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yeah very aggressive bone/ligament cancer...start in his knee. He was almost 12. Long story short Dr gave him 3 months he went 6 months but was in tons of pain. So the wife made the call for me, she works with animals for a living and is better coping with it than me, I would never make the call. She came home one day and said tomorrow is the day. And I just accepted it. We made his last day awesome! Went to brunch. he had eggs and bacon (he never got people food), we went to the local park and watched the ducks and layed in the sun together, then went to the vfw, where he got to socialize (he loved the attention) we had drinks and the bartender (a vet as well) bought him a hot dog. Then we took him for his trip over the rainbow bridge. It was a great day and worst day all at the same time. I miss him every damn day.

 

My two knuckle heads.
Black German Shepherds

 

Here's mine out on the boat.

 

This is a Beauceron, a Northern French Shepherd. Lineage going back to the 14th century. Today they are used in the French Military. Extremely smart, and loyal. Hard breed to train correctly and they also need lots of space to run. I have a plot of land and have taught her to just run on command. She also sleeps in our bed at night. Lol.

 

Your story made me tear up a little. I don't think I would be able to make the call either if I was in your shoes. But, it sounds like he lived a long, happy life thanks to you and your family

 

Wish I could take my pups to work.... boss would spazz out if I brought them

So sorry for your loss. Sucks to have to make that decision. for his last day.

 

Beautiful pup...

One of the things I do is zip line inspections, here is the Camp dog Parker who followed me around for two hours today, wouldn’t let me leave without one last throw...

 

I can't help but cry a little reading this. Such a beautiful farewell you gave him. I'm very sorry for your loss, and you're awesome for making his last day one of the best.

 

I so sympathize with you. The day we had to make that decision, was a really tough day...

 

Here's our sweet but dumb as a rock 2 year old Basset "Maggie".

 

Damn you Tacoma World! Not only am I modding my truck, but my garden is going to double in size and I got a dog yesterday. Why all the different threads??? lol

 

Every time I see a basset I think about the time my Dad my older brother and I were @ our hunting camp hunting rabbits w/our basset Buster.
Well some how, I don't remember exactly how, this was 40+years ago but Buster went missing.
We called for him, looked all over but couldn't find him.
My dad said we'll come back for him tomorrow....what NO!!!
Well we arrived home w/o Buster. Needless to say all my brothers and sisters (6 of us) were heart broken.
Any way, Sunday morning we all loaded in the station wagon and back to the cabin we went.
My dad parked the land yacht and we all followed him in the woods. There was Buster sleeping like a log under a pine tree! You've never seen 6 happier kids in all your life.
What my dad did was he took off this coat and hung it on a low branch of that pine tree...Buster must have smelt it and hunkered down right underneath it....pretty cool!
I hope you have many happy years w/Maggie!!!

 

NICE!!!! Have you named him yet?

 

Going to call him Max. It's been 10 years since my last lab and am glad to have one again.

 

Hello Max! Labs are great dogs.

 

One of the best dogs there is. I love Labs for sure! I used to have a Schnauzer named Max. That cool man, congrats!