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  1. 30th August 2009, 06:59 PM #1
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    Grim weekend - had to put our old Dobermann down

    Bit of a harrowing weekend

    Our old girl could no longer walk properly, just staggering around in an undignified fashion, so we had to make to sad decision to put her down. She was pretty old, and had cancer so not at all unexpected, but the trip to the vet and then coming home with her to bury her was hard going.

    My missus looks like a red-eyed panda (her description of herself!) from all the crying.

    Wouldn't like to be a vet and having to do that as part of daily work. That'd have to be the worst part of the job.

    Last picture below, taken just before we took her down to the vet We're going to miss her.

    Cheers
    David
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  2. 30th August 2009, 07:10 PM #2
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    Sorry to hear of your loss, mate.

    That's going to be a hard space to fill again.
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  3. 30th August 2009, 07:10 PM #3
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    I'm sorry for your loss. Must have been a hell of a desicion to make.

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  4. 30th August 2009, 07:11 PM #4
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    David, she looked like a beautiful dog. I'm sincerely so sad to hear that her day had come, but you'll always remember the good times with her.
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  5. 30th August 2009, 07:13 PM #5
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    My condolences
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    Sorry to hear.

    Are her nails really painted pink in the pic?
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  7. 30th August 2009, 07:49 PM #7
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    Yes - long standing tradition for her. She always had painted nails, even though she was a farm dog
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  8. 30th August 2009, 07:50 PM #8
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    Sorry for your loss. I would hate to loose my mate!
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  9. 30th August 2009, 07:51 PM #9
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    Tough call to make, when is the right time. We have a King Charles Caverlier cross that is now 19 years old
    She has a heart murmer
    A rattle in her lungs
    Deaf as a post
    Cant see much at all.
    Her sense of smell is still kean, does a lap of the yard when I let her out in the morning and sleeps alot
    Dont know but her time is close, hoping she just fades away in her sleep.
    Sad time
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  10. 30th August 2009, 09:00 PM #10
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    That's a tough thing to do however it is also the most humane thing to do.

    The loss is still deep, but for us all life will cease at some point, so we must remember the good times and think of the things that have been passed on to us and will be a part of our life.

    A dog becomes so much a part of our family, my sympathies for you.
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