Sorry to hear it PK :(

I had to put one of my cats down a few years ago and it was very difficult for me...

DH

So sorry to hear that PK, its never an easy decision to make. It sounds like you tried your very best to explore all the other options though, my thoughts are with you.

sorry to hear that pk... i don't know what its like to lose a pet but i've lost a friend and after 17 years with your cat i'd imagine it would be just as hard... wish you all the best.

Sorry to hear PK. :( All my pets are getting up in years - 9 to 12 - and I dread when the time comes to make decisions like you're having to make. Just know you loved him and gave him a great life.

Euthanasia is against the law asshole !

Sorry to hear that :(
17 years is a long life for a cat though, I am sure he had a very good life.

Maybe that's the reason why veterinarians can do it legally. This is GFY, you can act like a dumbass if you want. But show some respect in this thread. Maybe it's too hard to understand for people like you, so you should just go away and come back in a couple of days.

So so sorry to hear that. I could not imagine losing a pet. I am glad Smokey had a long life though, 17 is a long good life for a kitty. Smokey also is a little famous since he is how you got the name of your site. Very sorry for your loss. :(

Mark

My thoughts go out to you. I had to take one of our cats to be put to sleep a few years ago after his liver and heart decided to stop working properly and no amount of drugs could help :( It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do :(

Very sorry to hear that. I could not imagine losing our pet.
Although it is just "a rabbit" he is really a part of our family, 13 years of age, just did spend another 543 Euro's for surgery ( teeth problems and cancer ) and I could not care less, my son ( aged 9 ) trully loves his "stampertje"

50 Bye bye's. :(

I'm very sorry to hear about Smokey. I know how difficult it is when the end has come. Take care and yes, you are very lucky to have had each other for 17 years.

Many good thoughts and wishes for you.

S~

My sympathies PK - I am sure that he was very special to you. I hope the sadness passes & good memories remain.

My little old cat lived to be 20. I was pretty lucky as outside of arthritis & special diet - she still rulled the roost. http://www.puggie.net/lacyl.jpg
She died quietly. I am very attached to my little pekinese - when you live alone , pets are very special company. She is such a delight. Thank goodness she is only 3.

Don't know you very well, just from the boards and of course your site, But wanted to drop in and say my heart goes out to you.. I don't like cats cause they make me sneeze and my eyes bulge out of my head... They are cute though.. I do know it is very hard to lose a love pet.. 17 years is a very long time... *hugs*

TOM

ps madcat :321GFY

I put my old chow chow asleep 10 years ago.
It was the saddest thing I ever had to do.

Awe man, I am very sorry to hear this PK. I just lost to Kitties in a break up couple of months ago and still breaks my heart to think of Jack and Halo

soooo sorry to hear - my heart goes out to you.

loss of a loved one is always hard

Sorry to hear about Smokey..but you are doing the right thing

sorry about your lose

My condolences. :(

I still miss my dog that died a couple years ago (at almost 18) tremendously. A nice 8X10 headshot on the wall that really captures her personality is the "brightest" thing in the room :thumbsup

im sorry hun, but im glad you got 17 great years with him and that is much longer then most cats get to live so he had a good full life

RIP Smokey :(

My heart and thoughts go out to you and smokey tonight Beth.

I lost one of my Shepherds in May at age 14. The sense of loss and emotion you experience after caring for a pet when you've had them that long is as intense and deep as if it were a child, sometimes even more so, because pets are truly the only thing in our lives that we experience 100% unconditional love with.

Life unfortunately is all about cycles of birth and death. We nor our pets are given bodies meant to last forever, but our souls all go on. Sometimes our pets return to us again in miraculous ways as new kitties and puppies.

I spent 3 months mourning my shepherd and thought to myself I'll never find one again like that, such personality, spirit, loyalty, and bond. And then one day I happened to be on PetFinder.com just for the heck of it, not really looking for another dog, and I saw this picture of a gorgeous Shepherd that was in a shelter about 120 miles away. I don't know how to explain what I felt in words, but it was as if I was in the presence of an angel in that moment saying to me he is to be yours. It was like that strange lightning bolt sense of knowing when you meet someone and feel like you've already known them for years. Like you were destined to be together.

I really felt strange after that. All night long I kept clicking back to the shelters site and looking at his pics. I kept feeling more and more compelled to go and adopt this particular dog for some weird reason.

So I e-mailed the head of the shelter and asked about him. Sure enough even though he had been there for over 6 weeks he was still available and no one had adopted him yet. That in itself seemed strange, because purebreed Shepherds tend to get adopted very fast.

Turns out he was born in Kentucky and the family had moved to Miami and couldn't keep him. Then another fellow had adopted him at the Miami shelter and moved to Key Largo but couldn't keep him at the condo he had moved to because they didn't allow 3 dogs and he had 2 others. So just with this whole story it got more and more fascinating how this dog came to be mine.

So I said to myself don't know what's up with this dog, but l have to go and get him. Drove down there and when they let him out of his cage he came running up to me and started to lick my face as if it was a reunion.

I got tears in my eyes, it was so emotionally intense feeling the love this dog was obviously pouring out.

We bonded instantly. He jumped in the back of my SUV like he had been there before.

When we got home it seemed like he knew everything already. It was so bizarre I got really freaked.

He even started doing things like my other Shepherd Jessie who had died of cancer 3 years ago. Same mannerisms to the tee.

I've always believed that humans continue on in spirit form when they die and sometimes reincarnate and come back into your life again, but never had this kind of profound experience with one of my pets that had passed on. But I will say without any doubt in my mind now, this new Shep that found its way to me, has the same spirit within it that was in Jessie.

So if anything can help ease your sense of loss tonight, I hope this will help you to have peace of mind knowing that our cats and dogs seem to have souls that go on also, just like us, and sometimes they do come back to us again in amazing ways of fate.

Life is filled with mystery. We don't really know what happens next. But the older I get and the more people and pets I love pass on, the more experiences I've had that have convinced me there is much more to life than just death.

Rest your soul, knowing Smokey will be ok and still with you in spirit tonight.

Very moving post Krl :thumbsup

My parents put the kitty I grew up with as a kid to sleep a couple weeks ago because she had stomach cancer. It's never easy. :(

Oh honey, i am so sorry, I lost the spitty cat (drooled a lot) a few years ago and it really killed me. I know how you feel and really feel for you. will say a prayer for you.

I'm a 31 year old man and I got tears in my eyes reading this thread.

I know how it feels to have something like this happen and it really does break my heart. My two dogs and cat are quite young (none are older than 3) so I'm happy that I'll have many years with them. I just dread the day that I have to make the same decision. They are a huge part of me and having to lose them is a horrible feeling! As far as I'm concerned, they are my children and losing them would be like losing a child.

I am sorry that you are going through this and you have nothing but my deepest symphathy. One thing that will help is knowing how much pain he is in now and it will all be very peaceful very soon.

Very nice post, KRL! Very nice!

My condolences PK
losing a pet is always difficult
:(

sorry to hear that.

So sorry to hear that... :(

that's really messed up. I don't know what I would do if that happened to my cat.

God bless Smokey's soul...

*Hugs*

Im sorry to hear that kitty...RIP

Very sad to hear. We have a dog that is getting old now, especially for her size. IT will crush my wife when she passe.

Sorry to hear that bad news.

We also have a Smokey. Here's a pic of the little guy crashed out.

http://www.turboface.com/misc/tounge.jpg

aww that is so sad, i had to put my cat down about 2 weeks ago, he was only 2 years old :(

bye kitty. go in peace. no more pain. 17 years is a long time for a kitty. sounds like he was lucky to have you as a companion. best of luck.

:| I'm sorry to hear that PK.

*more hugs for PK*

I know there are no truly comforting words at times like this, but I hope you know that there are many of us here at GFY who not only sympathize but also extend our sincere condolances to you in your time of loss. It hurts like hell to lose a family member, furred or human.

If ever you want to talk, I'm all ears.