Marrowshard
Well-Known Member
Ebony, AKA "Ultra Pug"
We officially said goodbye to Ebony this morning. Given the advanced state of her cancer, there was nothing we could do except try to make her comfortable. Given the choice to either watch her die slowly or to let her go, we chose to end her suffering.
We normally kenneled her at night, but my husband relented this weekend and we let her sleep where she wanted to. She spent all three nights sleeping on the floor in the bedroom doorway, protecting her family.
She had trouble walking towards the end and had to be helped down the porch steps and out of the car, but she was a good girl and went with the vet to have her catheter put in without complaining. I stayed with her to the end, and I hope she knew how much we loved her and wanted her to be happy. We didn't have her for very long, but I would not have stood to watch her die in a shelter or let her be euthanized simply for being a "bully" breed. In the time we had, we gave her everything we could. She was spoiled rotten with home-cooked meals and frequent trips to the parks to play in the waterfalls and rivers. We even bought a new couch so we could retire ours for her use, and bought an air-conditioner to put near her kennel so she wouldn't be too hot.
If she called our house a home and knew that we were her pack, then I have succeeded in my job as a doggie-mom. I haven't met a human yet that fully deserved the devotion shown to them by their dog. Even so, Ebony was always near me and never held it against me that I wasn't perfect.
We chose to have her cremated, and will bury the ashes near our lily beds.
Requiescat In Pace, Ebony.
~Marrow (Erin)
We officially said goodbye to Ebony this morning. Given the advanced state of her cancer, there was nothing we could do except try to make her comfortable. Given the choice to either watch her die slowly or to let her go, we chose to end her suffering.
We normally kenneled her at night, but my husband relented this weekend and we let her sleep where she wanted to. She spent all three nights sleeping on the floor in the bedroom doorway, protecting her family.
She had trouble walking towards the end and had to be helped down the porch steps and out of the car, but she was a good girl and went with the vet to have her catheter put in without complaining. I stayed with her to the end, and I hope she knew how much we loved her and wanted her to be happy. We didn't have her for very long, but I would not have stood to watch her die in a shelter or let her be euthanized simply for being a "bully" breed. In the time we had, we gave her everything we could. She was spoiled rotten with home-cooked meals and frequent trips to the parks to play in the waterfalls and rivers. We even bought a new couch so we could retire ours for her use, and bought an air-conditioner to put near her kennel so she wouldn't be too hot.
If she called our house a home and knew that we were her pack, then I have succeeded in my job as a doggie-mom. I haven't met a human yet that fully deserved the devotion shown to them by their dog. Even so, Ebony was always near me and never held it against me that I wasn't perfect.
We chose to have her cremated, and will bury the ashes near our lily beds.
Requiescat In Pace, Ebony.
~Marrow (Erin)
