only_me
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Our border terrier, Murphy, was put to sleep this morning. He was 10, and pretty deaf. He had a habit of lying sleeping on the Tarmac and unfortunately last night dad didn't see him when driving up and hit him on the head with car.
I'm not squeamish, and am fine with gore - but even I was shocked as whatever had happened Murphys eye had literally popped out and was almost "dangling" about 3cm out of socket.
But he was walking around, so I had hoped that it was just the eye damage and maybe a cracked orbit. Took him to vets, who were fab and got him on fluids. Unfortunately the vets rang this am to say he had started having multiple fits and temperature was rising and falling rapidly, and the outlook wasn't good.
So we made the decision to put him to sleep - even if he had treatment he would have been deaf, blind in one eye, a skin condition, and he is already known for snapping at strange cars so most likely would have ended up being killed at a later stage as I suspect behavior would have got worse.
But at least he is in no pain now, just so sad to see him go
it was an easy decision to make, for his sake, but very hard to cope with, he was a lovely boy & a happy dog. And has been part of our lives for the last 10years
We did bring other dog into vets to see him but she didn't want to see him when he was alive and she just sniffed him when brought him home. How do I know if she is grieving for him?
I'm not squeamish, and am fine with gore - but even I was shocked as whatever had happened Murphys eye had literally popped out and was almost "dangling" about 3cm out of socket.
But he was walking around, so I had hoped that it was just the eye damage and maybe a cracked orbit. Took him to vets, who were fab and got him on fluids. Unfortunately the vets rang this am to say he had started having multiple fits and temperature was rising and falling rapidly, and the outlook wasn't good.
So we made the decision to put him to sleep - even if he had treatment he would have been deaf, blind in one eye, a skin condition, and he is already known for snapping at strange cars so most likely would have ended up being killed at a later stage as I suspect behavior would have got worse.
But at least he is in no pain now, just so sad to see him go
it was an easy decision to make, for his sake, but very hard to cope with, he was a lovely boy & a happy dog. And has been part of our lives for the last 10years We did bring other dog into vets to see him but she didn't want to see him when he was alive and she just sniffed him when brought him home. How do I know if she is grieving for him?
