Tough Day, put down my best friend......

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shooter mcgavin

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Knew it was comming for some time. The past two months weve been picking up her back legs to get upstairs.
A couple of days ago she stopped drinking water. Took her to the vet yesterday for the last time.

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I knew it would be hard but holy cow, it sucks. The worst was right before i left, i had the wife and kids say goodbye for the last time. I didnt expect the kids to go and dont think less of them.
I almost didnt stay til the very end just couldnt do it but at the last minute, i decided to stay til her last breath and im glad i did.

Her name was Abbie and in a month she would have been 13.
 
I know the feeling all to well. You did what any friend would do. You can have some peace knowing that she is in a much better place than we are. You and Abbie will be in our prayers.

Dan
 
My sincere condolences Shooter Mcgavin. I too have been down that road and I also didn't think I would be able to stay till the very end. But I am glad I did, he was an old friend like Abbie was to you.

Their is an old saying about a Rainbow Bridge where dogs wait for their master when they move onto the next world.

http://www.petloss.com/rainbowbridge.htm

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

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That thought has always brought me comfort and perhaps it will you also.
:cheers:
 
shooter mcgavin said:
Knew it was comming for some time. The past two months weve been picking up her back legs to get upstairs.
A couple of days ago she stopped drinking water. Took her to the vet yesterday for the last time.

johnabbiepheasant002.jpg

I knew it would be hard but holy cow, it sucks. The worst was right before i left, i had the wife and kids say goodbye for the last time. I didnt expect the kids to go and dont think less of them.
I almost didnt stay til the very end just couldnt do it but at the last minute, i decided to stay til her last breath and im glad i did.

Her name was Abbie and in a month she would have been 13.
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My Condolences

It's fitting to leave you with the last paragraph of "The Dogs Prayer"

And, beloved master, should the Great Master see fit to deprive me of my health or sight, do not turn me away from you. Rather hold me gently in your arms as skilled hands grant me the merciful boon of eternal rest...and I will leave you knowing with the last breath I drew, my fate was ever safest in your hands.

--Beth Norman Harris
 
RIP Abbie.Wish I had met you.
 
My thoughts are with you. They are a mans best friend. Never talked back and were always glad to see you.. cant say that about everyone in this world. Hang in there. There is another good friend waiting for you.
 
My condolences to you and your family. I went thru the same thing last February with my chocolate. It was one of the hardest thing that I have had to do, but I sat with him until the end petting his head and making sure that he knew I was there. I owed him that at least. Even more difficult was going home and telling my wife. She didn't want the dog in the first place, but she had grown closer to him then even I did. We are finally getting around to getting another dog and I know this one will become as much a member of the family as the last.
 
Thanks for the kind words guys. We still have a 2 year old black lab who has become a great hunting dog.
Its getting easier but i still find myself looking for her in the house.
The thing i hate the most is i never took her to South Dakota for the one big trip.
Today the vets office called so i can pick up her ashes, we did a private cremation.
This summer, a majority of her ashes will be spread over Whitewater Lake Wisconsin where she enjoyed swimming and sitting in the boat with me when i fished.
The remainder will be spread in South Dakota when i go there hunting there next fall with my two sons and our black lab Sadie.
She will get to South Dakota after all.
 
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