Almost 16 years ago my youngest daughter kept begging for a puppy , like all 12 year old girls would do....

My response was always the same.... "I don't want a dog...I don't have time for it!"... However, she assured me that she would take care of the puppy from house breaking it to cleaning up after it....so...I gave in ( as I knew I would )... We found an ad in the local paper for beagles for sale( yes, it was THAT long ago) and I sent her and my oldest daughter ( 22 years old at the time) to look them over and pick one out if they found them to be in good health...they came home with 2!!.. Neither girl could resist them! The only problem was that the oldest daughter had an apartment that didn't allow pets, so until her lease was up and she found a different place, I now had 2 Beagles.!!!... Fast forward...and Kristin did a GREAT job of house breaking them both and Kelli got a different apartment and took  her puppy with her. Kristin did fantastic with "Bayleigh" through the years until she graduated high school and went off to college.  While getting settled into her off campus apartment, I reminded her that she forgot to bring her dog along with her.  .. She reminded me that she asked for a puppy...and since Bayleigh as now,a,dog, she was mine...( She said that with a smile and a wink...that's her sense of humor).. No way would a beagle survive campus life...lol...so, again fast forward and Kristin graduated college and moves to the Columbus (Ohio) area... (We live near the lake with lots of yard..I mow 2 acres) ... So she decided it was in bayleigh so best interest to stay with us...lol...  Make no mistake...every time Kristins car pulls into the driveway, Bayleigh can tell, and is all,over Kristin the moment the door opens! 

  Bayleigh has had her health problems over the years... She has received 2 blood transfusions and also had surgery to repair a torn ACL......

  Again, fast foreword to a July of this year, and she is found to have bladder cancer.  ... The vet removed as much as she could and basically said Bayleighs time was limited...

Well.. This past week her health took a rapid decline!  Thursday evening she couldn't go down the 3 steps to go outside, and by Sunday evening, it was all she could do to stand up... I have called the vet and will be taking her in this afternoon ... The vet feels it's "time".  ... She said that Bayleigh is in pain and nothing she can really do... 

 Bayleigh was not our first dog....we had had a few by then.. I grew up on a mini farm with  mostly horses ,and  a few pigs and cows, cats dogs etc that they could visit with when visiting my parents..and my older girls had a Cocker Spaniel and a cat... So...

Kristin was home this weekend to say goodby....it was toooo emotional!!

16 years ago, I really didn't want a dog... Now ... I don't want to give her up.... 

 

 

 

Always brings a tear to my eye when I read things like this. So sorry you have to say goodbye. It hurts so much. I have said goodbye to 3 of my cats now and it's so hard.

They are a massive part of the family.

Thinking of you.

Pets are living things that grow up as part of our families, sharing the other family events that make up all the important memories in our lives. That makes it really difficult to have to see them go but, because we love them, we must make the decisions that are best for them in the last days of their lives. It's tough but compassionate. We're thinking of you and Bayleigh Joe. 

I'm so sorry Joe ? My pets are my children and it hurts so bad when it's time to say goodbye.......  

Aww Joe...so sad....we know we only have the love of our pets ,a short time...

But it still hurts like hell...

Hugs xxx

**HUGS** .... sorry for this sad news.... fur babies take up room in our hearts just like the real babies do... our lives are better for having shared our living with them and their parting always takes a bit of us too. Sorry she has to suffer and you have to say goodbye.

Oh Joe, I know how you are feeling.  We are such dog lovers and lost two of our golden retrievers,  within a short period of each other.  Sixteen years is a long life for a dog and it sounds like yours gave you many special memories with your children.  Ours also had cancer but kept going until, one day they looked at us as if to say they could not move an inch.  Making the decision to say goodbye is so tough.  Sending hugs your way.  

I'm really sorry to hear this, Joe.  Your post reminded me of dogs I had growing up that are no longer with us.  I'm sorry you are going through this.

Sorry for the pain you're going through Joe.  Sounds like Bayleigh couldn't have picked a better family if she tried.

Aw, Joe......such a cutie that Bayleigh......treasure the memories! 

Thanks everyone....

 

that was rough... 

Sorry for your loss losing a furbaby is hard, I know. Hugs to everyone

Lisa

I think someone here posted this when my lady passed I am sharing it with you

Lisa

so sorry Joe  ?

Heavens greeters

 

this is what you see when you get into heaven.   Note: cats are the other direction.

17 minutes ago, bakon said:

Heavens greeters

 

this is what you see when you get into heaven.   Note: cats are the other direction.

Well Bakon, you just made my day.  I have never seen this before.  I see my Abby, Sammi, Saddie and Buffy.☺️