# Weiner dog owners, can we talk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371 "2017-03-17T01:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/121 "2017-04-17T23:26:02Z")
Hugs, Baker. You know Nathan best and whatever you decide comes from a place of love. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/122 "2017-04-17T23:42:57Z")
There are few things more painful than watching a beloved pet suffer and not being able to do anything more for them except ease their way out of this world. I am so sad for you both. I hope you and Nathan can have one last night of good cuddles. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/123 "2017-04-18T01:34:09Z")
I know you’re making the best choice you can. Hugs and love to you both. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/124 "2017-04-18T01:41:35Z")
**baker** , the decision is both the most difficult and kindest thing you have to do for Nathan. I’m so sorry. Remembering when you got him, you gave him a lot of love and a home that he might not have had otherwise. I hope you will give him a final skritch from an internet friend. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/125 "2017-04-18T12:44:02Z")
**Baker** Hugs to you. I share your sadness. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/126 "2017-04-18T13:02:05Z")
**Baker** , it is decision that is painful to make, but sometimes the right thing is the hardest thing. The vet said to me about my beloved Bob (equine) “now is the time we can let him go with grace and dignity.” I never questioned my decision but three years later I still cry over missing him. I bid you peace. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/127 "2017-04-18T13:17:51Z")
I’m sorry for your loss, Baker. You did right by your dog in easing his suffering. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/128 "2017-04-18T15:41:50Z")
Hardest decision you’ll ever make, and I know you didn’t take it lightly. You know what is best for Nathan. You will have no regrets about his life or death. Sorry it had to end this way, my thoughts are with you. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/129 "2017-04-18T16:07:37Z")
I had just expected to have him longer. He isn’t quite seven years old. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/130 "2017-04-18T17:16:51Z")
I think I always feel that way. Longer is good. ☹ It’s especially hard when you it sneaks up on you like this. {{{Hugs}}} ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/131 "2017-04-18T17:46:26Z")
Stay tough, buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/132 "2017-04-18T23:22:29Z")
Nathan has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I was with him when he passed, and more or less held it together. The staff left me alone with him while we waited for the lady to come who is taking Nathan to be cremated. I’d visited the cemetery earlier, to arrange for his interment. That will probably be some time next week. I don’t think the fees and costs were outrageous, and now I can always visit him. I can’t center the following, but this is how his marker will read. ``` **NATHAN 2010-2017 ``` MASTER, HERE IS YOUR SERVANT- R. KIPLING\*\* Goodbye Nathan, my baby. You were the best dog ever. I’m so sorry I couldn’t make you better. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/133 "2017-04-18T23:49:11Z")
((Baker)) Good bye, Nathan. You were a good dog. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/134 "2017-04-19T01:03:23Z")
((Baker)) I know how hard this was for you to do. I had to do the same thing for my Jake, after two spinal surgeries. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, but I know it was the right thing. After he ruptured a third disk, the vet felt that letting him go was best. Jake was also my life dog, and I would have done anything to make him better, but there just wasn’t anything left to do. That was five years ago, and I still cry over losing him. I have the two best dogs in the world now, which has helped my heart heal. Please know that Nathan knew you did everything you could, and he will live forever in your heart. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/135 "2017-04-19T01:28:18Z")
**{{{baker}}}** ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/136 "2017-04-19T01:36:04Z")
**{{{{{Baker}}}}}** ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/137 "2017-04-19T01:56:51Z")
Hugs from me and snuggles from my Oregon pack. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/138 "2017-04-19T02:54:59Z")
I’m sorry for your loss, Baker. My doxie has started showing signs of back problems. Should it get to that point I hope I have the strength to make the right decision. And as painful as it seems at the moment you did make the right decision. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/139 "2017-04-19T04:35:28Z")
I’m very sorry, Baker. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371/140 "2017-04-20T03:25:13Z")
Weiners are the best. Go Forth, **Baker**! Godspeed, Nat, old pal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weiner-dog-owners-can-we-talk/782371.md?page=8)