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I write this with a very broken heart as we had to put our Jakey boy down yesterday morning. He had several old age and golden issues, such as losing
most of his sight, some of his hearing, spinal arthritis, and many various lumps and bumps all over it seemed, but he had a strong heart. He even made a cross country trip with my husband and I this past Christmas and was able to see our family. Saturday morning he seemed a little more confused and was concerned. As the day went on he started to limp and lift his left back leg. I thought maybe he had hurt it on one of his many falls even on carpet with his arthritis. By Sunday morning, my husband was carrying him to go outside, and we were bringing his food to him. His front paw also started curling. We cried all day and put a call into our vet who is also a family friend. He called me back right away and said to bring him in the next morning. At 14 1/2 we knew this time was coming soon, and that the past couple years were bonus for us. So with heavy, and I mean heavy heart we made the decision to say goodbye and not let him suffer. It is not fair to Jake, it's just not the humane thing to do. I knew by the way he looked at us with those sad eyes, like what is happening. The vet said we made the right decision, but it's still so hard. He said that it looked like he probably had a stroke. I know he is at that Rainbow Bridge romping and playing with our Jesse boy and is not suffering anymore.
most of his sight, some of his hearing, spinal arthritis, and many various lumps and bumps all over it seemed, but he had a strong heart. He even made a cross country trip with my husband and I this past Christmas and was able to see our family. Saturday morning he seemed a little more confused and was concerned. As the day went on he started to limp and lift his left back leg. I thought maybe he had hurt it on one of his many falls even on carpet with his arthritis. By Sunday morning, my husband was carrying him to go outside, and we were bringing his food to him. His front paw also started curling. We cried all day and put a call into our vet who is also a family friend. He called me back right away and said to bring him in the next morning. At 14 1/2 we knew this time was coming soon, and that the past couple years were bonus for us. So with heavy, and I mean heavy heart we made the decision to say goodbye and not let him suffer. It is not fair to Jake, it's just not the humane thing to do. I knew by the way he looked at us with those sad eyes, like what is happening. The vet said we made the right decision, but it's still so hard. He said that it looked like he probably had a stroke. I know he is at that Rainbow Bridge romping and playing with our Jesse boy and is not suffering anymore.
