everyone have a drink for my POOCH tonight

[monty73741]

I just wanted to thank everyone four the out pouring of emotion. I posted this mainly trying to deal with the pain. Like many other home brewers my dog used to watch what i was doing. Every batch though some how a hair or two always got in it. But that was integra her hair would get everywhere even the upper cabinets in the house. I'll probally formulate a brew in memory of her. For an update I;m going to my parents house. I;m going to dig her grave. Monday i have to schedule her in for her passing. I might even call a mobile vet to do it at the house. I have friends coming over to say their last goodbye.

thank you all again

 

[theonecynic]

I'm so sorry for your loss, I raise my glass to you both. I've recently lost both a pet and a relative, so I share your pain. A memorial beer is a wonderful idea, I decided to do the same but, not being very good at this, I'm still a long way off!

Glad to hear your friends are there to help you through this.

 

[travestyofnature]

Sorry for your loss. Apollo is having a toast for you both.

 

[annasdadhockey]

Gonna share 1 tonight with Daisy and Bailey, in honor of Integra (and in memory of Betsy)

Prost!!

 

[BierMuncher]

I have one that is one...maybe two years from her final wag.

Can't even imagine that day.

Cheers to you and your friend.

Dogs....do go to heaven.

 

[Fingers]

I might even call a mobile vet to do it at the house.

That really depends solely on the cost because you'll be with her at the end either way and she won't know the difference. She may even enjoy the final car ride. Your call.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[barracudamagoo]

I'm sorry to hear. It's probably one of the toughtest things we ever have to go through. I will, albeit sadly, have a drink for your pup. I got this in a chainmail a while back.... gets me every time:

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owner, his wife, and their little boy were all very attached to Belker and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family there were no miracles left for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.

As we made arrangements, the owners told me they thought it would be good for the four-year-old boy to observe the procedure. They felt he could learn something from the experience.

The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker's family surrounded him. The little boy seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on.

Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away. The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or confusion.

We sat together for a while after Belker's death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives.

The little boy, who had been listening quietly, piped up, "I know why."

Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting explanation. He said, "Everybody is born so that they can learn how to live a good life - like loving everybody and being nice, right?" The four-year- old continued, "Well, animals already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long."

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I just wanted to thank everyone four the out pouring of emotion. I posted this mainly trying to deal with the pain. Like many other home brewers my dog used to watch what i was doing. Every batch though some how a hair or two always got in it. But that was integra her hair would get everywhere even the upper cabinets in the house. I'll probally formulate a brew in memory of her. For an update I;m going to my parents house. I;m going to dig her grave. Monday i have to schedule her in for her passing. I might even call a mobile vet to do it at the house. I have friends coming over to say their last goodbye.

thank you all again

Did you ever consider having her cremated? I had my first Golden Retriever, Copper, cremated. She was my hunting partner and though I grew up with dogs she was the first one that was "my dog". As I said she was my hunting partner- she was a helluva pheasant dog. And she was my best friend. When she got cancer and had to be put down I had her cremated. This sounds kinda weird, but I had this brownie tin with a Terry Redlin print on the cover. It's a print of a hunter sitting on a hill overlooking a marsh with his dog sitting next to him as the sun is coming up. I'm looking at it now and it is bringing tears to my eyes as I type, remembering that dog. Anyway, I put her ashes in that tin and I keep it, along with her collar and choker, in my gun cabinet. I take it out every once in a while and look at it and remember my friend. She'll never leave me. Anyway, it's just a thought.

 

[zac]

My heart goes out to you.

I buried my best friend about 3 years ago, and even though I have two new pups laying asleep at my feet, my heart still aches for my Bo.

I was there when Bo was born, and never spent much time apart from him.

Digging Bo's grave, and returning him to the earth is the only work I have ever done on a Sunday that wasn't job related, or a have to case for the farm I live on.

Its so crazy how we get attached to pets. I don't know exactly how you feel, but I have been in the situtation, and it sucks.

I raise my IIPA to you & for all the friends that are no longer with us.

 

[SchizoFilly]

My sincerest condolences to the loss of your friend.

 

[conpewter]

I missed this thread earlier. My condolences for your loss. Years ago my Dane had to be put to sleep at 3 because of cancer. You are doing the right thing for her.

 

[monty73741]

Well, the mobile vet came. I think the dog knew. she laid their & let the vet do her job. I wrapper her in a blanket in her favorite position. I burried her right next to her favorite deer trail.

 

[ChshreCat]

She looks so much like my dog and I already have nightmares about that day coming. I'm seriously having to hold back from crying at work here. When I get home I'm going to have to have some serious time with him.

 

[jrssr5]

Just saw this thread ... sorry to hear. I had to put my cat down at Thanksgiving and dread the day when my dog Shadow reaches that point. We'll raise one for Integra tonight.