This morning was a really tough one, it was our last with Toby.
He'd been progressively/steadily getting worse almost daily and had gotten to a point where he was experiencing regular/frequent enough pain that I didn't want it to continue and to worsen. We talked to the vet yesterday and decided that today would be his last day.
So after a mostly sleepless night (for us, not him he always slept like a baby), a breakfast of french fries, an early morning of chasing yard-squirrels followed by a walk in the park we took him to the vets office. Fortunately it was always one of his favorite places so he was happy to go. He had some treats, we had a teary goodbye and he was off, softly and quietly gone.
I posted this since I knew many of you would want to know. That said we really don't want to talk about it or think about it any more than we already are at this point so PLEASE refrain from comments or condolences (posted or via PM).. we know you would mean well but it'd just make us more sad if that's even possible. We'll talk about him, share memories and pics, etc when we're ready but not right now. If you must 'do' something then please limit it to 'likes' or the like.
Also, since some of you have been asking about the puppies. We weren't able to keep them, they were tormenting Toby too much and the whole thing was too soon and too painful knowing that he was dying. We kept them for a month while we got them healthy and up to date on their shots, etc and then found them even better homes than we could/would have provided. So they are happy, healthy great little dogs.. just not with us any longer.
