Skye - RIP - Saying goodbye to my best mate tomorrow.

Have a cyber man hug Phil :hug: best wishes mate and i bet you have a lot of good memories to look back on over those 16yrs.
 
Sorry to hear that Phil it's really hard to lose any pet
Best wishes
Richard
 
Been there , done that , never an easy choice but a wise one to make.

Don't know you but my heart goes out to you , big hug's Phil :hug:
 
Just to add my cyber hugs and sympathies to the others. So very sorry for your loss. He looked like a lovely boy as well.
 
Cheers folks

A much happier house here than yesterday.
 
It's never easy and never gets easier either!

When you first got Skye you entered into a moral and emotional contract with each other.

Skye would:
snore loudly,
crap on the lawn the second after you had just mowed it and
lick his bits and pieces with relish in front of any guests who came to visit.

Yours was to take care of Skye and be responsible for his welfare until the end.

I'll bet Skye kept his end of the bargain up :) and.....rather bravely you kept up your end of it to.

I have full respect for you and your family and my best wishes go to you all.
 
PaulButler said:
It's never easy and never gets easier either!

When you first got Skye you entered into a moral and emotional contract with each other.

Skye would:
snore loudly,
crap on the lawn the second after you had just mowed it and
lick his bits and pieces with relish in front of any guests who came to visit.

Yours was to take care of Skye and be responsible for his welfare until the end.

I'll bet Skye kept his end of the bargain up :) and.....rather bravely you kept up your end of it to.

I have full respect for you and your family and my best wishes go to you all.
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Here here.
Beautifully put, sir.
 
If you loved him enough to cry when he's gone you must have loved him a lot when he was here.
It gets easier with time, but you'll never forget him and nor should you.
 
PaulButler said:
It's never easy and never gets easier either!

When you first got Skye you entered into a moral and emotional contract with each other.

Skye would:
snore loudly,
crap on the lawn the second after you had just mowed it and
lick his bits and pieces with relish in front of any guests who came to visit.

Yours was to take care of Skye and be responsible for his welfare until the end.

I'll bet Skye kept his end of the bargain up :) and.....rather bravely you kept up your end of it to.

I have full respect for you and your family and my best wishes go to you all.
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I managed a few on his list too :)
 
Had to do this myself some years ago with a much loved Lhasa Apso which had liver failure, one of the most difficult things I ever had to do. A friend of mine gave me this quote, and in turn I will pass it on to you.

"To live on in hearts we leave behind is not to die"
 
Thanks again folks

We got Skye back yesterday. Never had a dog or cat cremated before - I've always buried them.

We only asked for one of those cardboard sprinkler boxes as his ashes are going in the garden but they did us a nice blue urn. I guess the urn (minus the ashes) can go in the display cabinet and hold a few keepsakes.

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I'm a cat man myself, but I've still shed a tear for you reading all of this from when cats of ours have grown old and had to be put to sleep.

Remember all the good times, that's what Skye would want :)
 
stumeech said:
I'm a cat man myself, but I've still shed a tear for you reading all of this from when cats of ours have grown old and had to be put to sleep.

Remember all the good times, that's what Skye would want :)
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Cheers Stu

We've also got Cats. Used to have up to 5 but we've only 2 now.

I've always brought cats and dogs home and buried them in the garden but Skye was a big dog so decided ashes were easier. My poor back and all that ;)
 
Just noticed this thread (been on holiday). Heartbreaking stuff!!
 
BRASH said:
Just noticed this thread (been on holiday). Heartbreaking stuff!!
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Cheers Brash - it is and it isn't.

He developed a slight cough on the Monday which by Tuesday was more of an exhaling air type cough.
Because of his heart (and age) we decided to get him checked and the vet pretty much told us what we we feared or suspected.
His heart had become more irregular and was verging on just stopping. Her advice was to put him to sleep sooner rather than later. It didn't need to be there and then as she didn't see any signs of discomfort but to ignore it could have resulted in pain for him from any day onward.
Given he was 'comfortable' the vet suggested one last night at his home and to spoil him. He was spoiled - enjoyed steak mince (although he'd have preferred spaghetti - fussy begger ) and he slept well (better than us) by our bed.
The next morning I gave him a fuss and said my goodbye.
The vet wasn't sure if his heart had enough oomph to carry the injection from his leg but it took very little to send him away and was just fine.
Like most things in life he did it calmly and with dignity and slipped away in Karen's arms whilst munching mini sausages.:)

At the end of the day - Skye and I were lucky enough to have more years together than many people who sadly loose their buddies too soon.
He's been there for a whole generation of our family not to mention our other cats and dogs that he's welcomed and lost himself in his own lifetime.
I can only be happy and feel very privileged to have had such an amazing companion not just for 'so many' years but to share so many happy years with my growing family. I'm sure they'll all remember him as fondly as I will.
Breagh and Mij are my 2 dogs now and it will be odd for me to have just young dogs again. I quite enjoyed having to go slow.;)
 
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Dammit I knew I shouldn't have read this again until I got home :crying:
 
Feel your pain, had to do the exact same think myself a few years back due to Liver failure, he's always looking over me still though (my avatar)
 
Phil I've just read your thread and really, really feel for you. I have just gone through a very similar experience with our 12 year old ESS Ruby. We had to make a very, very hard decision to let her go peacefully in the early hours of Monday morning after she developed atrialfibrilation. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I really loved her and she had been a loving companion for so long. I'll never forget her and the great times we had together.

Reading your posts has helped me immensely. My thoughts are with you and your family.
 
I've just read this Phil, just gutted for you. It sounds like he had a fantastic life
 
Glad to see he went happy Phil you could do no more for him than that.
 
scarey said:
Phil I've just read your thread and really, really feel for you. I have just gone through a very similar experience with our 12 year old ESS Ruby. We had to make a very, very hard decision to let her go peacefully in the early hours of Monday morning after she developed atrialfibrilation. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I really loved her and she had been a loving companion for so long. I'll never forget her and the great times we had together.

Reading your posts has helped me immensely. My thoughts are with you and your family.
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Sorry to here about Ruby although I'm glad you felt reading this helped in some way.

I'm on my 3rd ESS at the moment and whilst my current one (Mij) is only 1 year old - my previous two (Beau & Fingal) had incredibly strong bonds with me. I can't think of many breeds that devote their life and soul quite so much to pleasing us.

viv1969 said:
Dammit I knew I shouldn't have read this again until I got home :crying:
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Gary Coyle said:
Feel your pain, had to do the exact same think myself a few years back due to Liver failure, he's always looking over me still though (my avatar)
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boyfalldown said:
I've just read this Phil, just gutted for you. It sounds like he had a fantastic life
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Steep said:
Glad to see he went happy Phil you could do no more for him than that.
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Thanks folks - I've nothing to be sad about honestly. Yes I was bad for a day or two when it happened but I couldn't have wished for a better life, longer life or calmer passing for him (y)
 
Phil, much as it's making me blub, it really does sound like he had a fantastic life and I don't think any of us could ask to have it any better at the end than he did.

Re: the urn.
FWIW We've kept Luke and Ebony's too - with their collars, name tags and a couple of other little keepsakes.

scarey said:
Phil I've just read your thread and really, really feel for you. I have just gone through a very similar experience with our 12 year old ESS Ruby. We had to make a very, very hard decision to let her go peacefully in the early hours of Monday morning after she developed atrialfibrilation. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I really loved her and she had been a loving companion for so long. I'll never forget her and the great times we had together.

Reading your posts has helped me immensely. My thoughts are with you and your family.
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So sorry to hear that Stuart.
I'm glad you've managed to find some comfort in this thread . . . it really is an awful thing to go through.
My thoughts are with you and your family too :hug:
 
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