I'm sorry you are having to go through this.

My black pug loves riding in the SD. If it is just me in the car she usually sits in the front with her hind legs on the seat and her fronts up on the dash. If the entire family is in their she is either on one of our laps or in the back window (except for the long trips in which she will fall asleep on her pillow- she takes trips very well). :o

I seem to do fine with the mechanics of it - he's taking an almost lethal dose of prednisone right now, and I think he's not reacting to it anymore, so it's about time to take him in. He's just going to be in pain from here on out.

What gets me is when I make myself busy with normal day-to-day things and I suddenly realize he's not going to be there in the future. I was working on my race bike last night - and between AHRMA races and Bonneville salt in the fall, I had really looked forward to him being there.

Who's going to protect me when the six-year-old gets rough? (he barks at her and actually bared his teeth one time when she was pretending to choke me)

you guys are probably sick of hearing about all this - it's just life. we made each other happy.

No one is forcing us to read this thread. It is after all Open Discussion where one can post about anything. This is your way of dealing with it and getting support from your Mercedes buds. The people continuing to read it loves dogs as much as you do. Write all you want. :o

No, we're not sick of hearing it. Most of us have experienced the same thing with the same raw emotions when we had to make the dreaded decision.

All life is finite. We are privileged to live with and love these peerless companions for an all too brief span,who ask nothing of you but love and care which they return a thousandfold.

I've had 14 dogs in my years here and I can say unequivocally my life is the better for it. I much prefer their company in the house and field to practically all people I know.
How many humans will always greet you with a wide smile and an eagerness to engage you...how many people will never criticise you and almost telepathically comfort you when you're depressed?

It never gets easier, no matter how many times it happens.

1000% Agree

Plenty of humans will. Just that you don't know whether they are sincere or not. Dogs, OTOH, are always sincere. I'd trust my dogs more than most people and if it came down to another person or my dog, the dog will win out most every time.

Never will but that is the price we pay for all the joy we get.

Agree also, but there are a few people in my life that have the same effect - my boxing coach is one. Every time I show up at the gym in a foul mood, he's on me, all smiles, cracking dopey jokes and slapping me in the head with a practice pad when I'm not paying attention. It could be that he's been hit so many times in the head.... but I digress.

Exactly ... all of us know, to some degree, what you're going through, so we know how painful it is and we know the importance of having someone to talk to about it. It isn't just something you do and move on from. And even after one gets over the initial grief, there are always moments down the road where you do something for the first time without your friend (a holiday, a summer trip, go to a particular park, etc.) and you realize again how much you miss him. But, along the same lines, his memory will always be there with you, too ... and I think over the long haul the good memories win out over the grief.

But don't ever worry about anyone getting tired of hearing about it ... we are all here because we care!

Max the Wonder Corgi passed on today at about 11:50 AM. He had an awesome Christmas - even playing prickleball and guarding the house up until the last hour. I know it was the right thing to do, but I miss him more than anything and it's horrible around the house because he was larger than life. His noises, how bossy he was when he wanted to play...I could go on and on.

What an awesome best friend he was.

I'm so sorry. But how special that he held on through Christmas for you, and you were able to make his last days fun and comfortable for him. I would write more but it will make me start crying at work. It sounds like you and Max were very lucky to have each other.

I'm Sorry he passed on :( In this time of Grief I pass on to you this: Though he may be physically gone, the memory of him will last a life time and nobody can ever take that away from you. he looked like an Awesome best friend to have around

I am very sorry and am holding a good thought for you.
I had to take my wifes dog to the vet to be put down several years back. I absolutely hated that poodle and still cried like a baby as she took her last breath in my arms. And I mean the real blubbery sobbing variety. :o:o
Hang in there....

Stimpy, my heart goes out to you.

As I noted I lost my number one, not too long ago.
I lost IT several times yesterday, one especially embarassing when my Brother gave me my Xmas present. A beautiful hand done drawing (by him) of my Tuvie.

It will hurt, it will pass.

And you will as we have done, get a replacement.

It was too early for me, but the better half kept pushing for it.

Barney is a puppy, Chow/Boxer, rescued from a shelter.
He's proving to be pretty smart and a very good little guy, but I know he'll never replace my Tuvie.

I'll post some pics later.

Take a deep breath, and remember the good times.

there's so much of him here, everywhere i look

i can't go to sleep because i think he's just outside waddling around

I's hard to think of the right words to say, hopefully the things around the house that remind him of you will remain to bring up the good memories.

Plus he gave you a Christmas gift of staying alive and playiong prickleball while you watched

He is just waddling around, in your heart, you gave him a good life.

Take a deep breath, remember the good times and get some sleep.

HE would have wanted you to.

You knew it was his time and you did the right thing for him.
Maybe not for you but for him.
Thats what you have to remember

You always gave him the best !

ps 2 months after mine, I am sitting here teary eyed.
But he had a life few could hope for, and I mean anyone not just dogs or animals.

I'm sure you gave Max the same care and love.
Thats what you have to remember .