Today I had my Best Friend Put Down
:( I picked up My buddy Earl From the pound September 12 or 13, 2001.
Little did i know He had a severe case of seperation anxiety. I Will be the first to admit he had his problems,so have I. We were together until today when he was euthanized. (pardon all the spelling) I cried like I haven't cried in years. I know he loved me like no one ever could. I feel as if I have betrayed him. he had authuritis in his back and hips. he had lost bowel a couple years back and bladder control has been leaving for a few months. Finally even after emptying his bladder for him he was peeing in his sleep.no feeling in his left rear leg. He started falling alot in the last 6 months. The last 2 days his stool turned black. I have been in contact with the vet over this for the last 2 years or more. He told me it was going to come to this. We tried all the pills but aspirin helped him the most. He got an aspirin each night with half of a prevacid. We had tried steroids and they almost killed him. I asked about the options and they were take him home and probably return in a few days to have it done. or steroids and a bunch of physical therapy may buy a month. I decided with my wife it was time. Of course since the initial crying of about a half hour to fourty minutes I started second guessing myself. Chris (my vet) told me to stop second guessing myself and i made the right call,But I feel horrible. I can't help but to feel like I betrayed him.I don't know how to put pictures on here but If any one wants to see him I put a bunch of his pics on my google plus page thingy. It is just under Bill Deckelman.Earl is the Yellow lab mix Max is the GSD may they both R.I.P.
Little did i know He had a severe case of seperation anxiety. I Will be the first to admit he had his problems,so have I. We were together until today when he was euthanized. (pardon all the spelling) I cried like I haven't cried in years. I know he loved me like no one ever could. I feel as if I have betrayed him. he had authuritis in his back and hips. he had lost bowel a couple years back and bladder control has been leaving for a few months. Finally even after emptying his bladder for him he was peeing in his sleep.no feeling in his left rear leg. He started falling alot in the last 6 months. The last 2 days his stool turned black. I have been in contact with the vet over this for the last 2 years or more. He told me it was going to come to this. We tried all the pills but aspirin helped him the most. He got an aspirin each night with half of a prevacid. We had tried steroids and they almost killed him. I asked about the options and they were take him home and probably return in a few days to have it done. or steroids and a bunch of physical therapy may buy a month. I decided with my wife it was time. Of course since the initial crying of about a half hour to fourty minutes I started second guessing myself. Chris (my vet) told me to stop second guessing myself and i made the right call,But I feel horrible. I can't help but to feel like I betrayed him.I don't know how to put pictures on here but If any one wants to see him I put a bunch of his pics on my google plus page thingy. It is just under Bill Deckelman.Earl is the Yellow lab mix Max is the GSD may they both R.I.P.
