My sweet boy Tiger has passed away

Dammit I hate reading these, makes me tear up. Glad you gave him a good life and it was the right decision even though it may not feel like it.

Animals > people
 
I euthanized a beloved pet back in the day. Something about the experience feels wrong, and it hurts 3x more than a typical pet passing. May they find frith in the lifeyond world.
 
I'm sorry for your loss. Saying goodbye to our fur babies sucks. I've had to put two dogs down in the last 5 years.
 
never an easy experience, hombre

I remember taking my last dog to the vet to be put down on account that he
couldn't stand up anymore, was incontinent and fairly incoherent.
In the truck, he actually brightened up a bit, thinking he was going to the park.
Just the profoundly sad and devastating experience of him laying on the floor and getting
the fatal syringe and watching him pass. Makes me shudder.

Waited FIVE years before getting another Shepherd, and now he's already almost eight!
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Can't imagine life without him.
 
Brampton_Boy said:
At 11:58am, my dog Tiger passed away - I held him in my lap as he took his last breath. We sang to him as he transitioned from this world to the next.

My heart is absolutely shattered. On Saturday he was begging me for chicken and chasing squirrels on our walk, and by today he was gone. It started innocently enough - he was vomiting and had diarrhea. I decided to take him to the vet as a precaution. They noticed fluid in his stomach and this morning an ultrasound determined he had masses in his bladder and stomach, and enlarged lymph nodes. The vet said there was no treatment that would ensure a good quality of life and advised to euthanize him.

I feel like I betrayed him somehow. He still looked good - he was still asking for treats. In fact, his last meal at the vet's office was chocolate (the irony, as now it didn't matter) and he gobbled it up and wanted more. The vet reminded me that it was better to be a day early than a day late, and if he was showing visible signs of pain, then he must be really hurting.

I adopted Tiger in 2018 shortly after my father passed away. He was a rescue dog from Greece - somebody had tied him to a poll and abandoned him during the Greece fires. I adopted him site unseen and was told he was a half lab and half collie. He ended up being a mixed breed pitbull. He was the sweetest and most loving dog I have ever had. I was his whole world, and he was mine. As cliche as this is to say, I didn't save him, he saved me.

Goodbye my sweet boy - I love you with every ounce of my being and I will meet you on the other side of the rainbow bridge.

Please give your furry family members a hug and tell them you love them. I would trade away the world for one last I love you with Tiger.

The last picture of my good boy at the vet.

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Sucks man, had to do it too many times already

Can we get some pictures of prime Tiger up in here, don't let that photo be the way you or any of us remember him
 
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