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My mom had to put her dog down today. Amiga wasn't even twelve but she'd lost all feeling in her back legs over the last couple days. The vet thought she might have had a stroke or something maybe...
She was the best beggiest dog.
She was the best beggiest dog.
Scaredy Dog
Aug. 22nd, 2009 09:28 pmMom's dog is afraid to go out after dark. Thats kind of weird right?
So the family forgot to reopen the dog door last night (they closed it in the morning after it rained). So she went and crapped all over the floor in my room. I guess since its the farthest from where everyone was. Just the thing to come home to, tired from work...
It should come as no surprise that I'm a cat person. I prefer the aloof, barely-need-humans attitude of cats over the needy, total love of dogs.
But over the years I (and my family) have owned more dogs than cats. Partly because half my family are allergic to cats and half because the rest of them are dog people.
But I find myself blinking back tears after my step-father leaves to take his dog to the vet to be put down.
Bailey was everything there is to love about a pet dog. Friendly, loyal and nearly always with that stupid big doggy grin. But she was old. 13 or 14 I think, maybe older. Her hips are shot, her eyes are going, she's got all kinds of bowel problems and the beginings of various tumors. So its for the best. Really. I hate it when someone keeps a pet alive in pain just so that THEY don't have to deal with the hurt.
But I'm gonna miss her...And she wasn't my dog dammit.
But over the years I (and my family) have owned more dogs than cats. Partly because half my family are allergic to cats and half because the rest of them are dog people.
But I find myself blinking back tears after my step-father leaves to take his dog to the vet to be put down.
Bailey was everything there is to love about a pet dog. Friendly, loyal and nearly always with that stupid big doggy grin. But she was old. 13 or 14 I think, maybe older. Her hips are shot, her eyes are going, she's got all kinds of bowel problems and the beginings of various tumors. So its for the best. Really. I hate it when someone keeps a pet alive in pain just so that THEY don't have to deal with the hurt.
But I'm gonna miss her...And she wasn't my dog dammit.
