Posted on 02/10/2012 7:08:56 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
That’s what we did with our last Golden. She hated riding in cars and awoke one morning, totally disoriented, and a look of fear in her eyes which were unfocused. I knew it was time.
My husband and a friend dug a grave by her favorite place to rest in the yard. The Vet came by and we carried her on her blanket over to the edge of the grave . Everybody said goodbye, and the vet gave her a shot and she drifted away while my husband held her.
Then the men lowered her into her grave, still wrappped in her blanket. I went indoors and ordered a gravestone for her. It was peaceful, but she didn’t have to be terrified by a car ride. She was 15 1/2.
When my grandchildren visit, they always put flowers on her grave, even though some of them never knew her.
That’s a terrific TZ clip. Thanks for posting. I think that is a Virginia Coon Hound. I wouldn’t know, but one was featured on Fox & Friends this mornng as one of the new breeds accepted into the Westminster Dog Show this year. Beautiful dog. To me it looks like a cross between an American Fox Hound and a German Shorthaired Pointer.
I'm glad that you did that.....it's more loving and personal that way.
Wonderful story. My little Bichon, Rocky, is somewhere north of twelve. I treasure him every day because I know what is coming. It is never easy to say good-bye to a dear one.
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