Garden of your heart

Today's Promise for me!

"Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you.  He will never let the righteous fall."  Psalm 55:22

For some, I know this is trivial, but for us this is a sad week.  We will be putting two of our three dogs down due to being in pain, uncomfortable, etc. by the end of the week.

Rascal is 14 years old and is almost totally deaf and starting to have sight problems.  She has had some leg/hip problems for a while, but lately she easily falls to the ground when bumped, when hair brushed, etc.  We want to put her down before she gets to the point that she falls and can't get up.  She has been wimpering quite a bit too.  We adopted her in 2002 after my mom passed away.  She belonged to my dad and mom.  She is the sweetest girl and such a great personality! 

Jacob is 10 years old.  Oh how I "fell in love with him" when he looked up at me when he was 9 months old with his big brown eyes as if to say "can I come home with you."    He quickly became "mama's boy" and has been a great watch dog and companion.  He is the best natured dog through lots of sickness in his life with allergies, ear and skin yeast infections, arthritis, etc.  He has gotten to the point he will take his chewable meds, but fights to take any pills we have to put down his throat or even in cleaning his ears.  He used to easily let us do these things in the past, so our thought is that he is tired of feeling so bad. 

To say that this is a very hard thing to do is an understatement.  To choose to do both of them together was a challenge too, but we realize that it will be easier for them to go in together, and probably easier on us to not have to take another one in a month or so as we know that neither would do well this winter when it gets cold as last winter was tough on both of them. 

So......this furbaby mama's heart is breaking right now, but am thankful that we have a God that cares for such things as this and will strengthen us to do the right thing for them. 

Sorry for such a "silly" post, but I just wanted to share how my heart is right now.   I have shed many tears, and I am sure there will be many more this week and the day we take them in.  But, God is good.  He knows that "man's best friend" is a great companion in this life!  Thank you God for my furbaby blessings!  :)  They have helped fill the gap of not being able to have children!  :) 

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09:10, Saturday, August 23, 2008 .. Posted by smmagers

It is a very hard choice we make when we decide to end the suffering of our children (my animals are my children too). It is hard to say good bye. I am praying for you during this hard time. God Bless, mj

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07:56, Sunday, August 24, 2008 .. Posted by g

Debbie, and Shane,
It is NOT trivial, we know how much you both love and care for your dogs!

I am sorry to hear about this! I will pray that your hearts will be comforted as I know that God will meet you where you are as you grieve the loss of your babies.

g