The conveyor belt of their lives goes a lot faster than ours. One of the lessons I think they teach is in the way they themselves are so accepting of such things - it's one of the reasons we like them.
I've not had dogs, but have had to make that decision for our cats in the past. It does leave you feeling numb, even when you know it was the right thing to do.
Give your mum a little time to feel the emptiness, then she will be ready to fill the gap in her life. Is there a rescue centre near you/her where she can find a new companion?
ehugs and all - tis always like saying goodbye to a family member.
Try to focus on the full and happy life, not the death - death comes to all, dog, human whatever, a full and happy life is far more important, not all dogs, humans whatever will have had that.
Condolences from up here too... hardest part is watching them age, but I guess it's better than the feeling of what would happen to them should they out live us. Eitherway it's a bummer. Had to take Zak the same day we went to Gaydon a few years back, Sally ain't getting any younger to the extent we have retired her from our caravan hols now.
You can never replace them as they are all individuals... the most recent always seems more "nuts" (read rosie the dog that never seems to get past "puppy") than the last one. Give it a little time then gently ease in to the idea of another dog. Theres some mourning to be done for a month or so before the desire for another truely gets a grip.
Sorry mate our thoughts are with you the loss of a dogs companionship is is doubly bad when you have to call time to end suffering. I have lost both my working Springers in the space of 12 months and the emptyness is horrible. Vicky allowed me time to grieve before presenting me with a 10 week old pup not a replacement that is not possible but like all the best teams a brilliant substitute. I have returned the favour this weekend and she now has a 10 week old lab. May I point you towards
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there are spaniels out there who have suffered the loss of a masterDerek
I never thought i would miss a dog so much when my mates Springer was put down, his house just seemed so quiet.........matters were rectified a few months later with the arrival of a exicted bundle of fur called Bud!!.
I hope not. The day we had our Springer bitch put to sleep was one of the worst days of my life. The only consolation was that "we can never replace her" changed to "nevertheless, this house can't be without a dog" pretty quickly. And now we have a mental Lab of 9.5 years, who I can't imagine being without.
We had to have one of the cats put down on Saturday, and that was pretty hard too, and I don't even like cats much :-)
Chin up Mark - if she's had a happy life, there's nothing else to do but try to do the same for another one. There will be one out there that needs you.
Mark you and your mother and family have our condolences from here in Greece also.
We had a similar incident when our 12 months old Belgian shepherd called "Lucky" was hit by a lorry right out of our house.
Eventhough we had him for only 9 months he was already a member of the family and a perfect company for our 9 years old Golden Retriever crossbread. Someone had left him right in front of our garden's main entrance back in March 25, 2007 as a 45 days old puppy. Unfortunately though his life was to end at exactly the same place on exactly the same day (amazing coincindences) when he found the door unlocked and opened it himself.
It took about 1 week for the family board (my wife and son and the undersigned) to decide to have a new friend in the garden. And we ended up with two more. A white short haired cross bread of unknown origins that we found in a box with his other six brothers and sisters under a tree close to where our olive trees farm is and a black Newfoundland that we ordered from a kennel in Hungary (yes a canadian breed, born in Hungary and now growing up in Greece)
Both puppies are now five months old and have already become irreplaceable members of the family and a very good company for the 9 years old Caramellos (his colour is Caramel and he is a member of the Giamarellos family, hence the name)
The mongrel puppy is called Spithas (Greek for spurky) and the Newfoundland is called Poseidon (after the Greek God of sea). Funny thing is that Poseidon is a bid afraid of the sea (and Newfoundlans as supposed to be crazy with water and consider themselves as the "Mitch of Baywatch" of the animal kingdom.....) But eventhough he is now just a bit short of five months old he is already taller, longer and heavier than the 9 years old Caramellos......
Give your mother a bit of time and a new dog will surely restore her and your smile again. The old friend will not be forgotten but a new one will share his/her love with all of you.
It's rough! My dog "Ben" was taken from us at 7 with an auto immune disease. In three days he went from a healthy dog full of life, to no quality of life. My only consolation is that I was holding his head as they administered the injection. That was 12 months ago and the tears are still welling up now....
We had him cremated and spread his ashes on Salisbury Plain (where he loved chasing deer).
It's rough! My dog "Ben" was taken from us at 7 with an auto immune disease. In three days he went from a healthy dog full of life, to no quality of life. My only consolation is that I was holding his head as they administered the injection. That was 12 months ago and the tears are still welling up now....
We had him cremated and spread his ashes on Salisbury Plain (where he loved chasing deer).
Funny thing but I've been thinking about this coming up with our schnauzer recently. She's still only a puppy really (2.5 yrs) but the wifes very attached and I must admit to finding myself troubled by the thought of the inevitable some years down the line.
So I'm going to give it a few more years and then get another young one so (hopefully) we will have someone around to help us through....
Spent the weekend dong a fairly major clearout of the garage. Last night stumbled upon a whole heap of old photos including many of our border collie - made me smile.
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