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    Unhappy Jack

    Some of you may know of Jack, our champion English Stafforshire Bull Terrier of nearly 15 years. He's the guy who's always in the sweet spot. My shadow, critique, best friend. Our boy.

    His kidneys are failing & he has taken a turn. He had a cerenia injection today to help subdue the nausea & dizziness.

    It's looking time but I'm not ready to say goodbye.

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    Re: Jack

    So sorry Steve. The prospect of losing a pet is very difficult. Thinking good thoughts for Jack.
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    Re: Jack

    He looks like he's had a happy life Steve. Hang in there Jack!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve View Post
    Some of you may know of Jack, our champion English Stafforshire Bull Terrier of nearly 15 years. He's the guy whose always in the sweet spot. My shadow, critique, best friend. Our boy.

    His kidneys are failing & he has taken a turn. He had a cerenia injection today to help subdue the nausea & dizziness.

    It's looking time but I'm not ready to say goodbye.

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    Jack-As the current owner of 4 dogs and having owned dogs my entire adult life, I understand what you are going through. When we take on the responsibility of raising a dog, we all sign up knowing their time with us is going to be too short. It's heartbreaking every time they have to leave us. My oldest dog is a Walker Coon Hound who came from a rescue shelter. She is almost 15 and the end is near for her. The tough part is always deciding when it's time to end their suffering vs. keeping them alive because we can't bear to let them go. I previously had a pure bred boxer (and I currently have another) that I loved dearly. When I finally took her to the vets to have her put down, the vet looked at me and told me that I had waited too long.

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    It was a beautiful Monday morning, Jack walked outside, urinated & passed a nice stool. We walked around together, had a sniff & we sat out in the sun. He walked himself in & as I took a phone call, he went back to bed. He complained a few hours later with difficulty about not being able to pick himself up. So I carried him to his day bed & made him comfortable & I worked from the couch next to him. He stayed awake all afternoon watching me without any complaint. He hadn’t had anything to drink or eat for the entire day except for a tablespoon of honey I fingered into his mouth. When The Lady came home from work, there was no way to coax him up, but his tail as usual, was beating like a drum. I proceeded to try to stand him up, he couldn’t do it & got scared.

    So in the evening we took Jack to the emergency hospital. We put him on an IV & ensured that he was fully hydrated & in no pain for when the time came for him to tell us when.

    There was no improvement by Tuesday morning. He had diarrhoea & was very upset with himself for the uncontrolled defecation. He told the nurse in no uncertain terms to clean him up. It became evident that he now had complete renal failure & the blood work showed no improvement given the IV flush. He wasn’t making enough urine & now his body wasn’t keeping up with the IV. He was given a dose of morphine & urinary catheter to help relieve himself.

    The morphine shot brought The Lady & I a few hours to hire a post digger, dig his grave & build a coffin.

    We returned just in time as the morphine began to wear off. Being an English Staffordshire, he was emotionally intelligent enough to tell us by vocalising the word “Nah” with a sharp turn of his head. After whispering a little chortle into my ear, we administered the aesthetic & he was gone in 2 seconds. Even the vet cried.

    They cleaned him up & wrapped him in a new white cotton sheet & placed him into the plywood coffin I made. We took him back home & buried him in the backyard under a 100 year old English elm tree facing the house before dusk. A spot he chose that Monday morning. We covered his grave with large pebbles & placed a solar night light.

    At 1am, the winter barren elm tree was visited by magpies for the first time since I could remember. They chanted their song repetitively for 1 hour. I lit a Cohiba Madura 5 Genios, my first in 12 months & listened.

    RIP.


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    Steve,

    I am so sorry for your loss. You write so beautifully. Jack is in a better place now. RIP Jack.
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    Steve, my condolences on your loss. Jack was very fortunate to be a member of your family, and at least he's now at peace.

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    Steve,

    It's apparent that you and Jack had a special and beautiful relationship. May your buddy rest peacefully now and may your broken heart heal with time. Be comforted in knowing you did right by Jack with this final responsible act of love.
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    Steve...so sorry for your loss. Jack had a great home and you had a great loving pet. May he live in your memories and in your hearts forever.
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    So so sorry Steve.
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    Sorry for your loss Steve. It's amazing how over the years we are able to communicate with our pets. Like others have already said, he'll forever be in your heart.



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    I'm so sorry for your loss.

    Your story made me tear up. Thanks for sharing.
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    Steve, that's such a sad story.

    I'm sure Jack had a wonderful life with you and I know you will miss him.
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    Steve...there's only one thing worse, than having to put him to rest; and that's letting him go on in pain.

    You were strong and humane, when he needed you to be; and it sounds like Jack loved you very much.

    Think of him, every time you linger over a Cohiba.
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    Thanks everyone. A poignant reminder of what the construct of our natural existence is; to live & make the most of every moment.


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