How many have had to put a pet to sleep, or take it to the pound

[Sudilar]

Within a seven month's span, I had to release two beloved GSDs to RB. Both were suffering, both had incurable diseases. I was devastated. I still miss them.

I have never sent a dog to the pound.

[Catty1]

Our old family Siamese made it to 19 1/2. We hoped he would go in his sleep, pass on naturally. But he just kept hanging on and deteriorating...by the time we took him to the vet, he was so out of it on his own, he just stood looking at the back of the carrier all the way there, not moving at all when the carrier door was opened. He just got slower and thinner and stiffer...mom had taken him to the vet to be PTS a month before, but just couldn't do it, she was crying. I went with her the second time...it was time...

And a stray I had rescued - turned out he was dumped because he had some kidney failure. He flourished under good home and vet care for a few weeks - then the disease caught up with him. I am glad he had my bed to sleep on...and cuddles and catnip...but he got in so much pain I couldn't touch him. Dear ginger Dave...he was PTS at the vet's - and I cried for days...I was in shock for two of them...

I love my two healthy babies now...and I hope they go in their sleep when it is time. But I may have to make the awful decision too one day.

Rest in peace, all sweet furry and feathered babies.

[G.P.girl]

We had to put our rotweiler puppy down when he was about 4 months old i think he had distemper, i dont really remember because i was only 4 years old at the time. It was sad. his name was Kodiak

[molucass]

We had to have our chihuahua puppy Sara put to sleep last year the day before Christmas Eve. She had parvo.. We were staying with Robin's family in Tennessee and she hadn't shown any signs of being ill until that evening when we had to bring her to the emergency vet.
She only weighed 1.3 lbs and was 3 months old. The vet tested her to see what was wrong and it came back positive for parvo. He said as small as she was, it was very unlikely that she would even survive the treatment for it.

So, instead of us putting her through all of that, we let her go.. That was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. She was our baby and Deebo loved her so much.. We were really lucky that Deebo didn't get sick too.
I was planning on holding her until she fell asleep, but I just couldn't.. I held her at first, but couldn't stop crying and shaking so I finally called the nurse to come in there and get her.. She said she just sang to Sara, rocked her and held her until she took her final breath.

I've never mentioned Sara before now, I don't think. It's too hard to talk about her.

She was such a beautiful little girl.

[Twisterdog]

Lacie, my cocker spaniel, was euthanized when she was sixteen years old. She was blind, deaf, incontinent and senile. It was time.

And, of course, working at a shelter, euthanasia is an ongoing fact of life.

[Husky15]

I don't believe we've ever put one of our pets to sleep, but we have given some up.

[CatLuvrs]

We had to put our dog Willie to sleep due to her immune system was eating her up from the inside out. She had these awful spots that look like someone too bites out of her sides. It was so sad. The vet said basically is was doggie AIDS. It broke our hearts. I was 7 and still remember like it was yesterday.

[Kalei]

Yes, I have had to put two of my rabbits to sleep before. In the year of 2002 I had to put my dear rabbit Baby asleep because she had some kind of tumour, cancer, or abscess right behind her eye that was making her eye pop out, it was so sad. The vets weren't even sure what it was but they said even if they did surgery that Baby probably wouldn't live through it all.

And then my other rabbit in 2003 I had for about 6 months, I had gotten Baby from a breeder, and this bunny I got from the pet store, and in about 6 months it got what I think was wry neck, its head was literally stuck to the side and it would just role around in its cage. So we had to put it out of its suffering.