Sadly I lost Ben on Saturday night. He had been unwell for several days and I new the time was near but I never expected him to go down so quick. Thursday he made the effort to walk with me and Kahless albeit very slowly and on Friday he was managing to get up and go out. By Saturday evening he was unable to walk and it was obvious it was the end so we made the 14 mile trip to the vets which was the last thing I wanted to do as he hated cars. Ben never made a sound not even when we carried him into the surgery another hate of his. The Vet confirmed what I suspected, his mind was willing but his body wasn't and was slowly shutting down. My and Hubby stayed with him while he was put to sleep which turned out to be no easy thing as it took three shots, the Vet said he'd been given the dose that would knock out a cow, I had to smile at that even old and worn out he was still strong and stubborn. We waited till he was asleep then said goodbye and left allowing the Vet to give the final injection.
The house isn't the same without him and although Kahless has paid no attention to him not being around on our nightly free run he waits for him as he always did (normally to pounce on him) It will take time to adjust to no longer having my boys and just my boy and although the Vet gave me advice on getting another dog I'm not thinking about it just now.
Ben - June 1999 - Jan 2012
RIP Old Man
I've finally managed to update The Circle HERE and Buried Alive HERE. I have started to catch up with everyone's blogs too but it's gonna take time but I'll get there.
