Toffee44
Well-Known Member
I feel a bit premature writing this however I wont be able to get on here later.
Will is booked at the vets for 5pm to be put to sleep, he loves the vets so I dont feel bad taking him there rather than getting vet here
hes gradually got worse over the last few days and now is definately the time to let him go.
Hes now 15yrs and 8 months old. He has been a gun dog most of his life to my knowledge although he has definately learnt how to stick two fingers (paws) up at hoooomans in his twilight years hehehehe mainly at get off the sofa!!! He does get very excited if I bring a dummy out though.
I rehomed him with his son Teal in early Feb this year through someone on here as his master was very poorly and was not going to be coming out of hospital.
Hes always been a skinny ribs of a dog but hasnt lost his typical lab appetite.
I knew this day would come, and have been prepared for a while ( have already cancelled one vet appointment as he was far too spritely that morning)
I know theres a few of you that had a soft spot for him, and SlinkyUnicorn he has had many cuddles on your behalf and kisses today; although not so many kisses (have you smelt a 15yr old lab who still rolls in the muck heap most mornings).
He has a pigs ear to take with him later.
He is definately an old dog with a big attitude, he still loves to play which involves him rolling around mainly and howling, he still retrieves the dummy and wont actually give you back the squeeky tennis ball which winds Teal up!!
But unfortunately it is now the case he is a young minded dog in a very old dogs body
Will you have been a pleasure, I hope am making the right desicion today and that you meet your master over the bridge somewhere... xx XX xx
Some big memories of the last 8 months include:
Catching him paws up on the work top licking cheese off the side
Catching a pheasant in the garden!!! (it had been hit and was very disorienated but he was soooooo proud of him self for getting it)
Changing the other two to raw and him refusing to eat his kibble and howling at the door until he also had what they were having. (he put weight on after this)
Him jumping off the side into the pool at the hydrotherapy unit.
And some photos of the old boy
My favourite three black things
Seriously my butt is stuck to the sofa it wont move
Take a lab to water
One of the first sofa sessions
and the other day
Will is booked at the vets for 5pm to be put to sleep, he loves the vets so I dont feel bad taking him there rather than getting vet here
hes gradually got worse over the last few days and now is definately the time to let him go. Hes now 15yrs and 8 months old. He has been a gun dog most of his life to my knowledge although he has definately learnt how to stick two fingers (paws) up at hoooomans in his twilight years hehehehe mainly at get off the sofa!!! He does get very excited if I bring a dummy out though.
I rehomed him with his son Teal in early Feb this year through someone on here as his master was very poorly and was not going to be coming out of hospital.
Hes always been a skinny ribs of a dog but hasnt lost his typical lab appetite.
I knew this day would come, and have been prepared for a while ( have already cancelled one vet appointment as he was far too spritely that morning)
I know theres a few of you that had a soft spot for him, and SlinkyUnicorn he has had many cuddles on your behalf and kisses today; although not so many kisses (have you smelt a 15yr old lab who still rolls in the muck heap most mornings).
He has a pigs ear to take with him later.
He is definately an old dog with a big attitude, he still loves to play which involves him rolling around mainly and howling, he still retrieves the dummy and wont actually give you back the squeeky tennis ball which winds Teal up!!
But unfortunately it is now the case he is a young minded dog in a very old dogs body
Will you have been a pleasure, I hope am making the right desicion today and that you meet your master over the bridge somewhere... xx XX xx
Some big memories of the last 8 months include:
Catching him paws up on the work top licking cheese off the side
Catching a pheasant in the garden!!! (it had been hit and was very disorienated but he was soooooo proud of him self for getting it)
Changing the other two to raw and him refusing to eat his kibble and howling at the door until he also had what they were having. (he put weight on after this)
Him jumping off the side into the pool at the hydrotherapy unit.
And some photos of the old boy
My favourite three black things
Seriously my butt is stuck to the sofa it wont move
Take a lab to water
One of the first sofa sessions
and the other day
what more could an old dog ask?
