Well, he had a good run but the past week my dog went from normal just just incapicated. His hips were starting to show signs of going, then a couple days ago he just collapsed, past that he wasnt getting up, wasnt walking right.

So today we took him to the animal hospital and we were given the choice, a touch choice for any animal owner, a couple thousand dollar operation to hopefully repair his hips, or putting him down..

Now before anybody chastises me for what I did. He was 12, happy, playful years old, but the past few days were bad, vomitting blood and loose of bathroom controll. So we bit the bullet, tears were shed and we had him put down.

The hardest part of purring any animal down isnt the fact of what your doing, its the peaceful serenity when they are laying there, about to get the final injection. The tranquilizer takes all the pain away, its just tear-jerking, makes you wonder how much longer you could be with them. How much longer they could share life and love to your family.

Jr was put down this evening at 8:15PM, EST. One of the saddest moments.

After he was put down though, we heard news, heartbreaking news that secretly all of us smiled as we knew we did the right thing, he had cancer. We didnt know, there was no outward signs but once he was asleep, we found out that he had three tumors, inner haunch, front right leg and at his eye.

My dog, my friend, companion is now resting home, in the backyard, under his favorite tree.

~Run long, play fun and never forget you were loved and will always be missed.~

~~~~~~~~Juinor. In our lives from 2002-6/26/2012~~~~~~~~