Saying Goodbye
Posted on August 20, 2008
It is difficult saying goodbye to a friend you had for a long time. Most people do not want to think about the time when they will have to say goodbye to their dog or cat even if they are seniors or displaying some health problems. I understand this. They often come to me with a lot of questions about how they can make them happier, healthier or stronger. Eventually they get around to ask their pet the most important questions. Questions like: Are you ready to leave? Are you in a lot of pain? How will I know when it’s time?
But what happens when a healthy and strong one year old dog drowns in your pool. You were gone only for an hour and upon your return the happy go lucky tail wagging, tongue licking, big teddy bear is not at the door. You call and he doesn’t show up. You go looking for him in all the rooms in the house, nothing. Then you step outside and see something floating in the pool. You can’t bear to look, you don’t want to know and at the same time you must hurry there. Maybe there’s time, maybe there is still something you can do.
Soon you realized there is nothing left for you to do but to hug the lifeless body and kiss it goodnigt knowing you will be unable to sleep soundly again for a long time, missing his snoring at night and his happy tail and wet nose in the morning.
But life goes on and you do have another pet still there to care for and comfort because pets do mourn too.
This is just a sad day in the life of an Animal Communicator where we get to hear from the humans heartaches much more than from the animal that passed away. They will come to comfort them but it won’t be enough. They will continue to mourn him until they stop punishing themselves.
Today life became a lot tougher for a couple of my friends.
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I have just recently come to terms with the death of my dog. A yellow Lab named Lacy. She has been gone about a year. We had treated her for a tumor in her leg successfully. She was doing well and suddenly within a short time less than two weeks she went from being able to get around great to becoming weaker and weaker in her legs (all four). I of course had her back and forth to the vets and a specialist trying to figure out what was happening and no one seemed to be able to figure it out. Her legs became like Jello unable to hold up her weight even though she was mentally aware and would eat and drink but I had to take her bowl of food and water to her. I also had to help her in and out which was difficult. She was about 75 lbs. and I am a small person. I watched her trying to understand what was happening to her and see the look in her eye when she could not get up to follow me from room to room. I could not bare to see her like this. I was already much in debt to my vet (and still am) for her cancer treatment. I had to make the decision to let her go without really knowing what was causing this condition. We had x-rayed again and rechecked to see if the cancer had returned but there was no indication of it anywhere. A person that I spoke with was telling me about her dog a large Golden Retriever that she had put to sleep due to identical symptoms. She said that she wondered if it was the medication she had put him on recently for stiffness and arthritis/joint pain. When she told me what the drug was, a very popular one often prescribed for dogs showing signs of aging. My dog was on the same medicine to help her while she gained her strength back after her surgery and cancer treatment. A light went off, I now know that it was the medicine that I had her on. Apparently many dogs suffer a very toxic reaction. My sister had a dog that she now says was on the same drug for a back injury and also suffered the same ill effects and symptoms. Saying good-bye is never easy but it sure has helped me to know or learn what was really going on with my dog.