to be so dramatic.
 
So sorry to hear the news... I was pulling for Max to recover.

Had a similar experience 1.5 years ago... My best bud had liver failure. Started 2 years prior, lots of $$$ bought the extra years, but in the end I did what every true pet lover dreads... even a year and a half later this is hard to write...

We did get another dog, I wasn't sure I was ready, but my kids wanted a puppy. She's a beautiful hound mix who just turned 1 year old
 

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Wow, I have to say the donation to dogtown is incredible! I hate to admit that I had to have Sherry call the vet, I could not do it. I also will admit that I have thought about the good times with him several times this morn.and the tears flowed, our female sissy came over and put her head on my leg at the computer--like she knew! I should have been there with him at the time but I couldn't go. Thanks to all again! Sorry to be so dramatic.
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Rod:

No apologies needed. We here on the left coast are saddened to learn of Max's fate.
 
Rod,

I had the same response when I had to put my 11 year old white shepherd down a couple years ago.

I had to take him and make the call because I was the only one home when he turned sick, but I could not witness the event or do the after deeds.

I feel for you brother.
 
Rod,
I'm so sorry for you and your family. Please accept my heartfelt condolences. They say time heals all wounds, but a loss of a family member takes a lot out of you. Be strong, my friend, and never forget Max.
 
I am so sorry to hear that things took a turn for the worse.

These furry, four legged friends of ours just give us unconditional love and companionship! As such they really do become part of the family! I am glad to see you are not going to make him suffer. You have some awesome memories of him and that will keep him alive for ever!

Condolences,

Mel
 
Rod, Sorry to hear the bad news. It will be 2 years this February that we had to do the same thing. It still hurts like Hell when I think back to that day. The cancer was untreatable and the vet. said not to bring her back in just skin and bones like a lot of other people do. It was one of the hardest thing's I've had to do in my life, but it ended the suffering and I took some comfort in that. Hang in there man,
Dale.
 
"Flysure1" said:
Wow, I have to say the donation to dogtown is incredible! I hate to admit that I had to have Sherry call the vet, I could not do it. I also will admit that I have thought about the good times with him several times this morn.and the tears flowed, our female sissy came over and put her head on my leg at the computer--like she knew! I should have been there with him at the time but I couldn't go. Thanks to all again! Sorry to be so dramatic.
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There is no shame in either crying over his loss, or in having your wife make the call. If you didn't grieve for him, that would mean that his life didn't touch you as it did. Our pets are more "intimate" with us than our spouses even, to some degree. Who else can watch you sit on the toilet and take a crap, and not care how nasty it is? And who else doesn't care how bad your breath is first thing in the morning? That it hurts so much to let them go shows our capacity for emotion, which is part of being human.

I know that he will pass peacefully at your vet's office, and he will be talked to and held by people who know him and he won't be scared. It goes very quickly and is painless...and you'll see him again, sometime.

You have my deepest sympathy in your loss.

Kim
 
Not the news I wanted to hear. I'm sorry it's turned out this way.

I dread that day with my dogs. They are definitely family. Hell, I like my dogs more than most people.

Max may be gone, but he'll always be with you. Hang in there.
 
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