December 04, 2004

In March 2003 I put down one of the two BEST dogs I have ever shared my life with. I mourn them both still.

I had to release my best friend too. I still cry like a baby if I think too much about it.

He was a big galoot and proud as hell. There will never be another like him.

Speakin of Dawgs, you must be busy watching yours play. OOOH WAIT, they didn`t get to play today. Sorry I forgot.
WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why the hell can't the bomars produce a dog that can last 40 years?

Damnation. I was a 6'2" 240# mass of blubbering idiocy in the vet's office a few years ago. Hell, I stayed with Max for at least a half an hour after he was gone. Bottom line was, I couldn't see through the tears well enough to drive home.

I finally mustered the 'nads to make the 2 mile journey home. Wouldn't ya know it, I got pulled over for "weaving in my lane". The cop was understanding once I told him my story.

When I next have to deal with this shiot, I am going to dig a hole in my backyard and do the deed myself. Hopefully, that won't happen soon.

Hey, it's just as bad with cats, with the mitigation (possibly) that the cat's a little dumber, and may not make the connection, and blame you for it. I've been there when they put the needle in. I've also had to bury the remaining pieces of a kitten, killed and half-eaten by, presumably, a dog. Yah, I know cats are predators, too, and all that. You pretty much expounded, above, why I don't care for dogs as pets.

Now, I have no problems with having dogs work for you. That's what they're bred for. Some people have, and breed, large numbers of hounds to go after bears, expecting that they'll lose a half-dozen dogs for each bear they get. Sure, yer genetic slaves will do that for you. Dogs are loyal slaves. Cats are free citizens.

My cat comes when he's called, tiny brain and all.

Not because he thinks it's his duty, but because he likes me.

"when the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. don't farm it out - that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse." Robert Heinlein.

i've had to send 3 old german shepards to valhalla and this quote has always helped me. after the dirty deed is done, you have to get shit faced and elevate your old friend to sainthood.

I had one get old on me, and at the time we were livin' in a place that required climbing stairs. I carried that bastid up and down 'em I don't know how many times.
When his time came, I could't do it. My wife did it. I started the 4 day drunk after that. I've got two now, they're good boys, if you consider boys will be boys. Sometime in the next ten years, if I'm still kickin', I'm gonna have to go through it again. What was that shit about gettin' burned on the stove and keepin' your hands off of it?

My family had a cat named Mittens. She showed up the day after Thanksgiving and looked skin and bones. We gave her left-over turkey and took her in. She came to live with us before I was born so that cat was always there. She treated us like her children to tell the truth. She would come in our rooms at night to check up on us and take turns sleeping in each of our beds. She also smacked the crap out of us when we were pissing her off. Then one day we find out she has skin cancer. I won't go into the details because it shames me to say that it could have been prevented had we gone sooner. She was 18 years old and we made a tough decision of putting her to sleep. That was a terrible day.

I had cats and dogs (yes and they were playing together all the time), I still got a dog and recently I lost my cat. Pets love you and it's always so hard when you lose them.