u/TacticaI_Poptart

This morning my husband and I made the terrible decision all pet owners are faced with. Is it time to have our 11 yesr old boxer baby put down? He has lymphoma (I can't refer to him in the past tense none of this seems real) and over the course of rhe past 2 days he had 2 grand mal seizures. The second one stopped his heart but my husband was able to resuscitate him. But the look in his sweet little brown eyes and face was not the same. I felt guilty that maybe he fought so hard because he doesn't think we will be ok without him. And we won't and aren't, there is now a hole in my heart and I can feel my heartstrings breaking even as I write this.

What made today horrible was the vet we took him to. Our regular vet was out of town and the clinic we ended up taking him to was highly recommended.

My husband called before we brought him down to make sure they were open and that a vet was available to help us through a very difficult time. Our baby gets VERY anxious and scared and we let the staff know that he would need to be sedated before being given anything else. This was reiterated FOUR TIMES by him and myself. We verbally told the vet he needed to be sedated. What happened next will haunt me for the rest of my life. While the staff and receptionist were very kind and helpful, the vet himself was dismissive and didnt seem to think we knew our own dog, at least that's how it came across. He chose to wait until my poor baby was crying, anxious and terrified before sedating him. You took away my peace and my baby's peace. You took away my promise to him everything would be OK and he did not need to be scared. You did this, you made these promises null and void. After you realized we were correct, after you botched the euthanasia the first time because he was so scared and flinching, you then sedated him and left the room so it could take effect. All of this utter soul crushing heartbreak could have been avoided if YOU HAD LISTENED TO US. HIS PARENTS. Our dogs are our kids and we told you he needed sedation because we know him and we wanted him to be comfortable.

I am beyond devastated and I just hope my sweet Buster doesn't think I caused him intentional suffering. I don't know what to do at this point I am so angry and upset.

This morning my husband and I made the terrible decision all pet owners are faced with. Is it time to have our 11 yesr old boxer baby put down? He has lymphoma (I can't refer to him in the past tense none of this seems real) and over the course of rhe past 2 days he had 2 grand mal seizures. The second one stopped his heart but my husband was able to resuscitate him. But the look in his sweet little brown eyes and face was not the same. I felt guilty that maybe he fought so hard because he doesn't think we will be ok without him. And we won't and aren't, there is now a hole in my heart and I can feel my heartstrings breaking even as I write this.

What made today horrible was the vet we took him to. Our regular vet was out of town and the clinic we ended up taking him to was highly recommended.

My husband called before we brought him down to make sure they were open and that a vet was available to help us through a very difficult time. Our baby gets VERY anxious and scared and we let the staff know that he would need to be sedated before being given anything else. This was reiterated FOUR TIMES by him and myself. We verbally told the vet he needed to be sedated. What happened next will haunt me for the rest of my life. While the staff and receptionist were very kind and helpful, the vet himself was dismissive and didnt seem to think we knew our own dog, at least that's how it came across. He chose to wait until my poor baby was crying, anxious and terrified before sedating him. You took away my peace and my baby's peace. You took away my promise to him everything would be OK and he did not need to be scared. You did this, you made these promises null and void. After you realized we were correct, after you botched the euthanasia the first time because he was so scared and flinching, you then sedated him and left the room so it could take effect. All of this utter soul crushing heartbreak could have been avoided if YOU HAD LISTENED TO US. HIS PARENTS. Our dogs are our kids and we told you he needed sedation because we know him and we wanted him to be comfortable.

I am beyond devastated and I just hope my sweet Buster doesn't think I caused him intentional suffering. I don't know what to do at this point I am so angry and upset.