I had to put down one of my pets today.

cchu518

cchu518

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His name was Sloan and one of my wife's favorite animals. His name is Scottish for warrior and for that I post a little remembrance of him, we've actually had a lot of friends whose pets passed on in the past year not sure what was going on with 2013 or if that is just what the fates decree.

"The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. This is the substance of the way of the samurai."
-From the Hagakure or Way of the Samurai.
 
I am sorry for your loss. The great sadness of having pets as part of your family is that you know going in you are going to have to make such a hard decision because of their lifespan. Thanks for giving him such a good home and comfort yourself with memories of him and also with knowing that you loved him and gave him a good home and that he loved you unconditionally back.
 
Sorry to hear this. Putting a pet down isn't an easy task, even when it is best for them.
 
Thanks for the kind words folks. I do hope there is a pet heaven out there!
 
cchu518 said:
His name was Sloan and one of my wife's favorite animals. His name is Scottish for warrior and for that I post a little remembrance of him, we've actually had a lot of friends whose pets passed on in the past year not sure what was going on with 2013 or if that is just what the fates decree.

"The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. This is the substance of the way of the samurai."
-From the Hagakure or Way of the Samurai.
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I am sorry for your loss, there is nothing worse than loosing such a huge member of the family.
 
Sorry to hear, bro. Had to do it more than once and it never gets any easier.
 
Thanks Krav. My wife made reference to the Rainbow Bridge today and I didn't get what she was referring to until just now when I read your post.
 
One of the hardest things to do in life. My condolences for yours and your wife's loss cchu518.
 
I'm sorry for the sorrow.
It is always hard to lose one of the family.
 
My condolences on the loss of your friend....
 
Oh man I'm so sorry, I had to put my moms horse down this past Saturday. Thankfully my 4 dogs are young and healthy for now. After a very bad injury last spring we almost had to put one of ours down, she's only 40# and lost about a qt of blood so were extremely lucky I was able to save her.

555 your avatar looks identical to one of ours- a timber wolf hybrid, is it yours?
 
cchu518 said:
His name was Sloan and one of my wife's favorite animals. His name is Scottish for warrior and for that I post a little remembrance of him, we've actually had a lot of friends whose pets passed on in the past year not sure what was going on with 2013 or if that is just what the fates decree.

"The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. This is the substance of the way of the samurai."
-From the Hagakure or Way of the Samurai.
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Your post really fills me, not only for the way you remember/honor your beloved pet, but as a long-time martial artist myself, the Hagakure is one my most treasured reads.

May the precious times you spent with him be the same treasure to remember him by.
 
That seemed to be the theme of the day yesterday. I also had to put down my daughter's sick 4-month old kitten. I always feel like crap afterwards. Sorry for your loss.
 
That's rough mate. At the end though it means you did a good job; you looked after him, did everything you could to give him a good life and at the end of it you were there to help him on his way. It sucks but you can move forward knowing you did right.
 
I'm sorry to hear about your daughter's kitten. My wife grew up in Tolland, Mass. Basically in the woods, population 200. So whenever one of our pets pass, she has a tramautic flashback.

She was crying and telling me how her pets cats had a history of getting out of the house and running into the woods where she presumed that a hawk or owl would have eaten it. She saw an owl try to grab one of her cats and those memories still remain.

For me, Sloan was part of my morning for 5 years. Wake up at 530, shower, feed the critters and then be on me way to the train for getting into the city for work. Was tough coming back home to see Sloan not where he was supposed to be. He was a funny little guy. Ill have to share a video of him when I get into work of him being himself.
 
"Pets" ~~ we have all had many while we have been here ~~ and seems like every time one passed away a little piece
of us goes with them.! Quit having a "friend" 6 years ago as I just felt I could not take it anymore and could not take
another loss.*
Sorry for your loss and hope she finds another to fill the void in her life.**
 
This was an earlier video of Sloan. He's a bearded dragon and we were quite attached to him as we got him literally out of the egg when he was only a few grams in weight.

He was as you can tell in spring heat. My wife made a little video as she thought it was humorous watching him go at it with a towel.

[video=youtube;92BUllFQSyE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92BUllFQSyE[/video]
 
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