Girl in a Party Hat » family pets http://girlinapartyhat.com Girl in a Party Hat Sun, 01 May 2022 19:26:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Dog Days http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2009/07/dog-days/ http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2009/07/dog-days/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:49:41 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=1649 I just looked at the two dogs sleeping at my feet (both are black with a bit of white, so a photograph is impossible — you’ll just have to take my word for it) and noticed that Rosy, the Grand Dame of the house, has her front leg thrown over Jack the puppy’s muzzle, in a sweet show of affection. Both are snoozing comfortably.

What do I do?! Rosy, as you know from past posts, is long past 14. Old old old, particularly for a big dog. She’s arthritic, covered in lumps and bumps (benign, but still) and I’m pretty sure deafer by the day. She tends to poop wherever she is, which hasn’t been as big a hassle since we introduced the “intestinal distress” diet. She gets pain meds twice a day.

She’s ok. I guess. I can’t ask her.

“You’ll know when it’s time,” people keep telling me.

I’m not so sure. I don’t want Rosy to suffer, I want her to die while she’s still happy, but since it’s looking more and more like I’m in the role of Grim Reaper, how can I kill a happy dog?

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