I think today was one of the hardest days I've ever had to go through. Today, my wife and I decided to put our dog, Cody (our son...we have no children) to sleep. We adopted Cody shortly after we moved in together (before we got married) in 1992...we got married in 1993. Cody has been with us our entire marriage and then some...we had him for 14 years. He was about 15 or 16 years old...we about 2 when we adopted him.
I got Cody for my wife, Sabine...she never had a dog growing up (I had a few), so I adopted him for her. It wasn't love at first sight, but after I left them together for about 3 hours, they were inseparatable...you couldn't get them apart. Cody was always there for Sabine through all of our separations...schools, business trips, deployments, and our fights. LOL He was truly our bestfriend and first son. He blessed us with so many good times and fond memories. But, over the past year and a half, he wasn't doing too well. Mainly, we was just getting old and his parts were slowing shutting down. I told Sabine it would be her decision when to do it....she was extremely brave today and made the call.
We went to our Vet about 1130....Cody was gone by 1215. It was the hardest fucking thing I had to do. I know he's in a better place now and is no longer suffering...it just really fucking hurts, you know?
I know some of you probably will not be able to understand this or my feelings, but I also know that some of you will. This is a very hard time for Sabine and I right now, especially with me getting ready to go to Afghanistan. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers tonight...I would really appreciate it.
He wasn't the "manliest" dog, but he was ours. Dogs are truely "Man's Best Friend." Here's to you, Cody.....
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