Dakota ~ My Blue Dobie 5/2000 to 1/2009

GeorgieGirl

Awww...what a touching gift to give you Pam. Your vet and their staff sound like a terrific group of people. Im glad to hear that he is home and that your are feeling better. Remerber to just take one day at a time. We're her if you need us.
Hugs
Georgie

Pam

Thank you for your comments. I do feel much better having him home.

I have belonged to Banfield the pet hospital inside Petsmart stores for almost as long as I had Dakota. So atleast seven years. I paid monthly for the health insurance they offer. Great program in my opinion.

No charge for office calls, discounts on meds and services, two comprehensive exams a year, one dental cleaning a year, complete blood panels and x-rays, and any other exam you can think of was part of the program.

For all that was done for us, including the vet coming to my home on her day off, private cremation and beautiful Urn it was very affordable.

I am an advocate and would do it again should I get another dog.

JodieOhDoh

Hey Pam. I am so sorry for your loss. I am in the same place right now.

My beloved collie cross Fly was euthanised on 27 January this year. When she was still alive I posted on the health section of this forum kind of a living eulogy for her - I wanted to remember her and for people to remember her as the loving, excitable, crazy, beautiful pup she was before her illness. She was diagnosed with bone cancer and a secondary cancer in her bowel. Towards her last days she could not stand up on her own or get in and out of the house on her own. To compound this her bowel was obstructed by some sort of tumour and the poor soul was up 40 times a night trying to poo and she couldn't. I spent hours trying to coax her into eating something so I could get her to eat her steroids which kept her going.

I feel your pain, Pam and your touching account of Dakota's final moments reminds me so much of our experience that I am crying right now. In retrospect I really wish I had had the vet come to our home (they offered to but I thought I didn't want it). We took Fly down to the vet's surgery and she was put to sleep on the cold steel table. I know it was the only option as she was suffering and the steroids were the only thing keeping her going... but I feel like I betrayed her somehow. I feel like I failed in my duty to take care of her and keep her from harm. And I miss her so much every day. The world is moving on without me, people have started looking at me like "Enough already, it was only a dog". She was so good, so sweet, so loving, so fun, such a part of my heart and she's gone.

I really hope that you can work through your grief and come to a place where you can remember Dakota and the happy times you shared without your heart hurting too much.

xxx

k9capture

Like many of us I read this at work during a meeting. BIG mistake. I had to get up sniffling, leave the room and go cry in my office with my door shut. Very touching, I think I will post my two pups crossing over the rainbow brigde later on when I am out of this meeting that I should be getting back to...

Love my pets

Pam
I am sitting here crying after reading your story. I was just informed last night that my dog that I've had for over 15 years had to be put to sleep. This was my pet from when I was a child and I have moved out of my parents house quite a long time ago and live too far to get there to visit too often. I wanted to take him with me but after discussing it with my dad we decided it made more sense to leave him in the environment he was used to since he was starting to age. I was able to go home and visit with him this past June and though it was obvioius he was aging I had a hard time admitting it was going to be soon. My dad called me last night and broke the news, I have not had much time go by since without crying. I am taking it very hard and came to this site looking for other people going thru the same to hopefully help me thru. I want to tell you it is so good to know there are others out there that care about their pets as much as I do. It is not the first time one of my pets have had to be put to sleep but the fact that I was not able to be there with him is what really is breaking my heart. All I can do is hold my two dogs here and tell them how much I love them and pray that uncle is in doggy heaven with his companion that he has missed for the past few years.

Thank you for your story!

I love you Nietzchie!

johndecker

i'm so sorry for your loses... i know they are in a place where they can be happy for eternity.....