Having to put the dog down with kids in the family

I know it wasn't a lab, but my wife and I put down our pug, John Wayne, in August. He had metastatic mast cell skin cancer. He was 11 and we had him our entire relationship. He was everything to us. Our first kid so to speak. She did not want to be there to see it (pregnant with our first) and did not want me to go either. I regret it, all the time, basically every time we talk about him or I look at his picture. I wanted to hold him and for him not to be anxious with strangers around him. My mother in law took him for us and stayed with him. But IMO it should have been me. Let him go with you if you think he can handle it. I regret not going, I doubt I would have ever regretted being there.
 
Andrew,

I got all choked up reading this. I hope and pray that God will comfort you in this hard time. That boy of yours seems awfully grown up to ask you something like that, and should be there by his best friend's side.
 
Andrew,
I'm sorry and it just hurts.....
I would recommend that the vet puts in an iv catheter. I like to have easy vein access. Once the catheter is in there should be no pain or struggling. I like to give the dogs an iv anesthetic (ketamine/valium combo) and let the family spend a few minutes with the pet under sedation. I recommend, but up to the owner, that they leave seeing their pet sleeping comfortably and then I give a final euthanasia injection. It is tough to see your pet take its last breath, a memory that is frozen in your heart and mind forever....

Take care and I hope things go well,

Brian
 
Hey Andrew,

Sorry to hear about Brooks, he is such a good dog. Very mellow, good tempered. Knowing Michael and you, I would think that he most certainly should be there. You are raising him with good values, honor, respect and such, trying to get him to be a man...and well, this is a big deal to him and a chance to grow a bit through loss. I say take him.

Again, I hope all is well you and the family.
 
thanks.everyone for your words, thoughts and.prayers.
Not sure.yet what.i am going to do woth Michael will have decide.over the next couple of.days
 
Thoughts and my prayers are with you and your family. Not an easy descision, having the same experience at the same age as your son I have always regreted not being there at the time. This is just my experience but I sure wish that my parents had let me be with our dog at the time of her passing. Have a good talk with your son and make your own discision as to whether he can handle it or not.
 
So sorry to hear your sad news. I don't even want to think of the day when I'll have to do the same. But with my son now an infant, I might have to make a decision like you. I'm sure you will make the right one.
 
Andrew

Very sorry to hear about your dog Brooks. If it were my son that made that request, I would let him be there. It will be a very difficult event for everyone involved, especially him but in the long run will help to give him closure for Brooks passing. Just my 2 cents. Sorry again about Brooks.

Greg
 
So sorry to hear the bad news,but let me say this when hunter my yellow lab had to be put down because of hip disorder,I did not have the heart to see this done but my son at the age of14 said he wanted to be with hunter till the end which i agreed to let him do .I do believe this has given him the true love and passion of life and inner feelings we have for our beloved family animals. I do believe that you grant him this wish. My sorrows are with you in the lost of mans best friend.P.S.I would not wait to long to get another pet,for this helps to relieve the on going sorrow.God bless you all. CAS
 
ask him the question does he want to remember him alive or the way he is...now?

I too was just told one of my old hunting buddies was just put down last nite,tho she wasnt mine i cried like a baby ,i couldnt even say her name when the missus asked what the heck was wrong with me..My cousin had to make the call the other day and he waited a few days before he told me because he knew i would take it hard and he wanted to be able not to loose it to talking to me im sure..

So i remember Abby when she was alive chasing cripples for us ,what a dawg!! See ya on the other side gurl ,i said as i took a strong belt of whiskey as i toasted her long 16 years of birddawging for us...

ask him the question and go from there

I realy feel for you guys
godbless
take care
shermie...
 
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