My Dog Got Put Down Today.

Zonugal

So my family's dog will be 18 come March and she is getting OLD! She's deaf, has an enlarged heart and recently has lost control of her bladder. So apparently she now has to wear diapers. I didn't even know they sold dog diapers, but they do. It is a thing that happens.

So let us discuss old age and the natural, awful decay of our mortal vessels.

TheySlashThem

okay so why are you wearing a diaper

Brolo

"...Turns out he was trying to fuck my dog."

Raijin Quickfoot

My kids have to wear diapers.

Zonugal

ThatDudeOverThere wrote:

okay so why are you wearing a diaper

I am merely a man after all.

Indie Winter

this one time our neighbour's cat had these, abscesses? under his skin? so to get the pus out they had to put in a few plastic tubes into his back

he looked like a cyborg-cat

he's fine now, he is the best cat

Beasteh

i lie awake every night thinking about death

alternatingAberration

Reminds me of the time my grandparents' cat got sick and would randomly go into uncontrolled, spastic episodes running around trying to get away from the diarrhea pouring out of its butt.

Dead Legend

old dog used to poop in her sleep

not diarrhea or anything, just doggy logs

and then when it advanced to pudding shits we had enough of that and it was time to put the old gal down

Muse Among Men

We don't need another poop thread!

bwanie

my brave little cat that lived thrice her life expectancy. shitty kidneys from the get-go. dragged her little butt back from the dead four times in nine years.

bye elmo, you were a good elmo.

Ubik

alternatingAberration wrote:

Reminds me of the time my grandparents' cat got sick and would randomly go into uncontrolled, spastic episodes running around trying to get away from the diarrhea pouring out of its butt.

that sounds hilarious

Henroid

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

My kids have to wear diapers.

That made me laugh more than it should have.

Indie Winter

Muse Among Men wrote:

We don't need another poop thread!

oh but muse, the poop tales we could share with you

they'd bring poop tears to your eye

TLH

http://www.nhne.org/news/NewsArticlesArchive/tabid/400/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3359/language/en-US/Oscar-The-Cat-Knows-When-People-Are-Going-To-Die.aspx

Heard this story on NPR. I would shoo that cat away from me.

Paladin

all of my dogs died of cancer, while all my sister's pets died of eating poison, except one dog that ran away and died


did you know that if you cook with teflon it will kill parakeets

mcp

Right before we had to put one of my dogs down, she let out the biggest stream of liquid poo.

Fouled the whole house up. Then she tried to bite me when I was putting her in the car.

If I remember right, her kidney's had gone at that point. There was nothing we could do, and had to put her down.

I dug her grave in the backyard in 110 degree weather.

She was good dog.

Mortal Sky

My dog is eleven, and I'm dreading the day that her age actually starts catching up with her. It kind of already has, but she's still fairly perky and entirely healthy.

Paladin

take care of her teeth

Mortal Sky

Noted.

lostwords

Oh man, I thought this would involve dragging poopy butt hilarity, complete with animated gifs, but it's just sad

skettios

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzEhoyXpqzQ

Henroid

My ex and her family had to put their dog down this past week.

mcp

My dog Fizzgig is almost 2.

Oh, it's going to be sad when he passes away.
Until then, I'm going to rub my face on his face so much.

Paladin

be really, really careful with dogs and rabbits if your lawn gets sprayed

Don't let them outside for a few days, or monitor the pesticide people to make absolutely sure they don't spray where the animals are supposed to be

because sometimes they forget

and then your sister comes home from her piano recital

Sterica

My dog has requested I be buried with her.

It's a bit worrisome. Their coffins are so tiny.

Henroid

William Shatner's dog(s?) got poisoned recently, because some new caretaker at the house while he was away put some snail poison stuff out on the yard.

peticanoe

My uncle's dog got some kind of disease in its hindquarters that ended with paralysis and constant pain. Dog was on crazy painkillers, had to wear a diaper and had a little wheeled cart for her back end.

Watching that dog drag her ass around was one of the saddest things I ever saw, especially when she would go too fast and tip the cart over but continue to drag forward.

skettios

I miss my dog a bunch.
She made it to 16.

Then too many things were happening with her body. Basically we were left with 3 options.
1. Pay a several thousand dollars to have a very very low chance at improving her life
2. Let her live in pain
3. Put her down.

We cooked her up a ton of bacon (her fav treat) to have beforehand.
I didn't like putting her down. She was so scared. Getting teary just thinking bout it...

Zonugal

Paladin wrote:

take care of her teeth

This, this is very important.

Jars

my cat made it to 19, she had gone from 10 pounds to 7. losing 30% of your body weight is pretty crazy

putting down a pet is the most surreal feeling. this thing in your hands is alive, and it won't be an hour later.

ceres

Beasteh wrote:

i lie awake every night thinking about death

I do this as well.

Beasteh

i shouldnt be scared because i accept that death is a part of life and it happens to us all

but at 3am it doesnt comfort me

Wren

I lie awake thinking about going on cool adventures and conquering aliens. death? thats some lame pondering, dude

Paladin

stop goin to bed at 3am

Tommy2Hands

my last cat ran away from home because he had a bunch of mental issues

he now lives at a house down the road

makes me super sad to think about

Beasteh

some juvenile posts

Shorty

I do not think I will ever have another pet

it is too hard to let them go

zucchini

my family's dog had to be put down yesterday

he was 14 and had a whole buncha issues so it was for the best

The Geek

TLH wrote:

http://www.nhne.org/news/NewsArticlesArchive/tabid/400/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3359/language/en-US/Oscar-The-Cat-Knows-When-People-Are-Going-To-Die.aspx

Heard this story on NPR. I would shoo that cat away from me.

They did this in an episode of House. They had a logical explanation for it. I don't remember it now, but it was something to do with the people being warmer due to circulation or something as they were getting sicker, and the cat liked laying on warmer surfaces.

TrippyJing

Beasteh wrote:

i shouldnt be scared because i accept that death is a part of life and it happens to us all

but at 3am it doesnt comfort me

I avoid this sort of thing by letting the sounds of stand-up comedy lull me to sleep.