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Do people believe that we'll get to see our dogs / pets again when we die?
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27-10-2012 09:44PM#1Hey, sorry for such a gloomy thread but my beautiful labrador had to be put down this morning after her spinal arthritis left her entire back paralyzed.
I'm absolutely wrecked right now with grief, and also with guilt that we had to choose to end her life instead of her just naturally getting there herself
Right now I'm trying so hard to believe that one day we might get to hug again when it's my turn to move on from this world. It seems that there are very diverse opinions on whether dogs have anything to look to beyond this life. I've found various passages from the Bible which would suggest that there is indeed a chance we might get to see them again, and my gut instinct is that if heaven is pure happiness, that's not going to happen without the animals which are no different to family members, especially after they've been with us for such massive chunks of our lives.
Is there anyone else here who shares this belief, or am I clutching at straws?
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hatrickpatrick wrote: »Hey, sorry for such a gloomy thread but my beautiful labrador had to be put down this morning after her spinal arthritis left her entire back paralyzed.
I'm absolutely wrecked right now with grief, and also with guilt that we had to choose to end her life instead of her just naturally getting there herself
Right now I'm trying so hard to believe that one day we might get to hug again when it's my turn to move on from this world. It seems that there are very diverse opinions on whether dogs have anything to look to beyond this life. I've found various passages from the Bible which would suggest that there is indeed a chance we might get to see them again, and my gut instinct is that if heaven is pure happiness, that's not going to happen without the animals which are no different to family members, especially after they've been with us for such massive chunks of our lives.
Is there anyone else here who shares this belief, or am I clutching at straws?
It's better that they put her to sleep than having the poor dog suffer the hard way of natural death as it can be really bad for the dog. Sorry to hear your friend and companion died as i went through it a while back and it's horrible.
As for meeting your dog in the after-life, who knows, I would like to think it would be possible to meet again but we just really don't know if this could be the case, but it's possible.0 -
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It's better that they put her to sleep than having the poor dog suffer the hard way of natural death as it can be really bad for the dog.
Absolutely. She's been ok for a while, she needed help getting up from the uncarpeted floors but was ok apart from that, then suddenly with almost no warning at all on Wednesday, both of her legs went and the vet told us there was absolutely no chance she'd ever be able to support her weight again. We talked about dog wheelchairs, prosthetics etc but everyone we knew and the vet told us that at 12-13 (from animal rescue so not 100% sure how old) she'd have a horrible time trying to adjust to that and just wouldn't want to do it.
She was in my arms when they gave her the injection and she just drifted off to sleep. Couldn't have dreamed of a more peaceful departure.
Sorry to hear you've been through the same, it's utterly gut wrenching
You know when you think about it, dogs are so unbelievably loving and selfless, a friend of mine (and hers) earlier was saying Sam will be absolutely fine, and that we should be far more worried about making sure we deserve to join her later
Kinda a good point when you think about it! 0 -
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hatrickpatrick wrote: »Absolutely. She's been ok for a while, she needed help getting up from the uncarpeted floors but was ok apart from that, then suddenly with almost no warning at all on Wednesday, both of her legs went and the vet told us there was absolutely no chance she'd ever be able to support her weight again. We talked about dog wheelchairs, prosthetics etc but everyone we knew and the vet told us that at 12-13 (from animal rescue so not 100% sure how old) she'd have a horrible time trying to adjust to that and just wouldn't want to do it.
She was in my arms when they gave her the injection and she just drifted off to sleep. Couldn't have dreamed of a more peaceful departure.
Sorry to hear you've been through the same, it's utterly gut wrenching
You know when you think about it, dogs are so unbelievably loving and selfless, a friend of mine (and hers) earlier was saying Sam will be absolutely fine, and that we should be far more worried about making sure we deserve to join her later Kinda a good point when you think about it!
My previous dog zenno had the same problem and her legs went but she was very old and lived a full life. So there i was asleep one night and i woke up with the howling and knew it was her time, she was howling at 2am till 9am until the vet opened and i could see how bad she was.
Actually she was fine in mind as i could tell but she was crying out loud because she couldn't stand up or move her legs. We knew she had to be put to sleep and i have to admire the vets work as we were in bits watching the vet inject her with a sleeping drug and when she was asleep after that shot the vet gave the main injection so she felt nothing, thank zod for medicine.
Two weeks before she passed away we got the vet to give her tablets that give her 1 to 2 weeks of mobility so i brought her out to malahide beach early in the mornings so she could enjoy the last few days swimming in the sea. Some people don't understand how close a human can be with a dog and also the intelligence and sense of humour the dog has makes you laugh a lot. They are called mans best friend for a reason.0 -
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Post in haste, repent at pleasure as they say(or not).
Meant that as they were not responsible for the fall.the wolf - not the lion - will lie down with the lamb. The lion, reportedly, is going to consort with the fatted calf, and the leopard with the goat.
I know, I know but the most common, ahemm, abbreviation of the passage from Isaiah is the lion and the lamb.....
(And perhaps SOFAI was influencing my thinking, I almost put the lion and the stag
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