31-08-2013, 02:09 AM
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I Put Down Ray
The day before yesterday. He was my best buddy. He was a border collie cattle dog, not a 'mix,' a BC that was bred for cattle. But he flunked somehow and I rescued him. Some lady in Ridgecrest was fostering him and a woman named Billie put me in touch with her, the Ridgecrest lady. He was roughly two when I got him. He had a brother up for adoption. My wife wanted another dog but she did not want Ray's brother. He was a good dog and I'm sure he was adopted.So that was in 2000 so Ray was around 14-15 yrs. old. He had masses in his lungs and his spleen felt funny. He was hacking constantly and in the last days he was not eating and moving around very little. My vet said if he was human he would be in ICU. She said it was likely cancer. So it was time. I had her give him the shot in my truck because he loved to be in the truck with me. We went to the beach to play Frisbee all the time so truck= beach- Frisbee.
31-08-2013, 02:28 AM
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Re: I Put Down Ray
I did reply to this earlier Ron but the forum went down for maintenance and my reply was lost.I do feel for you. You must have loved your pal very much indeed and, although I've never kept a dog, I do know what it's like to lose a pet you adore.
My brother has a border collie and Sam is the only dog I trust because I'm generally scared of dogs.
It's not easy to get over the loss of a pet, but as long as you remember him and have fond memories, he'll always be with you.
31-08-2013, 12:10 PM
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Re: I Put Down Ray
Whenever I hear of someone's beloved dogfriend passing away I always think of this Rudyard Kipling poem "the Power of the Dog" and it always makes me feel emotional as I've had to 'do the deed' on a few occasions and each time I tell myself it's the last but it never is of course ...there's always another needs rescuing and shown that there's love in the world ..
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