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My girlfriend’s dog is geriatric, mostly blind, deaf, and pretty miserable all the time. I’ve been trying to let her come to terms with the fact that his time has come - now we actually need to put him down.

There was a good post I saw on here but haven’t been able to find it, it had some decent advice on how and when to put a dog down. It was talking about not letting your dog go in a vets office and go out under the cold lights of that environment. We want to give him an honorable death and let him pass in the best way possible. Anyone have any good advice on the subject?

Personally, for my own dog I think I’d want to just give him a bullet to the back of the head and bury him… even though as I contemplate that it brings tears to my eyes. But I figure I owe him that, somewhere in nature and fast, hopefully as pain free as possible.

She’s a little more sensitive which is why I’m looking for alternative ideas. Any help at all is much appreciated.

My girlfriend’s dog is geriatric, mostly blind, deaf, and pretty miserable all the time. I’ve been trying to let her come to terms with the fact that his time has come - now we actually need to put him down. There was a good post I saw on here but haven’t been able to find it, it had some decent advice on how and when to put a dog down. It was talking about not letting your dog go in a vets office and go out under the cold lights of that environment. We want to give him an honorable death and let him pass in the best way possible. Anyone have any good advice on the subject? Personally, for my own dog I think I’d want to just give him a bullet to the back of the head and bury him… even though as I contemplate that it brings tears to my eyes. But I figure I owe him that, somewhere in nature and fast, hopefully as pain free as possible. She’s a little more sensitive which is why I’m looking for alternative ideas. Any help at all is much appreciated.

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In my experience almost all animals that "need" to be put down, don't.

They will die when it is time for them to die, all on their own. We can medicate them and feed them people food and let them sleep on the couch and live their best life till the end.

There are exceptions to this of course and I do not know your situation but I urge you to let nature take it's course unless the animal is suffering and you cannot manage their pain.

In the past when I have had to put down an animal it was one shot to the head. Dig the hole first, it's real hard to dig a hole while blubbering over the dog you just had to euthanize. Small caliber round, like a .22 is all it takes and it is instant.

My condolences, I hate losing an animal, they are really part of the family.