Yup.

It’s not about the $$ for me, it’s what’s best for the dog. My Chesapeakes both hated the vet, and town in general. Would it have been easier to load them up and haul them to the vet? Sure, on us, but way harder on the dogs.

Put two down in 24. Not an easy thing to do.

You loved them enough to feed them the best, make them part of your pack, kept them healthy, and even paid for a big surgery.

Putting a dog down is not wrong at all. I am an advocate of doing it yourself. The animal is in it's environment and with the one it has known as it's pack in the last m moments of it's life. It sucks big time but you are showing love and MERCY to the animal in it's last moments of life. Taking it to the vet and doing it is an option, but the animal dies in a strange place wondering what is going on.

Allowing an animal to suffer is not a good thing. It is selfish and cruel. Especially if they are old and there is no hope for recovery. Those are hard words to hear for some people but they are not dishonest words. The end is gonna come. It is a matter of time. I let it go too long with our last and I still regret that.

My wife said something to me with our last dog. Liza would come up to us and we would sit on our butts. She would curl up between our legs and whimper. My wife thought it was as if she was saying why does this hurt so much? Can you make it better?

Hard choices come with love of an animal. I know if I am suffering and there is no hope, let it end as soon as possible. Let me die amongst my family and at home as quickly as possible. Your animal deserves the same consideration.

You did the right thing PF. The hurt will go away and another puppy will fill the kids lives soon. Nothing takes away the pain better than staring a new chapter with skunky puppy breath.

You set a good example for your sons. Men do the right thing no matter what. They will be sad but when they get older, they will understand and love you more for it.

I was prepared for our Chesapeake “Tank”. Had a pile of beaver meat ready for him. He ate so much he could only lick the last piece. He was licking it when my son dropped the hammer. It was technically his dog so he said he would do it. Tough stuff fer sure.

So sorry for your loss and the difficult decision. Seems like you did things just right.

I have zero issues doing a solid for friends and relatives. I have never done the deed for any of my pets. The last two were taken out by the vet. One was an emergency vet visit caused by internal hemorrhaging, so I didn't need to bring him home. The other one was my wife's dog so we had a gal come to the house to put her down. I still don't know how much that cost and still don't care. The dog was not stressed out at all on her way out.

If you've had a colonoscopy , you know you have no feeling what so ever, just dark.
If you die during, more than likely , you don't know it!
So like the MASH song says , death is painless!
Just to help you with your pain.

In an odd way I like that most of you take responsibility for putting down your own pet when it's time. I do respect people that can't or wont do it their selves also. For me I feel it is my responsibility to take care of it myself. No I do not get any joy out of it, I feel it is my responsibility to take care of. I have a few close friends that have had me take care of it when they could not, But when asked by someone that was not so close or a stranger I have said no.

I've put a lot of animals out of their misery over the years,.
But I just think now that they can be put to sleep , why not go with that method?
Maybe getting older has changed me!

Because many times the process for putting to sleep is harder on the dog than the last walk is. Car ride in pain, waiting room, strangers etc…….

I don’t have a problem with the vet doing it if the dog is already there getting treatment. But if it’s home and more comfortable I feel I owe it to them to do what’s easiest for them, not easiest for me.