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[smker]

my avatar photo a Basset hound named scooby, he passed away in october and i really really---- "really"!!!--- messed up with him, he gave signs that i chose not to see that he wanted to find a little spot to pass away but i wouldn't let him and i didn't want him to go, he even got really mean in the last weeks, i thought he would pass away in his sleep but it was far from it, i just started a job at the town elementary school here and had to be up at 5am and it was late when he froze up and fell over and couldn't get back up and i knew it was the end, i didn't have the money for a vet trip , i put blankets around him to keep him warm and comfy and when i found him at 5am he had part of a blanket down his throat so he suffocated himself, deciding to put a pet down is a very hard thing to do and it hurts, the real hurt is doing what i did, i F@cked up in the worst way and i have to live with that memory,
fist time ive openly talked about this feels good but it wont heal what i did, i F@cked up and made him suffer DONT BE LIKE ME theres no healing just a memory

chris

 

[mike243]

I don't see that you done anything wrong, would you have put a family member down? no you would want to spend as much time with them as you can regardless . As pet owners there's no easy way to deal with it. Our lab is 6 years old in April and I told the wife no more animals, she will grieve badly when this dog passes.

 

[BandCollector]

smker

Don't beat yourself up too much.

One of the hardest thing is to watch a best friend's life come to an end. In my case my Black Lab who was my hunting companion for 14 years almost over night had lost a great deal of her body weight and control of her bodily functions. Fortunately, I did have the money for a vet trip which made her passing almost bearable. As you mentioned Scooby got really mean at the end which is difficult to deal with but keep in mind he was hurting. Understandably those last days are the hardest to deal with but you have the better and best days to remember as well. Keep those best days in your memories. You did what you could to make him as comfortable as you could.

My biggest mistake was not being with Molly when our vet finally ended her suffering. At that moment, I just didn't want to watch my best friend die. A decision I have regretted because I should have been with her in the end. Time does heal. Doesn't seem like it now but it will.

Take care my friend,

John

 

[sawhorseray]

Scooby would want you to forgive yourself, it's never easy. RAY

 

[pineywoods]

Don't beat yourself up you did what you could to try to spend as much time as you could with your beloved pet and there is nothing wrong with that. It's never easy to loose a member of the family and I don't think there is a right way to do it yes some people take their pet to a vet to be put down but I wouldn't say that is the right thing to do either it is up to the owner and what they think is best and I don't think there is a good way to have a pet go. Remember the good times with Scooby

 

[smokerjim]

sorry for your loss, as everyone said there is no easy way to lose a pet, not even sure there is a right or wrong way of putting them down or just let nature take it's course as long as they're not suffering. having pets my whole life I had to put down quite a few down and it's never easy, I always get the feeling I betrayed them but as time goes on I know it's the right decision. so don't beat yourself up,ya did what you could to make him comfortable, if we all knew the outcome of some of our actions I have a feeling we would be doing a lot of things differently. Jim

 

[mneeley490]

smker, as the others here have said, you can't beat yourself up over it. Believe me, I did it for many months, and it doesn't help a thing. In my case, we took her to a vet and stayed with her until after the end. It wasn't any better than what happened with you. Just a bit quicker is all. But the guilt takes time to fade; nothing to be done about that. Just know that you're not alone. We are all at your side.