Category: Life After

Older Dogs And Euthanasia

There are several questions surrounding senior dogs and euthanasia. For one, when is a dog considered “old”? Unlike humans, advanced age in dogs vary depending on their breed. There’s also a lot of confusion regarding the geriatric issues that dogs have to deal with. But the most pressing question that pet owners have in mind relates to how their dogs will be put down.

As a pet owner, making a decision to have your dog euthanized is a huge deal. You will have to ask yourself once, twice, and several more times before deciding to finally pull the plug. More often than not, it’s a difficult—even impossible—choice to make, but it’s a decision that has to be done. What it all comes down to is how much you love your dog to make this life-changing decision.

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From Animal Planet, Sonya Fitzpatrick offers her wisdom and advice for helping your beloved pet when it is dying.  This is such a hard time in your life and it can be so difficult to know when to let go.  Fitzpatrick says that she made the mistake many years ago of waiting too long to euthanize her cat and realized too late that the animal had been in such pain and had lived such a long life, that she probably ought to have made arrangements a week or two ahead of its actual passing.

Fitzpatrick also wisely recommends that when it is time to help your beautiful furry friend cross over, ask to see if the vet could come to your home for the procedure.  This will be a wonderful way to help your dog feel comfortable and calm as they are surrounded by all those that love them.  You can also ask the vet to please administer a tranquilizer before the medication that stops their hearts.  Again, this will help your pet to not feel anxious at all and to simply feel sleepy before anything else happens.  Invite everyone who loves your dog to come and say good bye and to be there to help them as they cross over.

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This is a wonderful tribute to lives of several furry friends and a celebration of the way they touched their owner’s lives.  There are several wonderful quotes and plenty of beautiful images of  beloved dogs as they smile lovingly for their parents and the camera.  They are such huge parts of our lives and it can be difficult to say good bye and to let them go, but this video helps us to remember the good times and to know that we are not separated from our furry friends forever, but only until we ourselves have passed over – then we will be together again and renew our friendships and love for each other once again.

 

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Losing your beloved dog is never easy, but this dog parent found themselves struggling with the question of “will I see you in heaven?”  This video is their prayer to God, their questions and their grief and ultimately…their hope.

In a dark time, they asked questions and they were answered. At the beginning, you will see this dog parent trying to be logical but through being quiet and allowing God to speak to him, he felt that he was answered and was assured that he will be united with Babe again.  They will see each other again and this will certainly help in the times when he reaches for her and she is not physically there.  Her spirit waits, and this knowing is of great comfort.