Thread: 2009 Sucks!

2009 is dating my sister

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Originally Posted by Clairity

LucidFlanders, I do understand all that you're feeling.. I was with two of my dogs looking into their eyes when they breathed their last breath.

I read the following on another forum and I think it will help me if I have to make the "decision" when my 19 year old dog's time comes:

"As humans, when we are old, sick, suffering, etc., we have the the knowledge that at some point there is a light at the end of the tunnel. That we may be suffering, but there is an end to that suffering, however long it may be. And that eventual "light at the end of the tunnel" helps us cope, seeing suffering as finite. But animals don't have that capability or ability to reason. They can't look at tomorrow, or next week or next year. They live in the moment, and if they are suffering, there is no "end in sight" for them, it is just another day of suffering, no concept of tomorrow. "

The above helped me to put things into a different perspective .. more from my dog's point of view rather than my own.

Bottom line.. losing a beloved pet is truly heartbreaking.

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That is so sad. I'm back now, after i wrote that i cried myself to sleep for 3 hours.

Originally Posted by Clairity

LucidFlanders, I do understand all that you're feeling.. I was with two of my dogs looking into their eyes when they breathed their last breath.

I read the following on another forum and I think it will help me if I have to make the "decision" when my 19 year old dog's time comes:

"As humans, when we are old, sick, suffering, etc., we have the the knowledge that at some point there is a light at the end of the tunnel. That we may be suffering, but there is an end to that suffering, however long it may be. And that eventual "light at the end of the tunnel" helps us cope, seeing suffering as finite. But animals don't have that capability or ability to reason. They can't look at tomorrow, or next week or next year. They live in the moment, and if they are suffering, there is no "end in sight" for them, it is just another day of suffering, no concept of tomorrow. "

The above helped me to put things into a different perspective .. more from my dog's point of view rather than my own.

Bottom line.. losing a beloved pet is truly heartbreaking.

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WOW 19 years old!? That's insane lol

Originally Posted by tommo

WOW 19 years old!? That's insane lol

I know.. the vet is amazed by her. She is almost totally blind but her appetite is strong and so are her legs (tho I made ramps to help her in and out of the doggie door).

I had to have her sister put down 5 years ago and I was with her looking into her eyes repeating over and over how much I loved her and how sorry I was.. til her eyes went dim.

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Originally Posted by Clairity

I know.. the vet is amazed by her. She is almost totally blind but her appetite is strong and so are her legs (tho I made ramps to help her in and out of the doggie door).

I had to have her sister put down 5 years ago and I was with her looking into her eyes repeating over and over how much I loved her and how sorry I was.. til her eyes went dim.

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I am sorry. That's so sad, your soul dies when you stare at your pet in the eyes when they are no longer around. My cats eyes stayed open. I had a 20 minute shower yelling out loud, whispering, and crying. I never really looked into my cats eyes, it was more i had her in my arms holding her right against me looking down and he was staring at whatever because the steroids. I dunno why but i can easily, and i mean EASILY handle a human death, but a pet? i am destroyed.

That's amazing Clairity, get the guinness world records ready hehe

Lucid, I'm the same can't handle pets dying at all. Even my grandma I wasn't as sad as when my dog died.

I'm freaking out.....i can't take the image out of my head, all i see is his dead face looking at me, looking at me, looking at me....his body with no reflex, just sliding all over the place. I've already had a few panic attacks today.

so the cat died?

Also, how does one become so attached to a cat? They are sneaky, needy, dont give a shit about you, and kind of useless. i mean i have a cat, but i would never spend money on it besides food/litter box. if it gets sick, it's on its own.

Originally Posted by Michael

so the cat died?

Also, how does one become so attached to a cat? They are sneaky, needy, dont give a shit about you, and kind of useless. i mean i have a cat, but i would never spend money on it besides food/litter box. if it gets sick, it's on its own.

Yeah the cat died, i am so attatched because it takes me a week tops and im closer to the cat (well...my pet, so cat and dog) then just about anyone i have ever met, or known. I'm that way with animals...i'm like an animal FREAK! i get closer to animals especially my pets more then you can imagine, it's the way i am. I don't know why, but it's the way i am. He was an inside cat, so when i'm not playing on the comp, hanging out, or working i'm playing with the kitty. He was an aggressive cat, i have many scratches playing around with him. I didn't abuse him, but we played a little hard. He didn't mind, he always came back for more and more. The downside to my obsession is, when they die, i FREAK out, and when i watch them die in my arms...i am dead inside. I wont become a vet or someone who works with animals for this very reason.

It cost me $3500 just to put the cat down...WTF!!!!!! i still don't get how the best vets in town did not know about this, nor the specialist guys in Ontario who look beyond anyone else, but they missed it. Either that or the cat got it while he was in recovery. When a cat is stressed out inside their body, their nervous system can pick up these things. I was reading and 1 out of every 100 cats who come in to be checked out have FIP. Right when your cat has FIP you might aswell put him down. There are 2 kinds. Wet, and dry. There is no cure, there is only experimental drugs or whatever that can maybe try and slow it down, but it wont get rid of it, because there is no cure, it's un beatable right now.


How can you let your cat suffer it if is sick? do you go to the doctor when you are sick? If you can't take care of a cat, please don't get a cat. Cats need us to do it for them, because they can't. That's why humans are the best of the rest, we can do this and fix up the messes. This is nothing though, i was 10x's worse when my dog passed away.

That's cool. I was just wondering. I guess I just can't care about something a whole lot that doesnt give a shit about me. I'm sure the cat just used you for food and shelter and play.... and that's a shit load of money to put a cat down. you pay to kill it, when it woulda died for free. Or, you could have put it down yourself with simple cheap drugs, and a syringe if you just wanted it to be painless.

I would rather cats go extinct than pay that price.

Originally Posted by Michael

That's cool. I was just wondering. I guess I just can't care about something a whole lot that doesnt give a shit about me. I'm sure the cat just used you for food and shelter and play.... and that's a shit load of money to put a cat down. you pay to kill it, when it woulda died for free. Or, you could have put it down yourself with simple cheap drugs, and a syringe if you just wanted it to be painless.

I would rather cats go extinct than pay that price.

Well, the start of my thread about the Lymph Nodes, that whole thing just to check, stay on their drugs, stay in their kennels it came to 2500, the main vet we use costed us 1000 just to take some tests, feed him a dangerous amount of steroids so he had a fighting chance to start eating on his own as he had to be fed through a tube or he would not eat, and to put 2 injections into him that would make him fall asleep. He was just way too sick, he was beyond the vets hands. It's only money, it can easily come back. When i first had the cat i wanted NOTHING to do with him, i was still going crazy over my dog that died 2 months before, but then i realized i needed to show the cat some love so that's what i did.

Originally Posted by LucidFlanders

Yeah the cat died, i am so attatched because it takes me a week tops and im closer to the cat

What takes you a week tops?

I agree it's fucked that it costs so much, but you're totally right. Money comes back.

To be really attatched it takes a week tops.

Oh ok lol
I get it.

I'm giving away the cats food, dry and wet, and his treats to people i know who have cats and want it, no point keeping it with no cat. Let another cat enjoy this stuff. The food is expensive...like $60 medi cal from the vets, the treats are whiskas treats, and the wet food is Yukons favourite "Fancy Feast". I got one un opened tuna fancy feast in his eating dish where his urn is going to be at. All i need is the important things, like his eating dish he always ate from, his favourite wet food, his urn, and i'll buy him a christmas present and stick it in there when the time comes, and the letter from the vets. It's next to my dogs ashes where i have her urn, un opened present i bought for her even though she is dead, her collar she was wearing that had her smell on it UN TOUCHED! so it's 100% her, and the vet card.

I can't believe it's been a fuckin week already..hell i can;t believe he is gone. I phoned the vets because still no ashes. They will be here within the next few days hopefully, i asked if he is ashes now, and he is. So Yukon is officially dead now, no body!

I can't believe he's fuckin gone, he's just too young...4 years old! FUCK YOU LIFE! YOU STOLED HIM FROM ME, YOU STOLED HIM FROM HIMSELF!!! FFUUCCKK!!!!! I am not crying anymore, or always have him in my head (now it is sometimes), but i am still as sad as i was then, but right now. How can life be so god damn cruel?

Sadly I had to put my dog to sleep this afternoon. She's free now..

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Originally Posted by Clairity

Sadly I had to put my dog to sleep this afternoon. She's free now..

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I'm sorry , my dog is about 12 or so years old and I'm afraid that he might die soon. He isn't showing any signs of illness or anything so that's good. I had him since he was a puppy and I'd feel terrible when the day comes.

Originally Posted by Clairity

Sadly I had to put my dog to sleep this afternoon. She's free now..

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Just read this in the hug thread Clairity. But here's another one

Originally Posted by Clairity

Sadly I had to put my dog to sleep this afternoon. She's free now..

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I'm sorry. I hope there is an afterlife so you can see your doggie too.

I just found out a person i knew died recently. I did not know him very well but my baby sitter i knew all my life, it was her new husband. Her first husband died of drinking too much, now her 2nd died of cancer. I know so much death.

Go to a 3rd world country before you say you know much death. It'll put things in perspective.

Originally Posted by tommo

Go to a 3rd world country before you say you know much death. It'll put things in perspective.

Why does everything have to be compared to them? i also do know much death. 35+ in my 24 years of existence (25 on Saturday).

Yeah but you're saying that the 'deaths you know' are like your babysitters husband which you barely knew if at all. Surely you can't be that upset about that? I mean, I've known heaps of people that died that I wouldn't include if someone asked me "how many people do you know who have died?"