Sad ending to the day

I am sooo sorry for your loss. :cry: I understand EXACTLY how you feel, and now I'm crying so much for you that I can't even type.

God bless your family and your new kitty.
 
Focus on kitty, keep in mind that you did that absolute right thing for Scamper and he is in a better place without pain. He didn't suffer by having him put down. And savor the memeries that you will always have of him. Your kitty really sounds like a sweetheart. My other kitty, Puma, is a real sweetheart. He is one of the most sweet cats that I have ever had. I can tell he is missing Smokey, though. The only thing that drives me crazy about Puma is his tail. It goes up over his back and is just not right. He was a rescue kitty that we found when he was about three weeks old, when we had a really bad cold spell, plus a dog was after him when we found him. If we hadn't found him, I'm sure he would have died since he was too young. I had many pets growing up. Even though we lived in the country too many of them were killed by dogs or coyotes etc. Now that I have a choice since I'm an adult whether to keep them indoors or not, they will definitely be kept indoors. We also have stray dogs, coyotes and I even seen an owl grab a cat once. When my small dog was still a baby a hawk tried to grab her. Luckily I was only about three feet from her when it swooped at her, or she would have been gone. I would have never thought about an owl or hawk until this. I had another cat, Hank, that we had to put down a few years ago. My husband even teared up and he doesn't particularly like animals. Hank would have been 22 years old in another month or so. It's so hard but it was the best for him not to suffer any longer like your dog Scamper. Know that you did do the right thing no matter how hard it was. It shows that you really did love your pet. Wherever he is now in animal heaven or whatever, that he knows this and you did do the absolute right thing. The animal shelters around here are so overcrowded that some of them have quit taking in animals and are having to euthanize so many a day. I have considered adopting one but it's just to soon. I wish I could take all of the animals home with me. Smokey was an animal shelter kitty when we got him. He was the first one to reach through the cage and try to get my son's head when we went by, so he was the one my son and I took home. I'm sorry this got to long, but it really does help to vent. I'll be thinking of you also and hope that your days will get easier.
 
I understand about it being to soon...Jimmie said that he would like to go to the shelter ~eventually~ and get an older dog. Right now I'm saying 'no'! It is just to much ~ I have sat up every night with this kitten rocking him to sleep. Took him to the vet today to have his first set of shots and get Revolution for ear mites and ticks. I think I will feel a little better about him being outside when we get our other kitty in a couple of weeks.

When we were at the vet today a lady had to have her dog put to sleep...it almost killed me for her. I know just exactly what she was feeling today. It is just so soon. Her dog wasn't nearly as big as Scamper was and she had had him for 7 years. I know how badly she was hurting. I told her that I would be praying for her and her family. I wish there would have been something more that I could have done for her though...
 
The Revolution stuff is great, isn't it? I had always used frontline, but this takes care of the enternal parasites too, and also earmites. Our cat Puma had everything when we found him, and even at his age not using but a small portion of the revolution because he was so small, it took care of everything. I was so shocked when Smokey died like that, talk about unexpected. We had always expected to lose our big dog, Yikes, first because he is an english mastiff and their average lifespan is about eight years old. He is now about ten and a half years old. Sometimes, though, he still acts like a pup, sometimes like an old dog. When we brought him home as a pup from Murphysboro, TN. he was eight weeks old and weighed 28 lbs. It will absolutely kill me when it's his time, but we know its coming. I am thinking of you, because I do know how hard it is when your pet is a part of your family. They're like your babies. Hang in there. I still cry for Smokey, but I know he is in good hands somewhere. I really do think there is a place in heaven for our loved pets and all animals.
 
I am so sorry to hear about your dog , that is so painful they are so much a part of the family, Remember give yourself time to grieve and I will say a special prayer for you and your family...
 
chew3167 said:
I am so sorry to hear about your dog , that is so painful they are so much a part of the family, Remember give yourself time to grieve and I will say a special prayer for you and your family...
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Thank you! I really appreciate everyone thinking about us like this. He really was a special dog!
 
Ping Pong, how sweet you are to rock the kitty to sleep. I remember when Mother found Beanie(3-legged kitty), he was no more than 5-6 weeks old, cold, dirty, and hungry. We would take turns wrapping him in a blanket and rocking him as well. His name was originally Sabrina because we thought he was a girl kitty. He was almost a whole year old before his balls "dropped" :laughing: Now, we just call him Bean or Beanie.
 
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