Sammy was a good boy at heart...we had to put him down due to a lot of sudden medical complications. It started with cushions disease, then back problems, and then his front legs sustained injury which caused them to be hollowed out .
I write this asking for prayers, and to shed light on tyranny of the animal care system. It really is no better than how horrible our human health care system is. All these drugs and treatment to help our precious pets are insanely expensive. Only those with wealth are able to allow their pets a second chance at life. I know Sammy would've recovered and had at least 2 more years if we were able to afford the treatment. He had the spirit and energy to move around, just didn't have the body... I also noticed some suspicious behavior from the staff. I don't believe they're nefarious by any intent, but I could sense a level of incompetence, or neglect from them. I don't know how to explain, but it didn't feel right. I don't think I'll go back to them...but despite that we did what we had to do, and we did everything we possibly could to help our dog.
I pray too, that the collapse of this wicked evil in our world will help not just us humans, but as well our furry families.
And thank you all for fighting the good fight in this information war.
(hug) I'm sorry. Your pup is wagging his tail in anticipation for you to make it home, too. :) That's how I like to picture my pups I've lost.
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It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I just have to find comfort that I gave them a good life and a final gift of not letting them suffer. I know it’s hard, hang in there. I’m tearing up right now thinking about my sweet dogs that I’ve lost.
I’m sorry buddy. I just had to put my cat down, and it is a very sad thing to go through.
I do believe you have just described the medical system available to people. I totally agree with what you are saying and I am sorry for your loss. I try to use alternative treatments for my totally indoor cats (no vax) but the very few times times I used a vet I was amazed at the cost. Having pets is a lot like having children...they are totally dependent on you to make the right decisions and that can be very difficult sometimes. I am sure your fur baby knew he was loved and that you did your best. God bless your family at this time of loss.
I have to board my cat for a week. She hates it.
Can't blame her. Cats are territorial, and prefer to be in their own homes. There is no way you can have a person pop in now and then to check on her at home?
Unfortunately no. Used to do that but I moved for work and know no one yet enough to trust them in my home
Will be praying for you fren. Losing a good pet is one of those insanely difficult trials in life.
I understand what you are saying about the vet and treatments and cost. I am changing vets also. The office "changed hands" and with that their mercy towards pet owners and finances changed as well. Very damn sad. The choice you had to make is one I have had to do also and probably will again. It hurts so much. My heart goes out to you. Sammy is now perfect. A free soul and full of joy. Our heaven has greeters; and sometimes I feel like I just can't wait. Love to you, fren
Condolences' fren, went through that with one of mine last year, very painful to the heart, hard choice to make it was. I like to think my very energetic puppers is now our running around, everywhere she always wanted to go but couldn't. Pet vets and meds and surgeries are way expensive now. Mine has a single lump of cancer on back leg, paid for the surgery to remove it but, by the end of the next month it came back but worse and spread down her leg and hip. We chose to have her put to sleep, our vet gave us great pain meds for her and was very kind about it, "just call us when you think it is best to bring her in for it." She quckly just got to the point where she would respond, wag tail but, you could tell she did not want to move or eat (and she loved to do both) and even with meds was in a lot of pain. HARDEST thing ever to make that call. Prayers to you and your loved ones.
Godspeed fren. Have put down many pups over the years. Each one gets harder for me, my GSD almost 3 years ago can bring me to tears. Now I have a Mal and she is part human, an incredible animal and wonderful companion. Not saying rush out and get another dog....but it helps the process. Stay strong.
A person that is incapable of loving a pet is also incapable of being loving towards other people. I have always been suspicious of people that do not have animals in their lives. Our pets add so much to our lives that is impossible to convey this to people devoid of such relationships. I just can't imagine life without our furry friends. The losses are hard - but going through life without the love they give is even harder.
100%. I don't trust anyone that doesn't like dogs or that my dog doesn't like.
I trust my animals when it comes to people they don't like. They can sense things on levels we can't access. You are right. People I have known in my life that don't like animals are generally not nice people and I prefer to keep them at a distance.
Doesn't mean he dislikes dogs.
Some people live in homes (apartments or condos) where only service animals are allowed. They would have a pet if they could. Others are trying to keep themselves together and don't have the means to provide for a pet properly. But we all can volunteer at an animal shelter and socialize with animals, so you have a point.
Truth....
I understand there are circumstances that prohibit some people from having pets. I should have specified that the person I had in mind was one that even if given the opportunity, chooses not to have animals. Some of these people don't even have a house plant. Their environments are devoid of anything living except themselves. This is more like the person I was referencing.
OK ! makes perfect sense.
Trump doesn't have any pets.
I can't speak to the personal reasons why he doesn't have pets. I am mostly referencing people that I personally interact with and can see for myself their characters. But, the fact that I have not known the man to have pets - at least I have never seen a picture of him with a beloved pet - is a concern that I cannot ignore. It does say something about his personality.
How much do we really know about people that are public figures? They project images that may not reflect their real selves. Trump is no different and in some ways even more so. He is his own brand that brand existed long before he became president. His brand and image is carefully shaped and molded for public consumption. So, I take it all with a huge grain of salt.
Currently. He used to as I understand it.
-Raising Trump by Ivana Trump
The only evidence I could find of him ever "having" a pet. But maybe you have found something more substantial to back that he used to have one? For me, the absence of a pet is not a determining factor when it comes to someone's merit or trustworthiness.
Got my first dog, a beautiful Border Collie mix, “late” in life(when I was in my 30’s). After she got sick and passed, we didn’t even want to walk in the house anymore. We rescued a shelter dog within a week and had no regrets. I believe that getting another is a must.
We got our first dog as a family when I was 52, what joy we would have missed if Ididn't get our dog. Really can't be without one now, they are such loving creatures.
We are the same way, we will always have a dog. Actually have three now, a 1 1/2yo, 4y and a 16y that we got when she was 7. She doesn’t get around like she used too but she is happy, eats, drinks and has good “bodily functions”👍
Yes agreed…. You just have to let it all fall into place and it will happen.
Prayers for you all! Got some news this week on my fur friend. Will be using some treatments found here amongst Frens for a better shot at healing. I trust you all way more than I do most doctors.
May Sammy be able to run, pain free on the other side. God bless you.
Sorry to hear that.
Ugh I’m sorry… we recently went through that with our dog that had systemic lupus. Throughout his life we spent about 8k on his medical bills and he finally died suddenly in his sleep at 7 years old. Vet said he had a few years left if we kept up with his monthly meds that were $300-400. Hubs and I both have 6-figure jobs so we can afford to pay whatever the vet asks for but my god we spend more on our pets than our copays for our own insurance. It’s robbery.
He was deteriorating painfully but pills (not shots) were an easy fix that gave him a good daily life, and most of that cost was emergency surgery when his balls blew up randomly to the size of a grapefruit — $5800 surgery. He was never sick enough to put down. Plus, shame on you for telling someone how to spend their money on family. Dogs are family. My god, you sound like a liberal.
They give us everything they've got every single day they spend with us. The trade off is that we have to decide when they leave this world most of the time.
It's a great trade, but it never feels like it at the end. I've lost many dogs in my almost 50 years here and it only gets harder. There's a GSD I lost 5 years ago that I'll never get over as long as I live.
I'm very, very sorry you lost your boy, xchain. I've encountered that same vague incompetence and unhealthy detachment. Thankfully, I've encountered the opposite as well, although I paid dearly for it from a financial perspective. But it did give me 2 and a half more years with my GSD.
Pet medications/drugs are as much of a racket as the human equivalent, sadly. Worse, they're put on the market with even less testing than the human equivalents.
I hope you see your boy running towards you when the day arrives that you leave this earth. I know that when my time comes, the first thing I'll be looking for is my boy too.
So sorry to hear this.
We had a beautiful, happy go-lucky female German Shepherd. She was just an absolute joy and full of nothing but love.
At some point she give the slightest little whimper and would back away when we would pet her on a certain area of her back. Our regular vet thought it was a strain of some kind and just told us to make sure she takes it easy for a while. The symptom lingered though and we were recommended to a specialist. The new doctor discovered it was a fungal infection on her spine…can’t remember the name.
So then the revolving prescriptions began. After a few weeks, she lost vision in one eye, became more and more unstable on her feet and could obviously not play with her favorite toys like she used to. But that girl would still bring them to us and do the best she could to play. She NEVER lost her spirit and would attempt the biggest greeting she could muster up any time one of us came home, always with that smile. We searched for alternate opinions to no avail. It finally got to be too much for her and she had maybe 15% vision remaining in the one good eye and could usually not get herself up from the floor. She still would get that smile on her face and wag her tail with any attention given her. Of course, we had to put her down.
I lost my father at 13 and mother when I was 22. Putting that girl down was every bit as hard those first couple of days. The pain fades sooner than with a close loved one, but it is so damn hard. Funny, I can think of mom and dad without welling up. Not when I think about her though.
Within about 6-8 weeks we went from her having that little whimper to all the other issues. I can’t be certain, but I damn sure believe they just treated her as a Guinea pig and all those damn “medicines” did that to her. She was only 3 years old.
God bless you fren
Prayers. Nothing rips out a heart more than a lost love.
(((Hugs))) Hubby and I have been in your shoes twice. So hard. :-(
I have no proof, but I believe our beloved fur babies go on to heaven to wait for us. Many things in heaven don't have souls. And God took great joy in creating these creatures! At least that's what gets me through the grief. May sound silly to some, but it works for me.
HELL YEAH for dogpile!
Sorry for your loss. Had to put my old dog down in February. I dont know what he was suffering from because I didnt want to pay exorbitant costs for the diagnosis. I paid a reasonable fee for bloodwork on him and the vet called to tell me the results looked good. He also got his annual vaccinations at that time too. Within a week he stopped eating and I knew what I had to do. With everything we know about vaccines now I wonder if I had told them no to the shots if he would still be here.
I try not to dwell on it. He was an 11 year old golden retriever and the breed gets cancer around 60% of the time, and his health and mobility were showing signs if decline over the past year or so. I just wonder if the shots accelerated it.
In other news I am getting a golden puppy next weekend and am very excited to start over with a new friend.
We had a dog that had Cushings disease. She passed in 2005, and I never added up the bills because it was depressing; however, if I had to estimate, it was probably$15K over her lifetime that we had her which was about 5 years (she was a senior adoption). The lysodren costs were insane and sometimes it was a real struggle. But man, we loved that dog. One of the best friends I ever had.
We had to put our cat down last year. I still miss my little man. 🙏 for you and yours.
I’m sorry for your loss, and I agree with you on your comments about the Pat medical community. I pray that the Lord will comfort you during this time, and possibly bringing another pet into your life to bring you more joy and something to love. We had to put our jogged out a year and a half ago. We have a new one now, a beautiful white boxer! Her name is Luna, and she is so perfect. We just love her so much! When it is time, you will know!
I just put down my rabbit a few weeks ago. It was hard to do that, Ive had him for a long time. Loved him very much ❤️
Love is a risk. We risk suffering from the pain of loss. But, to go through life avoiding the pain of loss robs us of the joy that love brings. Our pets are a special gift from God that allow us experience an unconditional love that humans frankly are incapable of giving. We learn much from our pets about love. They give us far more than we give them. Even though you and your pet had to experience the minefield of modern veterinary medicine, it cannot take away from the blessing and richness your puppy gave you.
The Hebrew word for dog is Kelev. It contains another word - lev - within it. Lev in Hebrew is the word for heart.
So sorry, u/xchainlinkx
God cares about all his creation, praying for comfort and encouragement for you. ((hug))
Sorry to hear it. We had to put our 19-yr-old cat down a couple months ago. They reach a point where health problems over-ride any joy they may have in life, or you may have with them. Our cat was blind, almost completely deaf, arthritic, and had dental problems.
Very sorry, it's a difficult loss, and yes the animal medical field is a nightmare.
It's so difficult when a treasured pet dies. The pain goes deep inside your heart. God put pets here to be companions to us. When they die I'm sure he knows the innocent, caring and compassionate nature of their souls and places them back in the new born pets to start the process again and again. There's a new puppy that was recently born that has Sammy's soul and a person oohing and awwing at how beautiful he is.
sorry you had to go through that, its always hard to lose a friend. we take ours to the country vet, they're good people
I’m so sorry for your loss.Sammy will be waiting for you at the Gates.
I'm so sorry! I had similar issues with my dog, he had several health complications, which I believe were made worse by the yearly vaccines he was required to get. If I knew then what I know now, I wouldnt have given him the shots. Also, yes, the care was very expensive. Poor baby had the spirit of a young pup but his body was not cooperating. I'll be praying for you! It was one of the hardest things we ever had to do, saying goodbye to our good boy. ❤️
I’m so sorry to hear that. It’s very a very sad loss of a loving best friend.
Vet medicine is usually better than human medicine. Think ivermectin.
...you know you have done the right thing because it is so hard to do....