aquaknight
Active Member
Our oldest Lab, Buddy, past away yesterday (Sunday night technically). He was 13. We had got him from a rescue shelter when he was 5. The shelter had originally gotten him when he was only about 1, they said. He unfortunately spent most of those 4 years in a kennel with a concrete floor. He rear legs were always not great. Up until last weekend though, he legs were ever really an issue, you just could tell he had a slight hitch. About two weeks ago, sporadically, he had issues getting up. He'd slide across the floor for a bit before he could stand. Last week he couldn't get up at all, we had to take him outside via assist from a towel. Last Thursday he stopped eating, and Saturday he stopped drinking. So we knew he time was soon. 13/14 seems to be the age for Labs. Pic of Buddy from about a month ago.
So we dropped Buddy off at the crematory early in the day. Kinda a sit around day, but decided to head to the park. These two didn't seem to notice Buddy missing (our oldest female (not pictured) however, who was with Buddy for all his 8 years with us, is quite distraught). Here is the aftermath from the park;
So we dropped Buddy off at the crematory early in the day. Kinda a sit around day, but decided to head to the park. These two didn't seem to notice Buddy missing (our oldest female (not pictured) however, who was with Buddy for all his 8 years with us, is quite distraught). Here is the aftermath from the park;
