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I completely understand what you are going through... I lost my childhood dog last year and I still cannot get those last few minutes out of my mind. We took her to the vet and spent 30 minutes cuddling her, but the shot made her shriek and I can't help but feel guilty for the pain she was in... seconds before she passed :( I don't know if I could do it again after going through that. I am so very sorry that you are going through this... We are all here for you. |
She was likely a ball of anxiety, tense and upset from what had happened to her body and how she felt, tense from your sadness and confused by why she couldn't move and the quick sting of the needle or drug was a shock and she cried out. But you know that it was a necessary and loving thing to do for her and a kindness to let her go and that injection mercifully ended not only that sting of administering it in a few moments but great suffering and perhaps a slow, agonizing death. You know if she could understand the situation, she'd have chosen for herself to feel a sting that perhaps hurt for a few seconds to a minute or two over hours or days of fear and hopeless suffering. Maybe rather than thinking of her crying out, make yourself think how quickly thereafter she felt the soothing, pain-killing effects of the medication flood her brain and body and was free of all pain and fear. |
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You did the right thing, always ask if your doing it for the dog or you. We could have maybe kept Sig alive for another week, but that would have been for us, not Sig, as she was losing muscle mass and not eating. The Vet I hope explained the procedure before doing it, they might move after the shot but it is involuntary, not pain caused. As long as the dog could see you to the last, they felt safe and knew they were loved. Take care and remember the good times when the missing times happen, we picked up our Yorkie pup today and broke down at the breeders. Our Sig passed in March and we still miss her every day. When we put the new pup back in her pen to do the paperwork, my wife totally lost it and I choked back a few too. There nothing wrong with remembering and maybe wet eyes once in awhile, prayers with you. |
As someone who got to witness how his uncle went from the sweetest man on earth to someone that became bitter to the point of driving away his family, I sometimes feel that euthanasia could be a godsend for us humans as well. |
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