Walnut's final walk

Covered End

I just saw this on TV. What a tear jerker.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2163861/this-mornings-ruth-langsford-breaks-down-on-this-morning-during-emotional-goodbye-with-dying-dog/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-37924439

ForeverAddickted

Bloody animals they create such a tie with us Humans its horrible when its time to say goodbye to them.

Why do they have to create such an emotional attachment... And its not a moaning post from me either, quite the opposite as I love my cats and know I'll be in pieces when they do go one day (and nothing makes me cry usually)

Carter

I'm the same, I am an enormous softy with animals. All of the pets I've had even the nasty, dysfunctional ones (probably more so them) that I've lost absolutely kill me emotionally. I definitely prefer animals to humans

ForeverAddickted

My black cat: Colbie is the biggest nuisance ever

We got him and a Ginger girl from a Rescue Centre (they're only 3 max) and Colbie drives me crazy, forever being naughty and for the first few months I'd be forced to tell him off.

I dont bother to tell him off anymore (1) Because I saw how terrified of me he'd get and (2) I now see it as he's not being naughty, he's just a VERY clever animal because if I catch him doing something I'll just stand there (occasionally laughing) and he'll know he's done wrong because he's been caught

ricky_otto

Carter said:

I'm the same, I am an enormous softy with animals. All of the pets I've had even the nasty, dysfunctional ones (probably more so them) that I've lost absolutely kill me emotionally. I definitely prefer animals to humans

Likewise

cafctom

I saw this on This Morning, and have to admit I cried for the first time in what must be a couple of years at least.

I have a dog, a golden retriever, who means the world to me. Knowing that this day will come, hopefully a long way off from now, breaks my heart.

Redmidland

As many of you know we have GSD's (6 currently), but we have lost 4 over the last few years. Each one is so difficult to say 'goodbye' to. It breaks my heart every time, they are part of our family. They give unconditional love and we try to do the best we can for them, and that includes not letting them suffer or lose dignity. This man is doing his best for his beloved pet and I applaud him for his strength and the way they are all going to walk for one last time along the beech with what seems likely to be many people joining in. We always take ours for one last walk, whatever the weather, though thankfully its always been dry. Many people don't understand how animals can get under your skin, but they do and when they leave it hurts like crazy. The one thing that helps me is the poem 'Rainbow Bridge', that keeps me going during the tough times.
Enjoy your final walk Walnut, and my thoughts are with the family and friends. God bless you.

Fanny Fanackapan

ricky_otto said:

Carter said:

I'm the same, I am an enormous softy with animals. All of the pets I've had even the nasty, dysfunctional ones (probably more so them) that I've lost absolutely kill me emotionally. I definitely prefer animals to humans

Likewise

Ditto.

Can't even bring myself to view that clip .

Davo55

I daren't watch that.

My dog Evie is 11 and a half and approaching her final couple of years, if we are lucky enough to have her that much longer. It doesn't bear thinking about.

Gravesend_Addick

Oh man. I've got something in my eye

Mrkinski

We had to have our beloved Iggy (cat) put down a couple of weeks ago. Obviously couldn't take him for a walk - so as he has always loved trying to get on our dining room table and nick our food whilst we were eating - for his final meal we put a load of chicken on a plate on the dining room table and let him scoff to his hearts content.

charltonkeston

I emailed this to a colleague, I knew it would get him. And it did.
Me on the other hand have absolutely no feelings towards animals and this story meant nothing to me , (although I would never hurt one and I am 100% strict veggie).
I've never understood peoples attachment to pets and animals. Sounds a bit weird and cold I know, especially as virtually all my family have pets and I never have or wanted one.

red_murph

Mrkinski said:

We had to have our beloved Iggy (cat) put down a couple of weeks ago. Obviously couldn't take him for a walk - so as he has always loved trying to get on our dining room table and nick our food whilst we were eating - for his final meal we put a load of chicken on a plate on the dining room table and let him scoff to his hearts content.

Like that a lot. My sister in law has a cat and when she goes on holiday I go round to feed it in the morning and at night and spend some time with him sat on the sofa (he is not very mobile) as I watch a bit of tv for an hour or so. As much as I make out it's a hardship in a jokey way, I absolutely love it. He literally doesn't give a shit about anything. He's very old now and I'll be gutted when he goes.

mcgrandall

Mrkinski said:

We had to have our beloved Iggy (cat) put down a couple of weeks ago. Obviously couldn't take him for a walk - so as he has always loved trying to get on our dining room table and nick our food whilst we were eating - for his final meal we put a load of chicken on a plate on the dining room table and let him scoff to his hearts content.

We have just had a very similar experience this afternoon with our dwarf hamster Hamish, except it was ham and toasted cheese followed by a crunchy nut cornflake. Seeing him snatch the candy cereal with his little hands was increadibly carthic. All food he was never allowed, heroin for hamsters.

blackpool72

My back garden is a bit of a pet cemetery
12 year old staffie Eric
13 year old Springer Bess
And God knows how many smaller pet's that the kids have lost down the years.
When you lose a dog or cat it never gets any easier.

Fanny Fanackapan

I'm sure that one of the reasons Mr F didn't want us to move last September( well, until I managed to persuade him...) was that our Cocker Spaniel, Oliver and our son's much loved rescue, Abby are buried in the back garden there.

eaststandmike

Fanny Fanackapan said:

I'm sure that one of the reasons Mr F didn't want us to move last September( well, until I managed to persuade him...) was that our Cocker Spaniel, Oliver and our son's much loved rescue, Abby are buried in the back garden there.

Similar thing happened to us Fanny. Our Cairne Terrier of 13 years passed away the week before we moved. I was tempted not to bury him until we got to the new place but in the end we decided he would be better off in the garden he knew.

heckington_reds

We have a 16 year old border collie and he's gone down hill rapidly recently. I hate to say that we are almost hoping to come down one morning to find he's gone.... after 16 years I know that we will have to make a decision sooner than later.... I'd rather cut my nads with a blunt blade.

cafckev

When my cat was put down I said goodbye to her at the vet and then cried my eyes out for ages after. Bloody pets