Goodbye Riley

[DenverGP]

Had to say goodbye to Riley, my 17 year old black lab / greyhound mix. She blew out both knees about 7 years ago. Recovered from that, and lived with bad lab hips for many years.

I know some had discussed an in-home vet service to be able to put a pet to sleep in your own home. I think that was one up north a bit. We used Caring Pathways http://www.caringpathways.com/ The vet was very good, the whole process took about an hour. Wonderful to avoid all the stress on my pup that goes along with going to the vet hospital.

I'd definitely recommend this service for anyone in the tough situation of having to let an old/sick pup go.

Here she is back in 2004, when my son was only 15 years old. He's now 28, and got to be here to say goodbye to his pup.