Sad day....

[vip1]

We had to put Patch down this morning. She was 6 days shy of 14. She's had arthritis in her back hip for a while and it was getting pretty bad. She would have terrible days and great days, but mostly she had ok days. The terrible days were getting more frequent and the great days were all but a distant memory. I didn't want to wait too long

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[shimmin]

I'm glad you got to say goodbye. When my folks had my childhood basset hound put down, they didn't tell me beforehand, even though we were living in the same town. I just found out after the fact. Sometimes, I still find myself looking behind the chair in my parents' house where the dog liked to make her bed.

We are blessed by the animals that share their lives with us. However, their lives are shorter than ours.

[evilpeopleinc]

yeah I remember when I had to put SmallCat down. That sucked...there will never be a more awesome orange cat ever, but he had lots of problems and was really old. Oh well.

[dwchang]

:(

[deserteagle3]

We did that with mom's dog last year. It was so hard, but mom held his head and you are right - he just drifted into a deep sleep. I'll be thinking and praying for you.

Kudos to Dirk for cleaning up the room.