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DigMyChicks said:
You can have it back Debby!!

She likes snow. You should see her chase squirrels in it.
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Gator used to love the snow. He would get so playful and energetic and he could lay out there for hours, especially on the snow banks from the plows, higher up I guess. I think he liked the cold air. He also loved to catch snowballs.
 
KDOGG331 said:
Well... we put Gator to sleep tonight. He is hopefully flying high with our previous dog, Bailey.
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It is awful hard to do this final kindness...you know they won't suffer anymore, but it still makes your heart ache. Just know that we all have to pass on, and the best any of us could ask for is to go to sleep in the company of our dearest loved ones. My deepest sympathies go out to you.
 
Bamabexchicks said:
It is awful hard to do this final kindness...you know they won't suffer anymore, but it still makes your heart ache. Just know that we all have to pass on, and the best any of us could ask for is to go to sleep in the company of our dearest loved ones. My deepest sympathies go out to you.
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Thank you! It was definitely time because I think he had been suffering for a little while, definitely didn’t have good quality of life anymore, and we knew that we would probably wind up putting him down at this vet appointment, but of course it does not make it any easier. My dad and brother say that the vet gave him like a tranquilizer type thing and then he just fell asleep in their laps while they were petting him and the vet gave him the shot and they just kind of watched his chest stop and the vet let them sit with him a while after. So it was very peaceful. Gator wasn’t even stressed out at the vet and he normally always is. He just laid down and was calm, even happy. So I guess it really was time. They did say that Gator didn’t like the tranquilizer so the vet did have to muzzle him briefly while he gave it to him but then he was able to take it off after Gator fell asleep and it was very peaceful.
 
KDOGG331 said:
Ahh okay, that makes sense. So I would guess it is relatively rare for this time of year? Have not heard anymore since and have not heard any the past few weeks or even couple months so it is odd and maybe I am insane or something but I almost wonder if it wasn’t either Gator saying goodbye before he went up, since he loved watching geese, or maybe nature/the animals saying their goodbyes or something if that’s a thing. Or it could just be a later migration cause of El Niño and warmer weather this year and I’m just crazy :lau I normally don’t believe in that stuff but considering I haven’t heard or seen either in weeks, it was odd
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It is rare now. They are usually settled at this time but this is an odd year
 
Blooie said:
Isn’t @Teila’s birthday also coming up tomorrow - or Saturday, depending on date zones?? Wonder where she’s been hiding....
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I have someone else listed tomorrow. Teila on the 30th. Which at the right time here tomorrow IS the 30th in Australia.

N F C said:
I haven't seen Teila around forever...seems she got the job working from home and hasn't been around since. Too bad, I liked her!
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Me too. I hope she comes back.

KDOGG331 said:
My dad and brother say that the vet gave him like a tranquilizer type thing and then he just fell asleep in their laps while they were petting him and the vet gave him the shot and they just kind of watched his chest stop and the vet let them sit with him a while after. So it was very peaceful.
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Samantha was the same though we didn't stay for the second shot. I've held enough animals (worked weekends at a Vets when I was in college) when they were euthanized and there would be no difference had we stayed. She knew we were with her when she went to sleep for the last time.
 
ronott1 said:
It is rare now. They are usually settled at this time but this is an odd year
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Definitely an odd year. Very windy and rainy right now. I think it’s a fairly big storm moving through.

bruceha2000 said:
I have someone else listed tomorrow. Teila on the 30th. Which at the right time here tomorrow IS the 30th in Australia.


Me too. I hope she comes back.


Samantha was the same though we didn't stay for the second shot. I've held enough animals (worked weekends at a Vets when I was in college) when they were euthanized and there would be no difference had we stayed. She knew we were with her when she went to sleep for the last time.
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Yeah, it probably wouldn’t have been different but I think they are glad they stayed. My brother wanted to go for some reason. I knew I couldn’t so I stayed home but I did go with them when they took him on his final ride. And I am sorry about Samantha!
 

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