Thursday, January 31, 2008

Toby







About a year before I got married I bought my parents a Lhasa Apso puppy. Yesterday morning, their faithul companion of 17 years had to be put to sleep. Toby's hearing and eyesight had been deteriorating for the last couple of years and he had arthritis making it very difficult to get around. A couple of days ago he stopped eating. My parents were told he had a stomach tumor and that at this point the most humane things to do was to put him to sleep. My father held him until the end (my mother couldn't and waited outside).



6 comments:

Lisa Lectura Creations said...

Oh I'm so sorry for your loss. I could only imagine the pain they felt. I am a great big dog lover. I have a 2 year old Shih Tzu named Paris.

Leticia said...

Thanks Lisa. Hey, we have a 2 year old Shih Tzu named Sadie.

Anonymous said...

So sorry to hear about your loss. I know how you feel. They're a part of the family.

Adriana Whitney said...

I'm so sorry for your loss. I experience something similar with my best dogfriend 10 years ago and I still miss him so much.

tascha said...

I am so sorry to hear of your dogs passing. He will stay alive in your sweet memories of him.

Leticia said...

Thank you all.