Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend...

“Ingratitude is treason to mankind.” James Thomson


Thursday 28 April 2011


We had to put my lovely girl to sleep tonight. She had a restless night last night, and despite having had a strong painkiller earlier today, she was in a lot of discomfort and I guessed that we'd reached the end of the road. I feel dead guilty, and also like I might wake up and find I've just dreamed it.

Bye little sausage. I hope that where you are you're sleeping in the sun and you can eat all the chicken bones you want.

4 comments:

  1. what a lovely picture! i'm certain that wherever she is, she is happy and thankful for the wonderful life you had given her. take care and don't give in to guilt: i'm sure you did the right thing after having thought and felt your way through it.

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  2. I know it needed doing, but at the time it felt like a pretty crappy thing to do to a loved one. So sad.

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  3. Putting my beloved dog to sleep was the worst thing that's happened in the last five years, and that's saying a lot. My heart goes out to you. Why can't dogs live as long as we can? It seems so ridiculous to love them so much and lose them over and over again....

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  4. Thank you for that ib. I read your blog and I know you have not had an easy ride.

    I think it has been especially hard as she was my own for eight years before I met my partner, when I was single and struggling and not very happy, and it was like she was my family. I felt very close to her.

    Every time someone really *really* understands what I mean when I say this has tormented me and broken my heart, it helps a little. So thanks again.

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