I lost my dog yesterday....RIP

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Hi everyone. I am in that awful position of having to have my dog put down yesterday. I havent slept. My partner is a vet nurse so did me the honour of doing the deed but is absolutely wretched from it and I wish I hadnt asked for her to be the one to do it.

She has got up and can hear Lydia's collar and waggy tail this morning and I cant.

I opened my own salon last week and should be there, I tried doing two clients yesterday and kept cutting myself so I took the afternoon off and am not there yet this morning :(

Comfort needed - I havent cried since Easter 09 as I am a tough cookie but cant stop this last 24 hours xx
 
So sorry to hear about your dog. The way you are feeling is perfectly normal, dogs are a huge part of our lives and leave an immense gap, I'm sure many people on here now just how you are feeling. The only comfort I can give is that it will get better, in time you will be able to smile at all the good memories you have of Lydia. I find it helps, when you feel a little better, to sort through your photos of her and maybe make up an album, or have the best ones framed.
When you go to work, don't be afraid to tell clients about Lydia, and how you are feeling, I think you will find may people will understand.
RIP Lydia
 
thank you. trouble is she came with me to work everyday. her little bedroom has been cleared for me tho thankfully and the house too. i stood outside the salon for an hour yesterday not wanting to go in and be asked questions. the twist in this story is she had started biting and she got me badly on sunday - so much so i am on crutches. there was no choice inevitably of what had to be done. but i turned up to work to "what happened, where is lydia" etc etc and couldnt handle telling them my dog attacked me and is now gone :( its made copin with the pain of the injury and the pain of the loss even more so.....x
 
Big Big cuddles from me and mine. I have lost a few now and it never ever gets easier.
I think we would all love to see a photo of her when you feel able.
Remember there are lots of very sad dogs out there desperate for a loving home, perhaps when you feel a little better you could help one out?
 
Sweet dreams Lydia.
What a sad situation and a hard decision for you to have had to make. Work will become easier soon i'm sure and tough cookie or not, don't be afraid to grieve for her.
 
I'm so very sorry to hear your news. :(

OH and I recently lost Tugg, OH's Border Terrier, who was more than just a friend and companion. So we both know just how you feel atm.

Cry all the tears you need, and don't feel guilty about this, or having made the most difficult decision any animal owner has to make. Although things have taken a much brighter turn for us, I still shed the occasional tear for Tugg - gone, but never, ever forgotten.........:(

RIP Lydia. Sleep tight.

C xx
 
I'm so sorry - we had our girl PTS a few weeks back, and I'd be lying if I said it's better now, but at least it's manageable.

I can completely sympathise with the whole "telling people" aspect - it just makes it seem all the more horrible and, I suppose, real somehow :(

Hugs for you, and remember, there's always someone on here to listen - the support I had on here really helped me :)

RIP Lydia x
 
So sorry to read this, they are such a big part of our lives that they can't help but leave such huge gaps when they are no longer with us.

I still shed tears for Alan who I had PTS last September - but I can smile at the happy times too now.

Huge hugs

JDx
 
I am so sorry to hear this, massive hugs to you and your partner.

I was in the same position 2 years ago when we finally decided as a family that we, and my little man, couldn't put up with his unprovoked agression anymore. Rupert Bear was 15 and slowly sinking into demensia which was scaring both him and us. I still think about him every day, and had many a break down at work, but as already stated, explaining the situation, especially to like minded individuals, helped me remember him as he was, not what he became.

Rest well Lydia xxx
 
So sorry to hear of your loss. I really do understand what you are saying, i too had to have a dog put to sleep last year, because of aggression :(

Huge ((hugs)) xxxxx
 
thank you everyone. I have left it a day to come back on here. I told the rest of my friends via facebook late last night and the amazing messages on there this morning have helped but of course made me feel sick. Lydia was such a social girl, she came with me everywhere, to the 3 village pubs and 1 i had to go in last night and it was horrible sitting there with another dog in the room and not mine.
I am at work today and tonight I have chosen to have the evening alone for the first time. I sniffed her collar, lead and car blanket this morning. I gave everything else away yesterday to my friends doggy creche.
Thank you again, you have been wonderful and I feel so much less embarrassment now when people ask whats happened to my leg / whos dog / what happened to the dog. I couldnt give her any more love than I did or any more time than I did and I tried everything including training, behaviourists, veterinary advice, dap collars, calming tablets, and spent hundreds (thousands beforehand see previous posts on the cancer) so now realise I came as far as i possibly could. xxx
 
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