So sad, but I think it is time!

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I think it is time to let my beautiful girlie go. She is 16 and just not enjoying life anymore. She is not gaining weight and having daily accidents around the house. I am going to take her to the vet next week to be pts. I am so so sad about this but I am sure I am doing the right thing, we have tried everything but I have to think about quality of life now. She is the only dog I have ever had and I cannot imagine my life without her.
I know its sounds pathetic but I am just really dreading leaving her at the vet and leaving with her collar etc. Does anyone have any advise as to what I should expect? Is it normal to leave her there or has anyone taking a dog from the vet and burried at home?
RIP Puppy dog x
 
So, so sorry to hear you've had to come to this decision
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I've already made the decision I'll have my boy cremated when the time comes.

Big hugs and be stong when you say goodbye to your little lady xx
 
i left my little boy there a few weeks ago sadly he was run over and in so much pain i had him put straight to sleep it was absolutly heart breaking i thought i was never going to get over him....but each day got much easyer now i miss him but the crying has settled down.........the sad thing was he was only 4 but with your situation u know your dog has had a great life and is a really good age she wont no any different she will just think shes in for her jabs and yeah i would leave her for them to take to there crem as it is so much easyer and u no she will be taken care of right to the end big hugs tho your doing the right thing it,s about her now good luck xx
 
So sorry you have had to make this decision, but it sounds like the right choice for your girl
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I have had more dogs than I care to remember PTS at the vets
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On every occasion the vets have been fabulous - you go into a consulting room, they ask a vet nurse (if it is during the day) to hold the front leg to raise a vein (or I do it if it is the middle of the night), and inject quietly into the vein. The dog really does just fall asleep, and although the vet will confirm it, it is very obvious when they have gone
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My vets then leave me for a few minutes to cry
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and when I am ready I go home - my personal choice is not to take the body home with me, so I make sure I never, ever look back as I walk out
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Do take off the collar etc beforehand, I took one greyhound in to be PTS with her coat on, and the vets kept the coat for about a year before asking if I wanted it back
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They had to ask me of course, but it was absolutely horrible
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When my first whippet was PTS (who I had owned for 15 years, since I had been at school) I phoned ahead to arrange the appt, and they had the injection all ready etc. It made it so much easier, I just walked straight in with no waiting around and it was done
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Sorry, hope that is not too much info, it has made me feel very sick sitting here typing it all, but I do hope some of it helps you a little

(((hugs))) for you
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Lost mine in may in emergency.The vets were fab we all sat with him apart from my youngest she is 16 so four of us whilst they injected him and he fell asleep in my lap.You have options which they will talk you through beforehand .I had Chesters ashes in small box and keep him in my hallway where he always slept.You can have mixed ashes or have them cremated seperately so you know they are all from your animal or you can take them home .We are moving so couldnt bear to leave him behind.
Sorry for your potential loss but the time is never right and you are being brave thinking about her quality of life.
 
Thanks, I really don't know how I am going to react as I have never been in this position before. I lost a horse when I was about 12 but a dog lives in the house and are such a huge part of your life. I think I will just pass her over to the vet, I personally think looking at ashes etc would make it harder for me. I like the idea of having her burried at home (if you can do that) but I am not sure I could handle bringing her body home.
 
Is this your poodle? You are not pathetic at all.

So sorry to hear this - she is your dog and I think you can see in their eyes when it is time for them to go.
It is easy to keep them alive for our own sakes, yet harder on them.
Well done for being brave about it.

I remember when I lost D - the vet was a family friend and he came to the house. I wasn't with her but my mum was.
I had her collar and lead, all her things, but not her, we grew up together and it did all feel a bit empty. I couldn't look at dogs for a while.
However eventually N came along and won me over again, and then the terrible twins. I will never love another dog the way I did D, but new ones come along and tug at your heartstrings in different ways!

Our older dogs were taken and buried by our vet, N was PTS last year and we had her cremated but didn't bring her home. We wouldn't really have the room to bury a big dog.

I know some companies offer after-death services in terms of cremation, urns, rememberance, caskets etc, others can advise.
If you are going to be there with her, it is very quick and gentle, but it *can* be a bit upsetting as they go, as they do not have control of their bodies any more.

Loads of hugs for you and your girl.
 
Thanks for that, not too explicit at all, I want to know what to expect. I think I would like to take her collar home with me to keep. If she was so ill that she would be carried in/laid down etc it wouldn't be so bad but there is no way she will sit down in the vets so she will have to be stood on the table or on the floor etc, if I make her sit on my knee she will know that something is amis!
 
I remember very clearly my second whippet being PTS - she had a nose tumour, so had bad days and good days, but on the bad days she had no quality of life at all
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The day I took her to the vets she was quite active, and when we walked into the consulting room she jumped up at me by the table wagging her tail, saying 'why are we in here then mum'
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I am glad I didnt change my mind though, she was suffering badly on her bad days
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My vet will come out to the house and pts there if we want. We had Jodi dog pts at the vets as it was more of an emergency. I can never leave them there, I have to bring them home as I feel it is where they belong. That is just the way I am. Plus we do have plenty of space so we can bury them at home.
So sorry to hear you are having to make this awful decision. It is the worst part of having animals but you are being her very best friend when she needs you the most.
 
So very sorry to hear of your situation, had my girl pts in may, she had been ill for sometime and we knew the time was right but it wasn't easy, our vet was fantastic and it all happened really quickly,no more suffering or pain for her. We wrapped her in a blanket and i sat in the back of the car stroking her on the way home then buried her in the garden, it was heartbreaking but i am glad we did, for a few weeks after i went out every night and said good night to her, silly i know but it helped and we have planted a bush where she is buried and take pleasure in seeing it flourish.
 
So, so sorry to hear your news, it's a heartbreaking decision to make.

I'd always recommend that you have the vet come to you if at all possible, most vets are happy to do so and IME it makes what is a very difficult time easier....they will take the body with them if you wish or you can bury them yourself if you want .

As I've always had multiple pets, I've found that the animals left behind often settle better if they've seen what happened to their companion rather than them just "disappearing" IYSWIM
 
Because my past dogs loved going in the car for trips we drove them to the vets and the vet pts in the back of the car so we could take them back to put in our garden. We always gave them a blanket and left them with flowers growing where they are. They don't wear collars so that was never an issue. My last dog (Lurcher) loved wheel barrow rides, so we took her in the wb up to the field where she loved sitting and looking out on patrol. We 'see' her everyday. She is the only one where we have done something different.
Poor you, never easy but am sure is right. It is always so so sad, take some tissues.
 
im so sorry to hear your news, but im sure your doing the best possible decision for your dog..it takes guts and love to end theor life due lack of quality of life...so many leave it too late and keep their pets going for their sakes as they cant bare losing them
ive just had to m(first dog) girl whippy pts almost two weeks ago as her lack of quality life was going down hill...wasnt eating and lost weight(she had had other problems) she was only 8, so i know the pain your going through...my other whippy has now lost her friend
The vet was really nice and peggy went peacefully in my arms within seconds of the injection going in....i decided i had her cremated and picked her up at the weekend..which of course this is a personal choice, some bring the body back to bury..i wanted the vet to come to me but unfortually it wasnt possible...this is best possible gift to give your dog when the time is to them go,the following day when i had my whippy pts i saw the brightness rainbow in the sky and i would like to believe she was looking down on me, they will never leave you, always in yourr heart. and you'l start to remeber the good times
 
we said a final goodbye to our toy poodle Poppy last friday, she had heart failure & we couldnt see her suffer anymore. Sleep tight little girl we will never forget you. X
 
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