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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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Find a vet that will come to the house and euthanize the dog while you hold him. I had a cat that inexplicably went blind and deaf but she was still part of the family and seemed to still enjoy being alive. She died about a year ago at home.

If my animals are outwardly suffering, i.e., my much loved cat had oral cancer that literally pulled his jaw apart- I will euthanize them as I hold them and they die with me holding them (singing to them and crying like a baby).

OTOH, if they are aging and start the dying process I "hospice" them; spend as much time as possible with them at home, make sure they are comfortable and safe; you'll know when they are reaching the end of their life because they will stop eating and drinking.

Sometimes they become restless and move from spot to spot. When they are actively dying I will give my pet a dose of benzodiazepene (mg/kg) to *make them comfortable, not kill them). The benzo reduces the agonal breathing and the neurologic manifestations of the dying process...it's hard but I find euthanasia brutal and cruel.

Nothing compassionate about blowing an animal's brains out. Not only the pain but the mess...let alone the betrayal of an animal that loves you and trusts you.

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I'm guessing you've never "blown an animals brains out"

There is no mess, you don't do it in your living room. It is instant death, no pain, no suffering, no anxious build up. It is done in a millisecond and they do not have any clue what happened. It is the most humane way do dispatch an animal that you love.

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No it isn't. It's bloody and it's brutal.

But you do you.

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As I said, you've never done it so you don't really know what you're talking about.