Today, while house sitting for my mother and stepfather, their elderly dog passed away. They live in such a remote location, the closest open vet office is a 2 hour drive, and the local one opens in 10 hours. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was babysitting, and the family dog was unable to move, so I had texted the mother about it. We put the small dog on the couch to make it comfortable while the mother was on her way to get the dog and take it to the vet. Turns out, we sat with a dead dog for about ten minutes. FML
Today, I received a card in the mail. It was from my vet's office. Written inside was "We send our sympathy during this trying time." I haven't been home in three days. I can't find my dog and my mother won't talk about it. My dog was 7. She hated that dog. FML
Today, I decided to adopt a 11 year-old dog that had been in need of a home for several months. Two hours after I got him home, I discovered him dead in the backyard. FML
Today, I was supposed to bury my childhood dog at my mother's friend's place. I had to wake up at 5 a.m., spent two hours on the bus to be there in time, only for him to tell me that he'd actually buried my dog yesterday. FML
Today, while I was pet-sitting for my boyfriend's parents, one of their dogs killed one of their kittens. FML
Today, my demented mother-in-law had my dog euthanized while I was on vacation, because he was, "too feral and disorderly." Why? Because he, "peed on the grass." I had that dog for 9 years. Why couldn’t my husband put her in a nursing home instead? FML
Today, I called my mother to check up on her. Lately, she's been having some financial problems, so last week I sent her my last $100 to help her out until her next paycheck. She used the money to euthanize the family dog. FML
Today, while out of town, I got a hysterical phone call from my teenage nephew who was pet-sitting at my house. My geriatric dog, who seemed fine when we left, had died during the night. Now my family is mourning the dog and my nephew is traumatized. FML
Today, the same manager who wrote me up for missing work when my mom had had a stroke, thought it was perfectly acceptable to announce she was leaving work 6 hours early to take her dogs to the groomers. Apparently, that appointment was more urgent than me riding in an ambulance with my mother. FML
Today, I begrudgingly helped relocate my 84-year-old mother-in-law to our home at my partner's adamant request. It took months of stressful preparation, around $10,000 in costs, and some 500 km travelled via medical transport. Ten minutes after arriving, she had a heart attack and died. FML
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Sinshine 28
Why do you need a vet for a dead dog?
JulietMarie 30
If the dogs already dead there’s no point in bringing it to a vet.
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Sinshine 28
Why do you need a vet for a dead dog?
eagleriverjohn 24
A lot of vets provide cremation services for animals that have died. It's easier and potentially safer than burying the body in your back yard.
faifai_fml 21
If they live 2 hours away from the nearest town, then burying it by a tree would be perfectly safe and much better for the environment than cremation.
evilplatypus 39
How is it “safer”? Are you worried about the dog zombie apocalypse? Pretty sure coyotes, groundhogs, deer and other dead wildlife don’t bother with cremation.
eagleriverjohn 24
I was thinking in terms of keeping potential predators and scavengers away since this implies they live in a rural area. A lot of people don't bury their pets deep enough. Granted, I should have said "potentially safer" rather than just "safer" (or just left that out entirely). Should've explained better, I apologize.
faifai_fml 21
Oh, ok. I thought you meant 'safer' from a sanitation/hygiene standpoint.
JulietMarie 30
If the dogs already dead there’s no point in bringing it to a vet.
Spladle160 3
What does the vet have to do with anything. 1. Get shovel 2. Go out back 3. Get to digging
IrieStorm 9
Sounds like you need a shovel, not a vet.
Iamthebanzai22 21
I would suggest burying it. If you are worried about predators digging it up, place some rocks on top of the body before covering it with dirt. Oh, and bury it deep, at least 3 feet or so. maybe under a nice tree? And be quick about it, you really don't want to have to handle a rotting corpse..
fjvitt 14
I’ve put deceased pets in the freezer—or put it outside if you are in a colder climate..
Razell 13
Same here. My last cat died during the month of February and the ground at our usual pet-burying spot was frozen (because mid-winter). I kept her in a box in the freezer until everything thawed out enough to bury her properly.
Shabnam Moghal 14
Hi OP. Sorry for yours and your parents/Step parents loss.
RinoaHeartilly 36
It's not like it's going to completely decompose over the course of ten hours. The wait will be fine. Also, sorry to your parents for their loss.
CRC_101 31
Seriously? Initial decomp is bad. A dog is going to stink in ten hours. You won't want to be carrying it around either.
RinoaHeartilly 36
Rigor mortis would take 3-6 of those hours alone. Not nearly enough time left after that for the bacteria to still break through the intestinal wall.
Emma Marshall_738558922 12
Burying the dog yourself would be much better than what the vet does with it. Trust me....
AmbrosiaFan 19
A vet won't help him... How long till folks come back? Bury him in the backyard.