Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - Death of the Family Dog

I had to have our family dog put to sleep this morning. The dog was old, had so much cancer in the stomach it looked like a football, had gotten incontinent and problems with its heart and throat. So today was the day. My dad bought the dog and spent the most time with it, so he felt he couldn´t do it. He asked me and I said yes because it was the right thing to do.

I brought the dog to the veterinarian and stayed with it throughout the proceedings. For those who don´t know how it goes: one injection to put the dog to sleep, one injection to stop its heart. I didn´t want it to be alone for all this, so I sat in the room while the doctor did his stuff.

I cried like a child. I´m crying now as I type this.

Goodbye Lady. You good dog you.