Today is the day I've been dreading....

[Hookem84]

Sorry to hear. Prayers sent for you and your family.

[parkchief100]

Prayers up for you and your family. It was one of the hardest things I had to do. I have really only owned two dogs Neika a female Rottweiler and cocoa my female chocolate lab police canine partner. I cried uncontrollably both times! Cancer got both of them ( in the front leg)! Memories are your friend!!!

[Mr. Stickers]

Very sorry to hear, been there done it, not fun at all.....prayers for your family.

RIP.....EMERSON

[Mudslinger]

Hardest thing I have ever done was to put 3 of my Rotties down. I do not mind saying I cried like a baby when I had it done and i will cry again for the 2 I have now. Sorry you had to go thru this, it is not easy. Prayers.

[Old Mathews]

Prayers to you and your family. One of the hardest things I've ever had to do. RIP Emerson.

[DUKFVR]

Prayers Up for y'all.

[Drycreek3189]

I'm sorry for you......

[txjustin]

Sorry to hear this brother. I just did it with my 14 year old 2 weeks ago. The absolute hardest thing I've ever had to do and cried like a 235 pound baby.

[Poco]

Today is the day I've been dreading....

Awe man!! I hate reading these threads especially when it deals with beagles. We recently lost our rescue beagle Bandit and I hurt for days. He dug his way out of our fence and he has yet to be found. We have searched and searched nights and days with no luck. He had a collar with tags so were guessing some POS picked him up and didnt call us.
We miss the little dude a lot.

Our other beagle Archie we got from Froggy and he is our boy. Im not sure how we'll handle losing him one day.
Here he is with a deer ear.


Ray

[kmitchl]

Every pet owner wishes the pet would make this decision for them. We went through this two weeks ago with our lab so I can relate. She was a rescue and lived to be a little more than sixteen. I still look for her when I walk by where she slept.

[pblaetz]

Sorry to read this...............RIP Emerson!

[Electrican]

Sorry to hear!!

[BBRU]

Prayers up

[JGreen31]

Sorry to hear. RIP Emerson.

Been right there in your shoes.

[firemanjj82]

Thanks, guys. It wasn't easy at all, and I was his stand-in tech because everyone else had gone home. I was glad I could be there for him, though. I was the first face he saw when he finally had a home, and I was the last face he saw when he went.

My boy has already made the mention of going and getting a new dog tomorrow. I had already made the decision that we are going to be a pet free home for a while. My daughter took it a bit hard. My wife took it harder than she thought she would. So did I. But he's not fighting to breathe now. That's what is reassuring to me.

The one thing I'm going to have to talk to my kids about is the whole "do dogs go to heaven?". I know a lot of people who say yes, and some who say no. I know that scripture says that every living creature has the breath of life in it, so I'd like to say yes as well. And with how all animals, not just dogs and cats, have the personalities that they have, it's almost impossible to think that they just die.