tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136965487706276120.post8802484707249931534..comments2023-10-12T16:27:28.947+01:00Comments on Living on the Witchy Side: Courage of a Different DogRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02335627965504673440noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136965487706276120.post-41201892122567410672009-08-09T19:05:26.267+01:002009-08-09T19:05:26.267+01:00Hello and welcome Marlene.
I think there will alw...Hello and welcome Marlene.<br /><br />I think there will always be a time when we have to make this decision knowing that it is best but not quite feeling it. *hugs*Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335627965504673440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136965487706276120.post-72086237739909318572009-08-09T17:38:47.038+01:002009-08-09T17:38:47.038+01:00Hi I found you thru Mels blog somehow..and this po...Hi I found you thru Mels blog somehow..and this post by chance...or maybe not...I have been struggling with those thoughts also..My doxie of 14yrs had mouth cancer..we had just moved and thought her behavior was due to being afraid..of the new place, becasue she continued to eat and play..but when we took her in they could not remove all of it in her mouth..and had spread...the vet suggested on the phone to put her down..I told him I had to be there..be with her..so I went..and she was so happy to see me..she seemed so well...but when the vet camein she knew..she knew and she climbed on my neck and i could hear her..so afraid..as I ytold her it was ok..she fought it..my husband had to leave the room...I feel soo guilty that it may not have been time yet..that she didn't want to go yet..I know it was the right decision, but she did not want to go..my other dogs were ready but she was not and I understand what you wrote..about the look...its been 2 yrs and I still cry and hurt about it...I know we did the kind thing..but its so hard to accept isn't it? I am sorry for your loss...that sentence does not really express it..but what else can you say?Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363607135332449650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136965487706276120.post-34775012766277292402009-08-08T20:47:08.402+01:002009-08-08T20:47:08.402+01:00Thank you so much both of you. I know it would ha...Thank you so much both of you. I know it would have been a horrific amputation because it was in the shoulder joint and I know it was thought to be already in his lungs but... I needed to remind myself of this, because he was brave and he didn't have that look...Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335627965504673440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136965487706276120.post-52537606406344720162009-08-08T20:15:48.468+01:002009-08-08T20:15:48.468+01:00Oh Dear...I somehow missed this one in my catching...Oh Dear...I somehow missed this one in my catching-up - so sorry....<br /><br />I don't really know what to say -- when the end comes so quickly like that - the same was with our Rosie - and there's no time to think, you always wonder if you couldn't have done more...what you did was right, though....and the vet would have said so if he thought there was something else you could do for him....<br /><br />When we went to say goodbye to Rosie she crawled out of the cage on her belly rather than have me cross the floor -- she was weak and starved for oxygen because she was leaking blood from her spleen where the tumour was but she summoned the last of her strength to come to me because she knew how upset I was. These 'damaged' dogs are so very brave - Rosie had no reason to think that the human race was anything but harsh and cruel, and yet she gave us a second chance and showed us what true forgiveness looks like. That takes a certain measure of strength, I think.<br /><br />I imagine it was the same for Big Dog....his show of courage was for you because that noble heart didn't want you to know he was hurting.....<br /><br />I had sleepless nights thinking of blood transfusions and splenectomies, then radiation or chemotherapy -- all treatment options for Rosie's cancer...except for the fact that it remained hidden for so long that it had already spread. I don't imagine any of those treatments would have helped in the long term anyway.....it was her time and she only held on as long as she did so that we could be with her when she passed....she died with her head in my lap, comforting me as much as I was trying to comfort her....<br /><br />I know that Big Dog loved you with all of his battered heart....you gave him the gift of love when all he had known was pain and cruelty. He would thank you for that....and for sparing him further pain....<br /><br />(((hugs)))), *sniffle*<br /><br />xomelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336474101204142611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136965487706276120.post-25501577568255573372009-08-06T21:56:28.497+01:002009-08-06T21:56:28.497+01:00Oh Rose, big dog loved you just as much as you lo...Oh Rose, big dog loved you just as much as you loved him. Keep the good memories and I think big dog would have said thank you for all that love after his horrid cruel upbringing if he could talk.clairedulalunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016107591509306202noreply@blogger.com