Took our 12-year-old Golden Retriever to the vet Wednesday morning for a groom and some shots.
They called around noon asking if she had any back leg trouble, as she was refusing to get up.
Took her to ER last night believing she had had an allergic reaction to one of the vaccines - heart rate up, low blood pressure, low body temp, no energy.
This morning they figured out it was not an allergic reaction, but a ruptured tumor on her heart. Fairly common in Goldens and German Shepherds. Filled her heart sac with a fluid that was making her heart work harder than it could handle.
Our amazing Aggie vet helped us make the right decision. We took our kids out of school this morning and drove to the vet office, arriving in time to tell her goodbye and for our girls to pet her. She died less than a minute later, before they even administered the injection.

My wife and I got her in July 2009, 2 weeks after we got married. When our girls were babies, and a guy was over to fix the alarm system, she stood in front of them as they did tummy time and bared her teeth at the guy until he left.

It's our girls' first experience with death, and it is terrible. And our 13-year-old beagle, who has been our Golden's best friend for those 10 years, keeps walking around the house looking for her.

Hug your dog.

Sorry to hear that

You have my condolences.

"A dog does not live as long as a man and this natural law is the font of many tears. If a boy and a puppy might grow to manhood and doghood together, and together grow old, and so in due course die, full many a heartache might be avoided. But the world is not so ordered, and dogs will die and men will weep for them so long as there are dogs and men."

I am sorry to hear this. Losing a pet is so hard. I am glad everyone was able to be with her in her last moments. And I love our Aggie vet too.

I've shared this a number of times. Somebody sent it to me after we had to put our dog down last year. I know how you and your family are feeling.

I'll Never Forget a Dog Named Beau

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I've shared this a number of times. Somebody sent it to me after we had to put our dog down last year. I know how you and your family are feeling.

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Thank you for posting this. I cried really hard when I read it, but it hopefully will help as the days go on.

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Duckhook said:

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I've shared this a number of times. Somebody sent it to me after we had to put our dog down last year. I know how you and your family are feeling.

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Thank you for posting this. I cried really hard when I read it, but it hopefully will help as the days go on.

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Damn dust in here.

Duckhook said:

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I've shared this a number of times. Somebody sent it to me after we had to put our dog down last year. I know how you and your family are feeling.

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oh man. ohhhh man. this one got me.

i'm so sorry, OP. if humans were like dogs the world would be a better place.

If you ever have to make that call, go in with them. They will look for you. It's tough but be there for them.

Sincerely appreciate all the support on this thread. Woke my girls up for school today and one of them asked, "What are we going to do her birthday?" It just kills you.

Here's our girl back in 2012, when she was still the baby of the family.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Last year I came home at half time from eating wings at a sports bar and watching the Clemson game. Within 20 minutes my dog began to pass away. She was 14 years old and had heart valve problems and because she was on a slow decline and there were episodes I knew that time was limited.
She passed away peacefully as we comforted her. I said didn't give a damn about the football game and didn't even know the score until the next day.
It was quite possibly the hardest thing that's ever happened to me even though she lived a long and happy life. She went to many tailgates on campus wearing an A&M jersey and hung out once with Miss Reveille. Losing her was a punch in the gut. I miss her every single day but I try to realize that I was very lucky to have her for as long as I did.
Blessings to you and your family.

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i'm so sorry, OP. if humans were like dogs the world would be a better place.

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Dogs are the best people.