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Our German Shepherd has cancer

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October 05, 2023, 08:25 AM
irreverent
Our German Shepherd has cancer
I’m so sorry.


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October 05, 2023, 08:33 AM
Captain Morgan
I had two German Shepherds I put down. Sucked each time and this helps a little:

Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for No heart in the entire world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of mine.
Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me learn.
Speak to me often for your voice is the world’s sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.
Please take me inside when it is cold and wet, as I am a domesticated animal no longer accustomed to bitter elements. I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth.
Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.
Feed me clean food that I may stay well.
To romp, play and do your bidding. To walk by your side and stand ready and willing to protect you with my life should you be in danger!
My friend…when I am very old and I no longer enjoy good health, hearing and sight., do not make heroic efforts to keep me going as I am not having fun any longer. Please see that my trusting life is taken gently. I shall leave this earth knowing, with the last breath that I draw, my fate was always safest in your hands…my best friend.



Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
Benjamin Franklin
October 05, 2023, 03:09 PM
banjo586
Sorry to read this. Our GSD, Chief, got cancer, and we had to put him down in 2013. He was the best dogf I've ever known.
October 05, 2023, 03:51 PM
P-220
I am so very sorry. Frown

Claire will be there to great Zack.


Niech Zyje P-220

Steve
October 05, 2023, 04:10 PM
dry-fly
Thanks again guys, it’s been a weird day but I’m glad it’s over..it had to be done.


"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen...
October 05, 2023, 04:13 PM
SigSentry
Attention: new guard on the bridge. So sorry for your loss. Also shepherd puppies are the cutest Smile
October 05, 2023, 05:09 PM
doublesharp
I'm so very sorry for your loss. Strange coincidence but it was exactly one year ago today that my 18 yr old dog Barney crossed the bridge. I'm so very sorry but sometimes we have to do hard things because we love them.


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October 05, 2023, 06:16 PM
TMats
Hard enough to lose one, but so suddenly, and at just 9 years. Thinking of you and yours on a tough day.


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despite them
October 05, 2023, 06:21 PM
RichardC
It's the last kind thing you can do to help him.

Treasure all the memories of the good time he shared with you.


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October 05, 2023, 08:07 PM
Valpo Fz
Sorry for your loss. I lost my last two GSD’s to cancer.


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October 06, 2023, 07:33 AM
liner
Very sorry to hear this, we’re Shepherd people as well and have a 3 year old male and a 7 year old female.
Lost our old male GS Dap 3 and half years ago at 13 to DM.
October 06, 2023, 11:10 AM
sadlerbw
So sorry to hear this. We lost our boy Bones around this time a year ago. Not much gets me to cry, but losing a loved one will do it, and I would count every dog I’ve shared my home with as a loved one. No matter how many years we get with them, it is never enough.

- Bret
October 06, 2023, 12:02 PM
gw3971
So sorry! Prayers for Zack and your family! I have had GSD's my whole life. I currently live with two in my home. My house is just a house. Dogs make it a home.
October 06, 2023, 09:07 PM
hapevo
I am so sorry. My heart breaks for you and your family.....


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"Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever." - Karen Davison


"Man can measure the values of his own soul in the look of the eyes of an animal he's helped" - Author Unkown
October 06, 2023, 09:39 PM
coloradohunter44
These stories break my heart. Prayers for all. My Candy is over 14 and I dread the day when she leaves us...they are such a huge part of our lives.



"Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am."

looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP!
October 06, 2023, 09:45 PM
snoris
My wife and I have sent several Scotties over the Rainbow Bridge and it never gets easier. Prayers and condolences to you.