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G-man
5/3/2017 9:43pm
5/3/2017 9:43pm
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5/7/2017 4:44am
The downside of owning pets is when they get old and their bodies start to shut down.
I've had dogs and cats my whole life and the older I get the harder it is to do it seems. I'm going to have to put my sweet Elsie girl down.
She's 18 yrs old and has been drinking a lot of water for the last 2 yrs which usually means her kidneys and has lost weight.
About 10 days ago she started to go blind and I think now she is totally blind. I have to take her to the water dish and also the litter box.
I'm hesitant to do it but I know it must be done.
Seems like yesterday when I brought her home to meet RJ.
The first day I got her I thought I lost her as she climbed up and into a cabinet and I could not find her.
This is happier times when she was full of spunk. She use to literally do bermshots and bounce off the wall and she also would fetch a sponge ball for me. Sadly the only one left in this pic is Smoky in the dog bed.
Her and Bailey had a Love/Hate relationship and while she was my smallest pet she ruled the roost.
I have to do this soon and am really dreading it.....
I've had dogs and cats my whole life and the older I get the harder it is to do it seems. I'm going to have to put my sweet Elsie girl down.
She's 18 yrs old and has been drinking a lot of water for the last 2 yrs which usually means her kidneys and has lost weight.
About 10 days ago she started to go blind and I think now she is totally blind. I have to take her to the water dish and also the litter box.
I'm hesitant to do it but I know it must be done.
Seems like yesterday when I brought her home to meet RJ.
The first day I got her I thought I lost her as she climbed up and into a cabinet and I could not find her.
This is happier times when she was full of spunk. She use to literally do bermshots and bounce off the wall and she also would fetch a sponge ball for me. Sadly the only one left in this pic is Smoky in the dog bed.
Her and Bailey had a Love/Hate relationship and while she was my smallest pet she ruled the roost.
I have to do this soon and am really dreading it.....
Each day seems to be worse....
Might hafta do it after work tomorrow.
Try to take solace in how fortunate you were to have her so long.
Fuzzy buddies are awesome
The Shop
Youre a good man for handling this difficult part of their life. Hang in there fella.
We are here for you G-Man
Did I mention my wife is the crazy cat lady?
However she IS crazy for marrying a bondo peddler who huffs paint fumes for a living.
This is Spot, he's looked pissed since day 1
Sorry man it aint easy...
Pit Row
My daughter brought her home one day when she was about 6 from someone outside the local supermarket as a barely weaned kitten. Part of the family doesn't even begin to describe the place she held in our lives. I swear she thought she was human just like the rest of us.
The time finally came when, after months of little mobility & energy, I found her convulsing in her favorite spot on the front porch swing. A trip to the vet confirmed our worst fears. The doc mercifully put her to rest while I held her in my arms. I cried like a baby. Its hard man.
Elsie was a special one to me.
One of her tricks was I could throw a sponge ball against the wall and it would go down two flights of stairs and she would run and get it (jumping the last set), bring it back to me and drop it right at my feet better than my dog would do hahaha.
She was one of a kind and I will miss her.
Just got home from work and miss seeing her as we always looked forward to seeing each other.
The best to you at this tough time G-man. Take a ride on your bike and think of all the good times you two had together. Helps the healing process just like your story above.
Prob 15-20 years ago was crossing the cows across the road that split our farm, had my 3 border collies sitting at my feet whilst a big semi rolled past slowly. Inexplicably one the boys bolted out and kissed every tyre on that semi. Not good to watch.
The other two sat beside that road for what seemed like a week looking out at the spot where the poor boy died.
Broke my heart.
Although one of my cats Johnny O.
yes I had one too Newman got ran over in front of me and ran down into the gutter.
I finally coaxed her out and she was still alive and slept with me when I woke up she had passed.
Here's Elsie, our last night together. She used to love to lay on my chest just like my first cat when I was 7 years old.
Ironically we named her Honda because I told my dad when she purred she sounded like a motorcycle.
Little did I know I would be so obsessed with motorcycles the next 51 years of my life.
Honda lived 21 yrs.
Bailey practically knocks me over with excitement when I get home from a hard day at work.
Thanks
One of my favorite lines from Men In Black was when Will Smith noticed that Tommy lee was watching his wife on some kind of satellite gizmo and Will said " It's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all"
Tommy Lee snapped his head around and said "Try It"
I don't think I could do it again. I really don't.
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