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Wicked Blue

(6,856 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:27 AM Yesterday

Asking for love and light for my darling Penny

Penny is 15 years, six months and two days old. Born the 4th of July. She is half Cavalier King Charles spaniel and half American Eskimo. She has the sweetest, gentlest disposition, although with a fun-loving, independent spirit. My heart is breaking for her.

It looks like she will be crossing the rainbow bridge today if the vet can get here through the snow.

She's been fading the past few months. Lost the ability to walk or stand - probably some neurological issue according to the vet. i've been changing her diapers and towels about 10 times a day, but she didn't seem to be suffering until last night, She refused food yesterday, and later, water. I've been giving her 0.5 cc of water with a syringe every hour or so.

Overnight she began panting heavily and having muscle convulsions and barking in pain. The three of us were up with her most of the night trying to calm and reassure her. Gave her her dose of gabapentin this morning.

I've been playing the amazingly calming "Song for Daisy" by Gnash on loop, it is almost magical instrumental music for dogs.

Please send her vibes to pass gently and without pain. Thank you.
My husband, daughter and I are absolute wrecks. And I'm so worried that the vet from Lap of Love might not get here. I don't want my sweet baby girl to suffer any longer.



I called a home euthanasia service, but the vet can't get here until noon or later, and the snow has been falling more heavily than we expected.

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Asking for love and light for my darling Penny (Original Post) Wicked Blue Yesterday OP
So sorry, you have all my sympathy. I know how it feels. Walleye Yesterday #1
Oh no! Poor baby! CousinIT Yesterday #2
The vet just called. About 40 minutes depending on the roads Wicked Blue Yesterday #5
I hope she is there now. Peace to you, Penny and your family. Nt spooky3 Yesterday #30
Thank you Wicked Blue Yesterday #45
We have used Lap of Love twice. They were wonderful. Nt spooky3 Yesterday #59
Holding you and those you love close to my heart as these are moments so many of us share. ((🫶)) Deuxcents Yesterday #3
Thank you Wicked Blue Yesterday #46
I'm so sorry, I've been there. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #4
Thank you Wicked Blue Yesterday #47
I''m so sorry for your loss. My husband and I are going through a similar situation with our baby, Jasper. Texin 11 hrs ago #90
Sending love and hope for a peaceful transition biophile Yesterday #6
Thank you Wicked Blue Yesterday #50
Wishing all of you peace, love, and comfort. Think. Again. Yesterday #7
Thank you Wicked Blue Yesterday #51
Lots of love for Penny. mercuryblues Yesterday #8
Thank you Wicked Blue Yesterday #52
OH I so hope she gets her needed respite soon! lark Yesterday #9
I am so sorry Wicked Blue, Dolly is a American Eskimo, I will send good vibes and prayers for Penny and hope the vet can debm55 Yesterday #10
Thank you, deb. The vet came, Penny passed Wicked Blue Yesterday #53
So very sorry for your loss of Penney. SimplyHadEnough 18 hrs ago #89
I'm so sorry. I will hold you and Penny in my thoughts. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #11
You and Penny are in my thoughts SARose Yesterday #12
So sorry! Ocelot II Yesterday #13
So sorry 🙏 I know your heart hurts for her. Sending love your way 💙💙💙💙💙 TommieMommy Yesterday #14
Brought tears to my eyes. Sorry she is suffering. Hope the vet arrives soon. Fla Dem Yesterday #15
I can tell how lucky your family feels to have had such a beautiful, loving Karadeniz Yesterday #16
I hope passes gently 10 Turtle Day Yesterday #17
I'm so sorry. StarryNite Yesterday #18
Penny... Clouds Passing Yesterday #19
I'm so sorry, Wicked Blue. LuckyCharms Yesterday #20
Lady of the Beasts, please take Your Penny gently home in Your loving arms, niyad Yesterday #21
Thank you, dear niyad Wicked Blue Yesterday #54
She will live forever in your heart. ZonkerHarris Yesterday #22
Wicked Blue , please let us know if the home vet gets there, debm55 Yesterday #23
Sorry to hear this. Mr.Bill Yesterday #24
I'm.... JoeOtterbein Yesterday #25
Vibes for Penny's gentle crossing & healing for your family on the way. SheltieLover Yesterday #26
Deepest sympathy orangecrush Yesterday #27
Peace for Penny. White light and Love! 1WorldHope Yesterday #28
I'm So Very Sorry for You DarthDem Yesterday #29
Sending mental hugs. pandr32 Yesterday #31
You have my deepest sympathy and hope that the crossing occurs in the most peaceful way Scalded Nun Yesterday #32
So sorry about Penny Figarosmom Yesterday #33
My profound empathy and sincere condolences. Genevra Yesterday #34
She's gone Wicked Blue Yesterday #35
I'm so sorry for your loss. She's not suffering anymore now but I know your heart is broken. CousinIT Yesterday #56
hugggggggggggss niyad Yesterday #57
❄️🌸❄️ Donkees Yesterday #36
That - soldierant Yesterday #73
Yes, an excerpt from the Night Chant Donkees Yesterday #74
Oh, your caring heart post KitFox Yesterday #37
It is a truly horrible day. BobTheSubgenius Yesterday #38
I'm so sorry for your loss JMCKUSICK Yesterday #39
I am so sorry. May Penny's memories be a blessing to you. debm55 Yesterday #40
Sad news Marthe48 Yesterday #41
...heartbreaking orleans Yesterday #42
I am so sorry about Penny bronxiteforever Yesterday #43
So sorry for your impending loss - it hurts so much - music helps..... alittlelark Yesterday #44
So sorry to hear this about Penny sdfernando Yesterday #48
You have it mgardener Yesterday #49
My heart goes out to you. chowder66 Yesterday #55
So so sorry montanacowboy Yesterday #58
I'm so sorry to hear about Penny... slightlv Yesterday #60
I am so sorry :( JoseBalow Yesterday #61
My deepest sympathy to you and family virgdem Yesterday #62
I am so sorry. Will be thinking of you and Penny. HeartsCanHope Yesterday #63
I am so sorry and haunted by your description of Penny's decline... Trueblue Texan Yesterday #64
Vibes for best possibble outcome for your sweet Georgia, for peace niyad 23 hrs ago #83
I'm so sorry. Teacher of the Year Yesterday #65
I'm so sorry cate94 Yesterday #66
15 years is a good long life TexasBushwhacker Yesterday #67
I'm sorry for your loss. Luciferous Yesterday #68
My condolences about your friend Nigrum Cattus Yesterday #69
I'm reluctant to click on titles like this because Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #70
I know the pain Phentex Yesterday #71
I'm so sorry to read this, Wicked Blue Niagara Yesterday #72
Sending gentle thoughts for sweet Penny and somfort to her 3 favorite people. MLAA Yesterday #75
You did the right thing, posting about it here. calimary Yesterday #76
Love and light is a great answer. Please pass gently and so sorry for your loss. I know how much it hurts. Evolve Dammit Yesterday #77
I'm so sorry. Cross that Rainbow Bridge gently and with loving arms around you, Penny. skylucy Yesterday #78
Bless you and her, pass gently into the good night. I'm in process of losing my 3rd doggie this year, they all SWBTATTReg Yesterday #79
Your kindness and love for your dog is what matters. waterwatcher123 Yesterday #80
I am sorry for you loss LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #81
💐🌈💐 blm Yesterday #82
So sorry that your baby is suffering Picaro 23 hrs ago #84
kick debm55 22 hrs ago #85
I'm so sorry. area51 22 hrs ago #86
Very sorry, Wicked Blue. summer_in_TX 21 hrs ago #87
In our family, we have decided to call this final loving act "liberating the spirit." 3catwoman3 21 hrs ago #88
I'm so sorry for your sweet girl. Bluethroughu 11 hrs ago #91

CousinIT

(10,578 posts)
2. Oh no! Poor baby!
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:33 AM
Yesterday

I do hope the vet gets there SOON!.

Sending massive comfort vibes to your sweet girl! I know it's THE WORST seeing your loves suffering but you are doing all you can.

😭💔

Wicked Blue

(6,856 posts)
5. The vet just called. About 40 minutes depending on the roads
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:39 AM
Yesterday

No snow on the ground in Asbury Park, she said. Buy it looks like at least 2 inches outside, in Toms River.

Thank you.

Deuxcents

(20,301 posts)
3. Holding you and those you love close to my heart as these are moments so many of us share. ((🫶))
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:34 AM
Yesterday

Diamond_Dog

(35,331 posts)
4. I'm so sorry, I've been there.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:34 AM
Yesterday

Cross gently, dear sweet Penny. Thank you for giving your love to a human so joyfully.

Texin

(2,669 posts)
90. I''m so sorry for your loss. My husband and I are going through a similar situation with our baby, Jasper.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:44 AM
11 hrs ago

He's been in a lively "second puppyhood" for the past six or more months, and this weekend he began to go downhill. I would prefer to have a vet come to the house and there is one who provides this service in-home, but hubs seems reluctant to commit to this right now even though he knows it's the kind and right thing to do. Again, my heartfelt condolences to you.

biophile

(480 posts)
6. Sending love and hope for a peaceful transition
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:39 AM
Yesterday

Nature always seems to call them home on a weekend or during a storm 😑.

Wicked Blue

(6,856 posts)
50. Thank you
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:37 PM
Yesterday

We think the snow might have been for her - she adored it. Used to run around with her mouth open scooping it up lie a little snow plow.

We gave her a small bowl of snow this morning and she licked up every bit. Did the same with the second bowl too. Thank heaven we were able to give her something enjoyable.

debm55

(39,333 posts)
10. I am so sorry Wicked Blue, Dolly is a American Eskimo, I will send good vibes and prayers for Penny and hope the vet can
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:44 AM
Yesterday

get to your home.

Wicked Blue

(6,856 posts)
53. Thank you, deb. The vet came, Penny passed
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:41 PM
Yesterday

and now Penny is on her way to cremation.

She was a great dog.

SARose

(929 posts)
12. You and Penny are in my thoughts
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:49 AM
Yesterday

We have two 16 year old dachshunds and know each day we have is a blessing.

You are a good parent and putting Penny’s needs first.

Hard place to be, I know.

Love and light

TommieMommy

(1,279 posts)
14. So sorry 🙏 I know your heart hurts for her. Sending love your way 💙💙💙💙💙
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:53 AM
Yesterday

I still miss our dalmatian who passed 10 years ago. They are always in our hearts 🙏

Fla Dem

(25,926 posts)
15. Brought tears to my eyes. Sorry she is suffering. Hope the vet arrives soon.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:59 AM
Yesterday

Makes me think when my girl(cat) of 17 years, passed last year. One of the worst days of my life.

Karadeniz

(23,607 posts)
16. I can tell how lucky your family feels to have had such a beautiful, loving
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:12 AM
Yesterday

addition to the family for so many years. She'll be waiting for you on the other side, truly.

10 Turtle Day

(534 posts)
17. I hope passes gently
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:12 AM
Yesterday

And that your hearts will heal in time. Cherish all the time you had with her and what time is left. I feel for you.

StarryNite

(10,950 posts)
18. I'm so sorry.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:13 AM
Yesterday

May Penny’s passing be quick and painless as she passes on to her next journey.

niyad

(120,921 posts)
21. Lady of the Beasts, please take Your Penny gently home in Your loving arms,
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:28 AM
Yesterday

end her suffering, and send peace and comfort to her grieving loved ones.

I am so very sorry for what you are all going through. Holding all of you in love and light.

SheltieLover

(60,565 posts)
26. Vibes for Penny's gentle crossing & healing for your family on the way.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:39 AM
Yesterday

Have you told her it's ok to go to the Bridge?

DarthDem

(5,373 posts)
29. I'm So Very Sorry for You
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:48 AM
Yesterday

May Penny pass ever so gently. It sounds like she was a wonderful companion, and you to her.

pandr32

(12,334 posts)
31. Sending mental hugs.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:54 AM
Yesterday

It is so hard to lose a treasured pet. They are our family.
Your heart must be breaking.

Figarosmom

(3,600 posts)
33. So sorry about Penny
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:58 AM
Yesterday

Hold her and whisper she can go it's alright. Hope she'll fade with comfort.

Wicked Blue

(6,856 posts)
35. She's gone
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:05 PM
Yesterday

Go now in peace
go now in peace
May the spirit of love surround you
everywhere, everywhere
you may go

CousinIT

(10,578 posts)
56. I'm so sorry for your loss. She's not suffering anymore now but I know your heart is broken.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:44 PM
Yesterday

Donkees

(32,488 posts)
36. ❄️🌸❄️
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:09 PM
Yesterday


From the doorway of rainbow,
The path out of which is the rainbow,
The rainbow passed out with me,
The rainbow rose up with me.
Through the middle of broad fields,
The rainbow returned with me


With the rainbow hanging high over your head, come to us soaring.

With beauty before me
With beauty behind me
With beauty above me
With beauty below me
With beauty all around me

It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.

KitFox

(102 posts)
37. Oh, your caring heart post
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:09 PM
Yesterday

is the surest sign that your Penny had the finest of all gifts from you—a full and happy life. I hope the snow pauses enough for the service to arrive soon. I am so sorry. Sending peace and gentle hugs to you as you inch your way through this tough time.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,816 posts)
38. It is a truly horrible day.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:14 PM
Yesterday

I'm so sorry that you and your family are facing this ordeal. My wife and I went through it last May, when we had to end the suffering of our 16-year old Cairn, Ozzie.

D and I send our deepest hopes and wishes for an easy passing. She said that the burden got a little less when we received his ashes from the vet, to whom we paid extra to have the ashes kept from a single-dog cremation.

Some joy for the years you had with her and ease from the suffering of all four of you.

JMCKUSICK

(645 posts)
39. I'm so sorry for your loss
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:19 PM
Yesterday

I try to remember in times like these that my overwhelming sadness is the direct result of losing the source of incredible joy.
I try to think of all the reasons my life was made better by my baby and to pray a thank you to their soul.

alittlelark

(18,928 posts)
44. So sorry for your impending loss - it hurts so much - music helps.....
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:32 PM
Yesterday
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There are many I’ve used over the years, this one is good


So is this one

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montanacowboy

(6,363 posts)
58. So so sorry
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 12:55 PM
Yesterday

The best day of our lives is when we get them and the worst day when they leave us.
Goodnight sweet princess....peace to you and yours

slightlv

(4,541 posts)
60. I'm so sorry to hear about Penny...
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 01:13 PM
Yesterday

and so sorry for the heartbreak you and your family feels. I understand about the snow... my Mom died on Friday, just before the largest snowstorm in decades hit us. I even had to delay the meeting at the funeral home today because of the roads. I do hope your vet can get there safely. Our fur babies leave huge imprints on our hearts... losing as many of my elder cats as I did last year, I had to get myself to where I acknowledged the loss, the grief, and the pain... and then throw myself into something else like cleaning house. Otherwise, I'd have just been a bundle of tears all the time. Peace to you and yours... and a "good and faithful dog" pat for Penny.

virgdem

(2,218 posts)
62. My deepest sympathy to you and family
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 01:20 PM
Yesterday

on Penny's passing. You gave her such a great life. Cherish always the memories of sweet Penny.

Trueblue Texan

(3,066 posts)
64. I am so sorry and haunted by your description of Penny's decline...
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 02:29 PM
Yesterday

I am experiencing the same thing with my 14-year old cavalier, Georgia. Tuesday morning she was unable to walk, as though her entire backside is paralyzed. We've been using a sling to toilet her and using diapers which don't help much. It is such a stinking mess, but so far she has not demonstrated pain. I've been having trouble getting her to drink water so I've been mixing it with wet food which she gobbles up. The vet said the anti-inflammatory she's taking can cause kidney issues so I know drinking is important. I worry that she will suddenly decline like your baby if I can't get her to drink water more than she now is. I don't know what to do. Maybe I should just put her down, but cognitively she is so sharp, it just doesn't seem right. Based on what I've seen, her mobility is not going to get better. I don't know what the most humane course would be here. She is also a sweet, gentle baby who looks at me with such trust in her eyes. I want to do what is best for her. I guess I'll just take it one day at a time and hope she passes quietly in her sleep.

Peace and healing to you, dear. I know your heartbreak. I have no problem admitting that it is every bit as painful to lose a beloved pet as a family member. They ARE family members. Take care.

niyad

(120,921 posts)
83. Vibes for best possibble outcome for your sweet Georgia, for peace
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 10:13 PM
23 hrs ago

and comfort for all of you.

65. I'm so sorry.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 02:41 PM
Yesterday

I've been through that same wait. Once on New Year's Eve. I know nothing I can say will make it any better, Just know I'm shedding a few tears for your sweet Penny and sending some love in her direction. And yours.

Buddyzbuddy

(127 posts)
70. I'm reluctant to click on titles like this because
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 04:29 PM
Yesterday

I know I will feel the pain of what you are going through. To not share in that pain would be selfish. The day is a little darker, my heart a little heavier as my tears flow for you, your family and Penny's pain. May her pain subside and her passing be swift. Remember the memories of moments of joy and laughter she leaves behind and she will live on.
Take care Wicked Blue

Phentex

(16,575 posts)
71. I know the pain
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 05:28 PM
Yesterday

I'm very sorry for your loss. They are family members and it's really really hard to lose them!

Niagara

(9,956 posts)
72. I'm so sorry to read this, Wicked Blue
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 05:33 PM
Yesterday

The majority of us here feel your pain as we have been through this as well.


Please know that I'm sending you best wishes so that your beloved Penny doesn't suffer.

calimary

(84,752 posts)
76. You did the right thing, posting about it here.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:43 PM
Yesterday

Thank you so much for sharing this hard part of the journey with us. You know the old saying “many hands make light work”? Well, many hands can also help lift you up during times like this. It means you don’t have to go through it alone.

Evolve Dammit

(19,256 posts)
77. Love and light is a great answer. Please pass gently and so sorry for your loss. I know how much it hurts.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:54 PM
Yesterday

SWBTATTReg

(24,433 posts)
79. Bless you and her, pass gently into the good night. I'm in process of losing my 3rd doggie this year, they all
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:06 PM
Yesterday

reached 17 to 18 years this year, and this is the year the first two died already and the 3rd one is on her way. She is getting spoiled rotten, and her last days will be w/ whatever she wants. It kills me every day to see them go into the night, but I'll be damned to make sure that they have every little bit of goodies, whatever I can give her. She is right by us too, all of the time.

You have our vibes for her to go gently into the night, and our sorrow at your suffering. She knows that you are right by her side. A blessing indeed. Bless you all in your pain.

waterwatcher123

(282 posts)
80. Your kindness and love for your dog is what matters.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:13 PM
Yesterday

I hope the vet makes it through the snow to help ease the pain. If not, your dog will pass on her own without any judgement. You did everything you could to make her last moments on this planet peaceful and loving.

summer_in_TX

(3,338 posts)
87. Very sorry, Wicked Blue.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:42 PM
21 hrs ago

It's so painful when these creatures we love so much are suffering. We found our Lily, a Chihuahua mix who made it to the age of 17 years of age, suddenly showed she was at her end one night after all the veterinarians in our small town were closed for the night. A heartbreaking night.

I am so sorry for you in this terrible time. I hope your Penny is now free of pain. Sending a

3catwoman3

(25,793 posts)
88. In our family, we have decided to call this final loving act "liberating the spirit."
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:54 PM
21 hrs ago

Euthanized sounds very impersonal for something so fraught with emotion, put down sounds harsh and we so wish they were just going to sleep.

Liberating the spirit has a kind and gentle feel to it, at least for our family.

Wishing you strength and serenity.

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