Hey dont get me wrong guys , I'm not some animal hatin' douche bag or anything which I think 6 dogs and 3 cats (all shelter dogs by the way) kind of proves but in the last 2 years we lost 2 dogs and 2 cats and unfortunately none of them went "elegantly" should we say....
One of the cats had diabetes for 10 years.....gave that cat insulin shots twice a day every day for 10 years....when we finally put him down the vet was utterly amazed and said she has never seen a cat go 10 more years with diabetes requiring insulin.... and just a brief mention of the last year or so with the cats for some reason when they got older they would hang their *** OUT of the litter box....that was a fun daily ritual.
When my favorite dog got towards the end 2 years ago he had some major digestive problems that none of the vets could figure out....only thing that worked even moderately well was boiling him chicken breast for dinner every night....cooked that dog boiled chicken breast every night for at least a year.....(could tell you what grocery store had chicken on sale at any given time) and you know what a dog does that has digestive problems and things arent right? lets just say its quite a mess and it was pretty much a daily routine of cleaning up after him as he could rarely make it out the door in time...
The beagle had tumors in his belly which were pushing on his bladder....had to keep him in a crate while at work which entailed washing his blanket and such every single day for about the last 6 months at least as well as dealing with his accidents in the house (thank god for hardwood floors)
I'm just burnt out a little about now....maybe I hold on to my animals a little longer than I should but if they arent in any pain or discomfort I could never bring my self to put them down. Throw a 7 year old boy and 3 year old girl in the mix ....a boy is equivalent to at least one dog and girl may be like 2 dogs!!
Its just been a tough 2 years.
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