I have to put our dog down.

by whyamihere 48 Replies latest jw friends

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  momzcrazy

  I am so sorry. Doggies give unconditional love. I know yours knew how much you cared for him and appreciated how much you did for him.

  momz
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  talley

  I am so sorry.

  Wishing you strength and consolation at this most difficult time.

  Rest in Peace dear Oliver.

  If It Should Be
  

  If it should be that I grow frail and weak
  An pain should keep me from my sleep
  Then you must do what must be done
  For this, the last battle, cannot be won.

  You will be sad, I understand
  Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
  For this day, more than the rest
  Your love and friendship stand the test.

  We've had so many happy years
  What is to come can hold no fears
  Would not want me to suffer so
  When the time comes please let me go.

  Take me where my needs they'll tend
  Only, stay with me to the end
  And hold me firm and speak to me
  Until my eyes no longer see.

  I know in time you will see
  It is a kindness you do to me
  Although my tail its last has waved
  From pain and suffering I have been saved.

  Don't grieve it should be you
  Who has to decide this thing to do
  We've been so close we two these years
  Don't let your heart hold any tears.

  So I am glad, not that she's gone
  But that this earth she roamed and lived upon
  Was my earth, too, that I had closely known
  And loved her and that my love I'd shown.

  Tears over her departure?
  Nay - a smile
  That I had walked with her a little while.

  Author - unknown
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  stillajwexelder

  I am sorry Brooke
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  changeling

  I'm so very sorry. My dog means the world to me, I know how you must feel.

  changeling
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  JH

  My pets were always my best friends, and it's so hard to put them down.

  Wish I could do something...
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  whyamihere

  Oliver is gone now.

  I got to hold him till the end, it was one of the hardest things I've done, but I couldn't let him go alone. I just feel like I've let him down.

  Oliver was so smart and so stupid at the same time.

  Little funny fact about him: When we would take him on a walk he would stop at every crosswalk and look both ways, then proceeded to walk when it was clear.

  I'll miss him.
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  JH

  I just feel like I've let him down

  No, you did what you had to do. You loved him t'il the end. .
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  Bobbi

  You did the best thing a friend can do. Love and affection right up to the end.
  
  Bobbi
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  FadingAway

  (((((((((whyamihere)))))))))
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  onacruse

  I got to hold him till the end, it was one of the hardest things I've done, but I couldn't let him go alone.

  Same for bikerchic and me. We petted Samba and said our goodbyes, until he closed his eyes for the last time.

  I just feel like I've let him down.

  We have a picture of Samba on the refrigerator, taken just about an hour before he passed. He'd lost that bright twinkle in his eyes, and he seemed to be saying "I just want to go to sleep." So, we don't feel that we let him down...we feel like we did him a kindness, though a very regretful one. Hopefully you can find a way to feel the same for Oliver.

  Every day we touch that picture of Samba, and in it's own little way it makes us feel a little better.

  Craig