We just got back and Girlfriend is at peace and no longer miserable and is now playing somewhere with Roxy. It was very hard leading up to this point but I'm relieved now. With Roxy the greiving was all after the fact because she got sick so fast...with Girlfriend, we've been greiving all this week knowing what we had to do today. That picture of her holding the bone was just taken this week, I always thought she was so cute carrying her treats around but never had a pic of her doing so.
CHARGED, you just have to realize when the dog is not enjoying life anymore and can't do the things dogs do and when they are showing signs of pain. This is the first dog I've had to put down in my life for just getting old. Roxy who we had to put down 2 months ago was very sick and appearently had a bad stroke on top of that..yeah I could have kept her a few more days but I didn't want her to start urinating on herself and she was just barely able to hold herself up to pee and poop the last 2 days..she went from not able to climb a few stairs to not able to get up on her own in a matter of 5-7 days.
Sounds like your dog is still enjoying life and not suffering any at this point if you can just deal with the bleeding, the dog probably doesn't care about the bleeding right now.
GNBRETT, yes driving off with her going was the hardest thing I've ever done since this is the first time I've had to take a dog to the vet knowing she wouldn't be coming back alive. I cried like a baby for the first few miles. I couldn't ask anyone else to do it as I felt like me being with her comforted her. When we got to the vet she scarfed down the 16oz steak I had cooked and cut up for her, she was loving every bit of it and licked my fingers dry, even wagged her tail just a bit for the first time in almost a week, so that made us feel real good that she was happy.
Got her back home and she's buried right beside Roxy both of them laying there looking towards the lake.
Oh and yes, every morning the last week or 2 I'd wake up kind of hoping she would pass in her sleep knowing that this was going to be extremely tough and the time was coming soon, I just didn't know how soon 2 weeks ago since she had slowed dramatically since Roxy passed.