Devastating put-down?
Has to be the lady who "howled" after I euthanased her elderly Gordon Setter. That seemed pretty devastating for her in my opinion.
Number two would be the horse I had to put to sleep after the previous vet had ripped the colon during rectal palpation releasing faeces into the abdominal cavity - not pretty. The sight of that Mare's foal pawing at its mothers body seemed quite devastating for the foal.

That was all years ago... but the lady who sang to her dog as I put it to sleep this week comes in the top ten somewhere.
Hey ho.

Edits... Saturday morning wasn't much better - had a bloke in floods of tears this morning. He had no real other option so it was very sad. Lost his pal of 15 yrs.

How do I do it? Its quite simple really - I just console myself with the fact that I know I'm doing the right thing at the right time. Ask me to do it at the "wrong" time and then I dont cope too well. Never too happy with my own pets - lost two this year. You just think they are invincible...
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:41, 9 replies)

:(

( zulu eh?, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 22:09, closed)

Well.
That's me reaching for a hankie and a glass of wine there.

You're much stronger than I am to deal with that job, and I know that having a good vet around really makes such a terrible thing a little more bearable.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 22:35, closed)

You seem to be some sort of Vet
yet claim that foals have paws.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 22:50, closed)

Well
Ive been pawed at by men who have , er well hands
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 0:09, closed)

I would say
that you were groped, not 'pawed at'.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 7:38, closed)

You use "paw" the verb...
... even if the animal in question has hooves, not "paws" the noun.
(gordonjcp, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 14:39, closed)

Oh
I seem to have something in my eye :(
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 0:08, closed)

This is the only reply this week that has used "Put down" in this sense
that hasn't made me think 'of for fucks sake'.

I have Saturday morning sads now though, so I'm still not sure I like you...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 8:30, closed)

What did she sing?

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sat 26 Nov 2011, 13:06, closed)

the pearl fishers duet
on her own..
It was obviously comforting for her.
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 15:26, closed)

That's no good I was hoping for Yellow Submarine or Shudupayerface or something.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sat 26 Nov 2011, 18:35, closed)

Bugger.
Well, that's another keyboard fucked.

They're never the same after they get salt water in...
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 12:52, closed)

salt water
semen
(MayorBoris, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:39, closed)