my girl was 15 when she left us. WE had to let her go because her entire back end was paralyzed, she couldn't walk, and the skin was...well, let's just say he body died but her spirit didn't.

Yeah..... That's how she was.... I knew something was off at 5:20AM when I saw her laying down at the back door... but I had to be at work by 5:30AM and so didn't think too much about it. My mother said she was draging herself when they got up. Was able to get up and go outside to use the bathroom.... but then fell over and wouldn't get up.... Anyways.....

Sorry to hear about this :(

Thank you.

*hugs*

*hugs back*

My condolences.

Thank you.

At least she went quickly. I hope she wasn't in too much pain.

I don't think she was.... My parents had taken her to the vet and were holding her when she died.... she just went to sleep and, yeah. I hope that reincarnation exists for animals. Maybe I'll find a dog just like her someday.

That's sorta the way my dog went. She got hit by a car when she escaped from her new owner's yard (6-foot fence).
But the vet who examined her body said that she never knew what hit her. So she didn't feel a thing. (Of course, if you got hit by a ton-and-a-half pickup going 50 downhill..... you wouldn't probably feel a thing either.)

Quick and instant are always better than slow or lingering.

Yeah.... She had a bad leg too, from pulling the tendons in it last year. It had healed mostly though, hec she was still able to run off the rabbits that came into out yard, hehe. We would all look at her and say "You heffer, ain't nothin wrong with your leg. Big faker." and then ruffle her head like when you give someone a noogie.

It's just.... That morning when I went to work at 5:20AM, I saw her laying at the back door, raising her head up looking at me..... All I can think of is... I could have held her one last time..... My parents had burried her by the time I got back home, so I didn't get to pet her.... It's probably a good thing anyways, they told me she had began to bloat and... yeah. Best to remeber her the way she was.

Aww, wanted to meet her someday hun.

*huggles and nuzzles*

Thank you hun. *hugs*