> I hope the rest of you savages did the same. My call was laced with bad news,
> unfortunatly.
>
> Our dog, who turned 17 this year, hasn't been doing too good recently. Her
> eyesight is going out, she's been losing a lot of weight, and her hearing is
> mostly gone. She still seems happy and perky now and then, but more often than
> not she's depressed and tired; exhibiting strained movements and having trouble
> getting around.
>
> My parents are going to put her down in 4 weeks.
>
> It really hurts me deep because I haven't been able to be around her a whole lot
> in the last few years (which is actually my main regret about joining the
> military). She was damn near the perfect dog and honestly, I don't know if I'll
> ever be able to love a dog as much as her again.
>
> We've been kicking around the idea of getting a puppy, but really it'd be more
> for the wife than myself. Everytime I see a dog I think of my doggie back home,
> and right about now I'm pretty damn depressed.
>
>
I had a dog since 5 that I had to put down at 22. She died in my arms as the shot gently put her to sleep. My heart broke then, and has not been the same since. I have a golden now, and she is getting up in years too- I don't know if I want to feel that way again.