|
|
Post by waffles on Feb 3, 2024 1:37:44 GMT
We are losing my 17 year old shih tzu soon.
we are keeping him here at home and he is not in any pain.
His little body is just shutting down.
I don’t mean to sound morbid but I keep thinking
if there is anything I should be recording about his last days.
I can’t really think straight about it.
He is my forever dog, and my best friend.
I am broken hearted.
|
|
Chinagirl828
Drama Llama
Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 6,479
Jun 28, 2014 6:28:53 GMT
|
Post by Chinagirl828 on Feb 3, 2024 2:51:04 GMT
I'm so sorry for the pain you're currently going through. I was too heartbroken to really record much when we lost our cat. She lost a lot of weight and was looking very poorly by the end, but I tried to take photos of her that showed her at her best during this time. Some of my favourite photos of her were taken the day before she died.
I think the main question is what do you want to remember from this time? That's what you should record, either in photos or just notes jotted down. I have a little of both from my cats final days, photos of her, and a few lines of journaling about how I was feeling knowing she was living on borrowed time.
|
|
scrappinwithoutpeas
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,914 
Location: Northern Virginia
|
Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Feb 3, 2024 2:52:28 GMT
I'm so sorry. ((hugs)) Maybe get a photo of him sleeping/resting in a favorite spot, pics of his favorite toys, blankie(s), treats, etc. I have never experienced this so don't really have much concrete advice, just thinking about things you may want to scrap about later. ETA: I'm a (relatively) new pet owner, with an almost 2-year old cat, so can only imagine how hard this must be after 17 years.  |
|
|
|
Post by Linda on Feb 3, 2024 3:36:50 GMT
I'm so sorry.
Maybe get a photo of him with each of you?
|
|
caangel
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,461
Location: So Cal
|
Post by caangel on Feb 3, 2024 16:04:15 GMT
I like to have a paw print of My pets. I use the Crayola model magic "clay". It is easy to work with and very light weight.
Or of course with ink, just make sure it is washable and non toxic.
|
|
|
|
Post by mikklynn on Feb 3, 2024 17:54:42 GMT
I'm so sorry. I would just take a few photos of him with you and your family.
|
|
paget
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,752
Jun 25, 2014 21:16:39 GMT
|
Post by paget on Feb 3, 2024 18:30:48 GMT
I would want a snippet of fur. ❤️ and also when he is happiest- getting a treat just laying there- what brings him joy. I’m sorry.
|
|
|
|
Post by honeypea on Feb 3, 2024 19:39:33 GMT
I am so sorry.
I recently traveled this same sad path. I knew we were nearing the end of our floofy beloved’s life last year. Most of my preparation involved loving on her as much as possible every chance I had. I took photos of her nearly every day.
It was absolutely tragically heart wrenching to lose her. It’s been almost four months (and geez, it feels like an eternity already ❤️🩹), but there’s nothing I think I regret or forgot to do.
It was really really hard to add the final pics I had taken into Project Life, knowing there wouldn’t be more.
Oh, I know something I wish I’d done - it was making the rounds on instagram, putting your dog’s paws on a scanner, holding your hands around theirs, sort of in a heart shape, and capturing that image from the scan. I wish I had that with our darling girl and my daughter.
We had Alice cremated and when her remains were returned to us they were in a beautiful wood box and they had taken her paw print and put it on a very lovely card. It was more than I’d expected and absolutely cherished.
I have tears pouring down my face writing this. Sigh.
My thoughts are with you.
|
|
|
|
Post by coloradocropper on Feb 4, 2024 3:03:15 GMT
Your pain comes through intensely to my heart. We lost our Peek a Poo at 12 and after a hard battle with diabetes. This was in 2013, and it was a very sad time. Big hugs to you and cuddle him lots.
|
|
cbscrapper
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,414
|
Post by cbscrapper on Feb 4, 2024 5:39:58 GMT
I like to have a paw print of My pets. I use the Crayola model magic "clay". It is easy to work with and very light weight. Or of course with ink, just make sure it is washable and non toxic. I’m so sorry - it is such a heartbreaking loss. I was also going to suggest a paw print. The animal hospital did that for us when we lost my 12-yr-old a few years ago. I would not have thought of it, and it meant the world to me that they did that. |
|
|
|
Post by 950nancy on Feb 4, 2024 15:31:17 GMT
I have small albums of each of my dogs. I don't record the last few days. For me, it is too hard. My vet does give us a paw print in clay if they are put down and I do have those.
|
|
|
|
Post by hoopsfn on Feb 5, 2024 15:12:35 GMT
I'm so sorry about your little dog (best friend). Such a hard thing to go through.
A memorial album is a great idea. When you feel you can handle it. But maybe you could
jot down remembrances about your last days with him and then use those when you feel you're
able to work on a sb.
|
|
|
|
Post by grammadee on Feb 5, 2024 16:29:48 GMT
So sad, waffles, to have to let a loved pet go. As for scrapping ideas, here is a LO I made from the pic my ddil sent me from the day they took their beloved old guy in for his final trip to the vet, and some pic's I had of him as a pup. Goodbye Cash |
|
|
|
Post by joblackford on Feb 5, 2024 17:45:04 GMT
I'm so sorry. It's so hard to lose a furry friend. My feeling is, don't worry about what you should be doing right now. I don't think you want to remember the end in detail. Just take some time with him and your family and grieve together. Later you can think about whether you want to make a goodbye page or not, but it will probably be about the happy times, not his last days.
|
|
