I’m so sorry, because that doth indeed suck mightily. However, you gave Joey the last gift you could give him, in return for all his love. And it was a good gift, even if it hurts now.
Be excellent to yourself.
I’m so sorry xanthous. I had to have my beloved Daisy put to sleep a couple of weeks ago. She was the only dog I’d ever had too. Take comfort in the fact Joey is no longer suffering and that his euthanasia put an end to his pain. You did the right thing.
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I’m very sorry. I had to put my beloved dog down 11 years ago. Still the hardest decision I ever had to make, even though I’m sure I waited too long. You will get better, no matter how much it hurts now.
I’m so very sorry. I know how difficult this is.
May you all find peace.
I am so so sorry. You did good by your boy. But I know how much it hurts anyway.
Even in the midst of our sorrow, we can find something that makes us grateful, sometimes.
I’m sorry for your loss. 
Good boy, Joey. Go play in the snow.
I’m so sorry.
These threads always make me teary. We’ve got a 16 year old kitty who is in Stage 3 kidney failure, and I’m not looking forward to making that decision for her, either - we’re trying very hard to stay on top of her condition and not let her suffer at all.
I’m sorry for your loss, xanthous.
So sorry to hear about the passing of your boy. It certainly sounds like you made the right decision to end his suffering.
Pretty sure from the day you are born you are dying.
Happens to all life. Mourning is fine but it was is/was a dog. It was born to die. As are we.
That said buy a new pretty doggie that can make you happy until it dies, repeat.
They aint human.
This is a warning. If you can’t reply nicely to a topic of this nature, don’t reply at all.
Joey sounds like a real champ, and he was lucky to have such thoughtful and loving companions. I’ll think of him next time I see it snowing.
WTF? Your thimble runneth over with sympathy.
I lost my best pal in 2010, that was very very difficult. I still miss her immensely. She followed me everywhere and her goal in life was to be in my lap purring with sheer pleasure affection. She was an awesome dog and a real pal.
I know how tough it can be.
THANK YOU. Totally inappropriate response as usual.
I am so sorry for your loss, xanthous. Joey sounded like he was very loved.
I went through the same thing just over a year ago. I really feel for you, and know the pain of losing a companion who was so dearly loved.
Take comfort in the people you have in life to help you with this, including all the encouragement and well-wishing from Dopers.
I took the liberty of re-posting kayT’s unknown-authored quote to my FB page, because I didn’t quite know how else to announce the news to people I know without being morose about it, and one of the responses from an old college roommate was that Joey would see me in my dreams, and I’ve hoped every day since that I would dream about him.
Well last night I got my wish. In my dream, we were on a walk, and as always happened on our walks, he pooped and I picked it up (hey, I’ll take what I can get!), and then later as we walked along he darted like lightning under a bush and caught a squirrel. Now, the factual backstory to that is that once, years ago, he did catch a squirrel. He’d chased the squirrel up the side of a building, and the squirrel just couldn’t get enough of a foothold on the stucco siding, and that squirrel fell right into Joey’s mouth. But it only stayed there for a split second, because I yelled probably louder than I’ve ever yelled, and Joey dropped it on the spot. That squirrel got away, but in my dream last night, I let Joey eat the squirrel (gross!). At the end of our walk, he met up with a dog pal (I have no idea who the dog was) and I unleashed Joey and let them run off and play together.
Yes, it really feels like Joey met me in my dream.
I’ve been really sad, but doing ok. I’m 43 and unmarried with no kids. Joey was the closest to a kid that I’ve ever had, so this has hit me particularly hard. But I know that life goes on and I’ll get through it.
Thank God I have my dreams.
That is a wonderful dream!