Some Good News on the Ledge...

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Well, I have snake ISSUES! My Mom always said it was her fault, that I learned to be terrified through her. I mow 4 of my 5 acres, so I see several every year. Although, 2004 was the YEAR OF NO SNAKES!!! I usually see 5-6 a year, and I saw NONE last year! I can't TELL you how happy that makes me. Maybe the word is out in the snake community, that this David guy mows with a handgun, so stay the hell out of his yard.



When we lost our dachshound, my Mom and I were bawling like babys, on our deck(she had a heart attack, and died in front of us). I remember, in between sobs, us hoping the neighbors weren't home, to hear us.
I know that they are worth the heartbreak of losing them. I met two women yesterday at U of IL, both of whom had pugs with terminal cancer, just hoping to buy a few more months with them. One of the ladies and I cried when we started talking about her baby.

Oh my - that is heartbreaking - I've never had a dog die in front of me.

The dog we recently lost - I was watching her once weekend when her back legs completely went out - she needed thousands of dollars worth of surgery -and that wouldn't have fixed her joint problem so she would have a miserable existence....we decided to put her down....it was so heartbreaking...

My whole family went to the vet's office and she was SO happy to see us all - happy and wagging her tail and licking us all - but she couldn't move - and we were all bawling like babies too.....only my brother-in-law stayed with her until the end - we couldn't take it and left.....but I'm so glad that we got to be there with her at th end.....though it was so hard....

I've only had Clancy for a little under a month now - but I'm already SO attached to her....she's such a little lovey.....

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Oh my - that is heartbreaking - I've never had a dog die in front of me.

The dog we recently lost - I was watching her once weekend when her back legs completely went out - she needed thousands of dollars worth of surgery -and that wouldn't have fixed her joint problem so she would have a miserable existence....we decided to put her down....it was so heartbreaking...

My whole family went to the vet's office and she was SO happy to see us all - happy and wagging her tail and licking us all - but she couldn't move - and we were all bawling like babies too.....only my brother-in-law stayed with her until the end - we couldn't take it and left.....but I'm so glad that we got to be there with her at th end.....though it was so hard....

I've only had Clancy for a little under a month now - but I'm already SO attached to her....she's such a little lovey.....

I'm glad everyone was there to see her. I've made my mind up, that when the time comes(hopefully a long time off, but...)that I want to be there holding him. God, I dread that day.
With my dachshound, we "maybe" should have put her down in her last year of life. She lost most of her eyesight, and her appetite for dog food(she ate nothing but cooked hamburger, and lemon cookies for the last year- she NEVER lost her appetite for these two things. She loved them both!). But, she wasn't in pain. She'd be bed bound for a week, but then get back to running around for a week. But, we finally knew the time had come. I moved back home for the last three days, and slept on the kitchen floor next to her(do I have dog issues, or what?). I called our vet, right down the street, and told them I didn't want to make her suffer through sitting in the waiting room. They told me to bring her in in 20 minutes, and they'd put her right down, without waiting. I laid down on the deck with her, and she had her heart attack about 5 minutes later. It was like her final gift to me was saving me the pain of putting her down.