Worst Feeling EVER

I hate this...every tiem I end up havingto go to teh ER vet I see atl;east 1 person going through this.  My old vets office and my current one at least have a back or side door so you don't have to go through the front with everyone watching you.  
 
Thank god for that side door when I put my last 2 down...[]
 
Sounds like Sierra just wanted to help the woman...and it probably did! []

Actually, this is one reason that many vets schedule euthanasia for late in the day, if they can.  So sad when we come to the end of a wonderful relationship...I can identify - it certainly wasn't easy for me to walk out of my vet's office with Dancer's "cow leash" and matching collar.  And, that was when she was over 17.  I always feel really badly when people lose animals from accidental causes, or when they are way too young to go.
Sierra may have known exactly what to do at that moment

I wonder if you realize that you and Sierra were God's little gift to her at that moment?  Sierra going up to her and puppy kissing her was just what she needed probably.  I'm sorry for that kind of pain[]. 

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I wonder if you realize that you and Sierra were God's little gift to her at that moment? 

You know, I actually thought of that too.
The appointment was actually set up for 9:45, but I woke up early, and called to see if I could get it bumped up. So I was there at 9:00..
I was the only person in the waiting room when this happened, it would have otherwise been empty.

[] That's exactly how God works!  Love to see that in action.  So smile.  You helped her without knowing it[]!

Sure brings back sad memories.  Fortunately, we were able to go in after all the other appt's were done cause I walked in and burst into tears.  Then my DH came in with our lab, Jake, and he was crying.  When we left, we looked like the life had been sucked out of us, and in a way it had.  Such a very hard thing to go thru, but I'm sure Sierra was a bright spot in an otherwise dark time [].

It's even harder being the tech that has to help the vet with it... It's so hard to keep myself professional and not cry with the owner, especially if the dog is a regular at the clinic.  The clinic I worked at had a special room just for that, had candles and a little water fall yet nothing can prepare anyone for something like that.
 
First time I had to draw up the euta solution and get everything ready, my stomach just sank holding the stuff and I could not do it, I had to ask another tech to do it.  After I was there for a while a new tech started and she could not do it either and had me do the preparation, not exactly fun.
 

At the shelter I cried every time.  I couldnt hold it back it was the saddest thing ever and I didnt even know the dog. 
 
I was really bad at the ER vet that night.  There were two people in the waiting room while DH and I walked out with Kayla in a box.  I had pajamas and no shoes, DH had no shirt.  We were crying...  ah now Im crying.  Its hard.

I just had to go through that a little more than a month ago.  Bunny was only 4. 
 
We walked in and the vet tech greeted me warmly as usual and then took a look at the schedule.  She just looked up and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry."  And I just started crying. 
 
We went in with Bunny and Cole and the Vet was kind enough to let us arrange for payment beforehand; I couldn't envision having to stand at the counter bawling my eyes out with Bunny's collar and leash in my hand.  I cried the whole time, from moment to moment.  The worst was realizing that at the end Bunny was frightened.  She finally did relax and lay down on me, and then she just died so quickly after they gave her the shot.
 
I had a dream last night that I had to be with an elderly yellow Lab that needed to be put down.  (I've never had one - Bunny was a chocolate and Cole is a black).  Anyway, the Vet gave the dog the shot and the dog just wouldn't die.  It was horrible.  The Vet wanted me to just leave and let the dog go on its own and I wouldn't go until she was gone.  Needless to say the Vet in my dream was an idiot. 
 
Sorry for venting about this.  Loveukaykay, I'm so sorry for your loss, I can't imagine how that must have been for your and your DH.  It sounds like it was a sudden passing. 

I am crying and I was not even there.  [] 
 
Good girl Sierra, I am sure that lady will always remember her.

I just had to put my 16 year old Shih Tsu down in Aug. and as  you said they gave us the last appointment of the day.  It was so hard waiting for that appointment.  My DH couldn't stay in the room so I was with him and talked to him the whole time.  All I remember is his eyes after he was gone and how I couldn't leave him.  I understand that woman hugging your dog.  I went to my daughters and sat with her Labs and just hugged and kissed them.  They seemed to know.  It really did help.

Yeah.. I've cried a lot today too. And I didn't really do anything... just sat there.

It just really pains me to think of what I'll probably have to go through with Sierra, some day. The thought just kills me. I've hugged her so many times today.

I cried a little too.

Oh, that IS the worst feeling in the world.  I'm just so glad the you & Sierra were there for that lady.  Dogs are amazing!