A Sad Day

Yesterday we had to have our sons old dog (Amber) put to sleep. Amber had 'owned' him for 10 years.....from the day we brought her home from the breeders as a 3 year old she attached herself to him like glue.....waiting at the gate every afternoon till he got home from first school, then uni & later on - work.

She was 13 (14 this year) and had a couple of mild strokes this past 12 months. Although the vet assured us in January this year at her last check-up that she wasn't in any pain she has slowly been getting disorientated & more unsteady on her legs. He said we would monitor her & see how things progressed.

Wednesday morning she was particularly reluctant to move & by night-time couldn't stand at all, wouldn't eat & was having trouble swallowing so we felt that the time had come to take her to the vet. Our son decided that he should be the one to take her as Amber was his dog & he wanted to be the last person that she saw so I just went along as moral support.

It was so sad - even though we knew we were doing the right thing it's still awful to lose a 'family member' - particularly one with such a sweet, loving nature.

The decision was made to bring her home & bury her in our paddock along with other four legged family we have lost over the years.

Our son wanted one last photo of Amber & himself so here is one we took on the Thursday morning.