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5. I'm so sorry for you. 17 years is a wonderful lifetime for a dog.

Reply to nilesobek (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 23, 2016, 09:44 AM

Sep 2016

But if he's in pain without any remedy and he is suffering, then releasing him from all that is the humane thing to do. Shower him with love in the time remaining. You gave him a good life and he in turn loved you.

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I'm losing my Jack, [View all] nilesobek Sep 2016 OP

I'm so sorry, nilesobek. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #1

Is his quality of life poor? MADem Sep 2016 #2

He cannot walk walk very good. nilesobek Sep 2016 #4

I'm so sorry for you. 17 years is a wonderful lifetime for a dog. Fla Dem Sep 2016 #5

It's a terrible, terrible thing to have to go through. MADem Sep 2016 #7

I'm giving him a quarter of a tramadol on occasion. nilesobek Sep 2016 #12

:( baldguy Sep 2016 #3

So sorry, nilesobek. femmocrat Sep 2016 #6

I am so sorry irisblue Sep 2016 #8

we love all the pets we have, but there's always that one Skittles Sep 2016 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #10

There's no good answers here Arazi Sep 2016 #11

the last big favor we do for our buddies. mopinko Sep 2016 #13

What an unfair world nilesobek Sep 2016 #14

yes you do and mopinko Sep 2016 #16

So sorry a la izquierda Sep 2016 #15

I'm so sorry. n/t area51 Sep 2016 #17

Update: I took him to the vet this morning. nilesobek Sep 2016 #18

You are not a monster. You did what was best for Jack, not what was best for you. Fla Dem Sep 2016 #21

it's the kindest thing you could do...they leave us too early Demonaut Sep 2016 #23

I had rescued a chocolate lab nilesobek Oct 2016 #29

Your Jack went to sleep on your lap, surrounded and loved by his person irisblue Sep 2016 #24

You gave him a wonderful long life during which Ilsa Sep 2016 #25

Hug shenmue Sep 2016 #26

Very sorry to hear this rumdude Sep 2016 #19

Just went through that recently... lame54 Sep 2016 #20

Just be there when he goes, it's so very hard Demonaut Sep 2016 #22

I want to thank everyone nilesobek Sep 2016 #27

... Skittles Sep 2016 #28

... In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #30