take care buddy (1292 hits)
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Submitted by Zoidberg (View user info) at 2005-05-19 04:06:50 EDT
In 6 hours, my best friend for the past 15 years will be put to death. My best friend to a kid who's never had that many friends. 95 pounds of chocolate lab, ending his existence, and I'm the one who gets to walk him to the executioner's chair.
His eyes don't gleam like they used too. His body is covered in tumors and growths. His hind legs have nearly given out on him. Rising each day is a struggle. His throat is worn so his bark is a rasp. He's 90 years old in human years. And still he manages to get up and greet me at the door when I visit home from college. He still wags his tail when I talk to him. Still gives me the same grateful dumb stare he's always had when I give him a treat or scratch behind his ears.
Still gives me the look of eternal love and gratitude that all dogs give their owners when they pay attention to them, even though its limited now to my sitting on the floor beside him and rolling the ball to where he's laying, too weak to move anything in his hind quarters but his tail.
You've been with me through just about everything buddy. My first hunting trip, to my joining the military to my finally going off to college. And now, 5 days after I graduated, I get to take you to the vets office and say goodbye to the dog that watched a 10 year old boy grow into a man. My final act for the greatest friend to a kid who's never had that many to begin with
Goodbye Max. I love you. Let everyone up there know that I'm trying.
User Reviews
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-02-11 22:40:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Thanks for linking to this, I know the pain.
Submitted by sg11588 (user info) at 2005-07-13 11:50:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This does deserve best ever. Damn alters.
Submitted by Bickerstaff (user info) at 2005-07-05 14:10:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by homeslice (user info) at 2005-06-03 21:30:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2005-06-01 16:04:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
naw its cool munkey, this sorta thing doesnt need to be on the best ever list.
just wanted to capture what I was feeling
Submitted by Chillax (user info) at 2005-05-30 15:02:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck this...pets dying is hard shite to take.
Submitted by Crap_Finder_Queen (user info) at 2005-05-30 15:00:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Ugh...Nothing worse than animal lovers.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-05-30 14:42:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
you were in the military??
don't ask don't tell huh?
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-05-30 14:37:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JHoersten2 (user info) at 2005-05-30 14:19:46 (#)
Ranking: -2
Death doesn't place you exempt from -2's.
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who the fuck are you?
Submitted by JHoersten2 (user info) at 2005-05-30 14:19:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Death doesn't place you exempt from -2's.
Submitted by gina (user info) at 2005-05-28 15:39:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I registered just to rate this.
Submitted by bulldog (user info) at 2005-05-21 14:53:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Get really drunk.
Cry, then laugh about the silly things Max did as a pup.
Then get a puppy within 3 days.
Name him Max II.
*lump in throat*
Submitted by Skippy (user info) at 2005-05-20 20:40:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-05-19 16:42:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh, so you do have a heart.
Sorry man.
Submitted by sg11588 (user info) at 2005-05-19 16:02:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-05-19 15:24:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm sorry.
Submitted by EatMeCompletely (user info) at 2005-05-19 13:44:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry. That's tough. It makes you think about why we even get pets when deep down inside, we know that they'll expire before we do. Then, I step back and think of how much joy my cats and dog bring me and I remember why.
My condolences.
Submitted by Affinity (user info) at 2005-05-19 13:41:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My cat died last year. He was a ginger arsehole for 19 years............
Doesn't change the way you feel about them though.........
I'm sorry for you Zoidy
Submitted by Girlwithaclue (user info) at 2005-05-19 13:26:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hope you are ok, losing pets is almost as bad as losing relatives...Sometimes worse if the relatives are assholes!!
Take care..
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-05-19 13:15:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
He's at peace where he is now...tell him to look for "Sidler" and "Laddie".
They're the coolest dogs in Doggie Heaven, probably over by the golf course up there, chasing broad dogs and peeing on the ball washers.
Submitted by antluvdog (user info) at 2005-05-19 13:07:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Word.
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (user info) at 2005-05-19 12:22:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Good luck...if you can stay in the exam room throughout the entire procedure then you're a better man than me...I had to leave before they gave my old Collie the shot.
Submitted by BillsSBChamps (user info) at 2005-05-19 12:20:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Max is nailing some hot doggy broad, unless he took after his owner, then he's all up in some ass. Either way he's happy.
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2005-05-19 11:56:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
We had to put my 13 year old lab to sleep about a month or so ago. It was awful. Here's to endless holes to dig, kiddie pools to pee in, and plastic plant pots to destroy.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-05-19 11:35:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sad indeed.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2005-05-19 11:28:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2005-05-19 11:25:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sad!
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2005-05-19 11:16:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My parents had a vet and a priest come over when we put our dog to sleep. I was living over seas and the first few times back I would still be looking around for her to pop her head around the corner and start wagging her tail when she realized it was me.
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2005-05-19 11:15:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
thanks all. its over now.
the shot put him right to sleep. his paws were trembling when he was put on the table though, he knew something was up.
he's better off. can play fetch whenever he wants and his testicles are back.
humping legs with the angels now
Submitted by spazzh0le (user info) at 2005-05-19 11:01:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My best buddy's been with me for 10 yrs. He's a big German Shepherd and he's pretty slow when he gets up from lying down. He also can't do long walks like he used to. Thinking ahead to when I might have to do this absolutely kills me - I am hoping to find a vet who'll make a housecall. Nothing can ever take the place of a great dog, not even a great person. Hope you're doing okay.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-05-19 10:35:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've had to bury a few dogs. It sucks each time...sorry for your loss, Zoidberg.
Submitted by SiskelandFatboy (user info) at 2005-05-19 10:34:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I have to admit, I didn't want to read past the first line. But I did anyway.
I know how it feels.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2005-05-19 10:19:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2005-05-19 09:13:38 (#)
Ranking: 2
Zoid, I want you to know how genuine your words seemed to me here. to prove it, i am using what little will power over my natural smart ass reaction that i have left not to make a comment I am dying to make.
Submitted by missflibble (user info) at 2005-05-19 10:01:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I feel for you.
Mine was a beddlington terrier/whippet cross. he was docile, not too slobery and full of love for me when it felt like nobody else cared. I miss him.
You'll be ok. hang in there. get a guineapig.
Submitted by vodka7tall (user info) at 2005-05-19 10:00:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-05-19 09:46:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry Zoid. It's painful for you but necessary for him.
I still miss my best buddy from my youth.
The new ones come along but they'll never take his place.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-05-19 09:45:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This sucks, faggot, but you have to tell your baby, and yourself, that he/she is going to a better place. You're doing the humane thing.
Since I moved to SC, I have put down a 16 year old German Sheppard mutt, and had a 15 year old greyhound die basically in my arms.
So I feel for you...only not to close.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-05-19 09:41:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I hate dogs
Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2005-05-19 09:39:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This made me cry.
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2005-05-19 09:13:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Zoid, I want you to know how genuine your words seemed to me here. to prove it, i am using what little will power over my natural smart ass reaction that i have left not to make a comment I am dying to make.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-05-19 09:01:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
The hardest thing I ever had to do was have my dog put to sleep when she got old and frail and her body started breaking down. But, after it was all over, I was glad I was the one that took her to the vet and held her through the whole process, because it really was just about the most peaceful and pleasant way one could be dispatched from this mortal coil.
Humans should be so lucky.
Submitted by nrduncan (user info) at 2005-05-19 08:55:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That sucks, I'm sorry for your loss.
My advice is to go get a puppy as soon as possible.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-05-19 08:40:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Life goes on.
Submitted by whataefag (user info) at 2005-05-19 08:37:14 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-05-19 08:00:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Misery.
My cat's 17. Soon it will be him.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-05-19 07:26:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry to hear this man. My dogs are boxers, they are 8 and 9 years old. Soon the will start to deteriorate and it kills me just thinking about it.
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-05-19 07:02:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've never had a pet.
Submitted by MyIdiom (user info) at 2005-05-19 06:32:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2005-05-19 06:19:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
:(
I have one of my dogs on my lap right now, and my old roommate will have to put his dog (strangely also named Max) down soon also.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-05-19 06:17:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Figures your not a cat person.
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2005-05-19 06:10:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
We have two at home, on of them is reaching '90' soon. A very touching little story.
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2005-05-19 05:56:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
God damn it.
Fuck.
Sorry, man.
On an unrelated note, I didn't know you were in the military.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2005-05-19 05:51:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I can almost smell the casserole.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2005-05-19 05:42:42 EDT (#)
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*weeps*
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2005-05-19 05:30:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by mrwolf (user info) at 2005-05-19 05:07:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Heartbreaking. I said goodbye to my dog this year, I thought she was going to make it though and so I didn't give her a proper hug. Then mum sent a text message later that day saying "Bess' gone".
I still didn't cry, I still haven't but I fucking feel like it now.
I have that lump in my throat. :(
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:55:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I just had to put my dog to sleep a little while ago, I know how this feels. And still, I dont know, there's not much I can say. I'm going to go play with my dog...
Submitted by Squijee (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:51:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
First I read Jeannee's 'I don't know what to do' post, and then this.
Sadness.
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:28:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i love dogs, it won't be long before mine is at that stage as well... i know what you're going through.
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:21:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I broke my arm in 2 places sparring, have gone through numerous breakups and personal tragedies, and haven't cried once in the past 2 years.
Then I went to hug the damn dog goodbye before bed and I broke down right there. Then he started licking me and that didn't make it any better. I've given up on sleep for tonight.
So yeah. Definitely on the crying part
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:14:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:09:50 (#)
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*cries*
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*cries too*
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:09:50 EDT (#)
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*cries*
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2005-05-19 04:08:59 EDT (#)
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He's had a good inings then.