[Misc] Having a pet put down and the guilt that follows

sydney said:

i had to get proper pissed to bury our labrador in the front garden , we have to bury them deep here to stop foxes digging them up so i dug a hole about 6 ft ( sand , easy digging) deep in our front garden under the jacaranda tree where he used to sit , we did it in the dark , as a family , me mrs , 2 kids, all with head lights on ....as we were putting him in the hole wrapped up in a blanket with a beanie on his head to keep the dirt out of his eyes , the ranger turned up because some nosy fecker had reported suspicious activity .

well our sombre mood soon turned to antiestablishmentary rhetoric as we explained to the nosey twatt that we were burying our dog , he tried to tell us we weren't allowed to , he got told to FRO and it galvanised our family unit in a most unusual way , we often talk about it as we went from really gutted to lose him to being really angry because some twatt in a uniform was coming into our garden and telling us what we could and couldn't do , thankfully both my kids respect but do not fear authority now.
clyde is still there and he now has a lovely spread of arum lillies marking his resting place .
i will get another dog when i retire but hopefully it will outlive me because they die its horrible ......xx

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Frankie said:

Move to Wales I've already got a spot in mind for the hubby,as your actually allowed to bury your by marriage partner in the garden,my last Dog now lays in peace beside her favourite Pine tree,I often just wander out there and have a one way chat to her, it's lovely being able to do that.

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Frankie said:

Move to Wales I've already got a spot in mind for the hubby,as your actually allowed to bury your by marriage partner in the garden,my last Dog now lays in peace beside her favourite Pine tree,I often just wander out there and have a one way chat to her, it's lovely being able to do that.

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lawros left foot said:

This thread.

I always read it with tears in my eyes.


One of the cats we’ve had over the years was Smokie, a beautiful grey boy. We rescued him from a lady who had got too ill look after him properly.

A couple of houses away had a fishpond with large Koi Carp. Smokie would sit and watch them, nothing else, just watch.
The man of the couple had had a go at me cos of Smokie, said his fish cost stupid money to buy and he didn’t want them to be Smokies dinner.
I said, he only watches them, had he ever seen Smokie try and catch any, he hadn’t and his Missus told Mrs LLF, the cat just sat there for hours when the old man was at work watching the fish.
Anyway, the husband got more and more obsessed with our cat , and would shout at him and scare him off whenever he saw him.

After about 3 months of this, Smokie came home one afternoon dragging his tail, feeling very sorry for himself, and, later we noticed he was leaking urine all the time.

We took him to the vet, who x-rayed him, and told us he had a broken spine, probably caused by being hit with a stick.
We had to have the poor cat put down.
I did confront the neighbour who denied hitting the cat, and unfortunately I had no proof , but, I knew he had.

The couple moved house about 6 months later, taking their fish with them. I did hear later that a heron had found a way through the cover on the pond and had several of the very expensive carp away.

I can confirm, I have never owned a Heron.

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Brian Fantana said:

That's awful. I'd have had to try very hard not to hit the bloke with a massive stick.

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Not Andy Naylor said:

He'd have got worse than that from me.

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Questions said:

It’s better than having a chat with your hubby……… I’ve tried enough Frankie.

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lawros left foot said:

This thread.

I always read it with tears in my eyes.


One of the cats we’ve had over the years was Smokie, a beautiful grey boy. We rescued him from a lady who had got too ill look after him properly.

A couple of houses away had a fishpond with large Koi Carp. Smokie would sit and watch them, nothing else, just watch.
The man of the couple had had a go at me cos of Smokie, said his fish cost stupid money to buy and he didn’t want them to be Smokies dinner.
I said, he only watches them, had he ever seen Smokie try and catch any, he hadn’t and his Missus told Mrs LLF, the cat just sat there for hours when the old man was at work watching the fish.
Anyway, the husband got more and more obsessed with our cat , and would shout at him and scare him off whenever he saw him.

After about 3 months of this, Smokie came home one afternoon dragging his tail, feeling very sorry for himself, and, later we noticed he was leaking urine all the time.

We took him to the vet, who x-rayed him, and told us he had a broken spine, probably caused by being hit with a stick.
We had to have the poor cat put down.
I did confront the neighbour who denied hitting the cat, and unfortunately I had no proof , but, I knew he had.

The couple moved house about 6 months later, taking their fish with them. I did hear later that a heron had found a way through the cover on the pond and had several of the very expensive carp away.

I can confirm, I have never owned a Heron.

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Weststander said:

Fkn hell, that neighbour was an evil cnt.

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lawros left foot said:

Yes, he was vile to his missus as well, but, she just accepted all the mental abuse.

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sydney said:

..as we were putting him in the hole wrapped up in a blanket with a beanie on his head to keep the dirt out of his eyes ,

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sydney said:

a dog and 2 cats in our garden ....i do say hello to them quietly every now and then ...

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