I was struck with having to make an extremely hard decision this morning. My dog (Bo) had been acting a little sick the past couple of day's, but I didn't think just a whole lot about it, because he just get's in those moods sometimes. Well, when I got home from work yesterday, I found him laying on the deck moaning and whimpering in pain. So, I emediately take him to the vet. The vet said he sounds like he has pneumonia, heart worms, and possibly something else. They put an IV in him to rehydrate him and kept him overnight. He was still with us this morning, but just bairly hanging on. Dr. said he does have pneumonia, heart worms, and a lot of infection, and that they could give us a lot of medicine and treatments for him, but it probably wouldn't do much good. So, I was left with the decision of putting him to sleep or trying to give him the meds and hope for the best. It was a very hard decision to make, but after seeing how much pain he was in, I couldn't bare to see him suffer any more than he already had, so we had him put to sleep. He was only 5 years old. He was the smartest animal I've ever had, and he was a damn good friend and companion. He is, and will be, greatly missed. I'm sorry to bring things down a bit, but I had to tell somebody.

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Sorry to hear about Bo man, what a bummer.
At least you know their will be no more suffering for him !

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Thanks Doc. It was hard enough carrying to my truck, because I knew I was hurting him, but I think we both knew I was only trying to help.

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My heart goes deeply out to you... as you may recall I lost my bird I'd had since I was 9 about 2 months ago and it was honestly one of the most painful things that's ever happened to me, up there with losing my granddad when i was 8 (the bird was, ironically, devised somewhat as a friend to help me get over that).

Animal friends are still friends, they're still people, and losing one is losing just that, someone who is a close friend. Just remember the good times and be happy you had them.

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That really sucks man, i'm sorry to hear it.

I guess you could look at it in the sense of, he couldn't make that decision, he was in alot of pain, and he relied on you to make the important decision. And you did the right thing, and i'm sure Bo is very grateful for that. It was a hard decision but both of you know it was the best choice.

Chin up man, keep on rockin'.

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Thanks a lot guys, I really appreciate the kind words.

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hi there prs im new here and im sorry to hear about ur pet dog bo..
loosing a pet can be as hard as loosing a loved one.. i have lost so many pets i stopped getting em, cause its too hard to loose them and u made the right choice, even though u might not think so... bo is happy now and is not in any more pain and i bet he is thankful to u for helping him.. it takes
a lot of out people to make a choice like that but when all is said and done u made the right one..