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D.V. M.

Old Mrs. Rose was in tears
when I entered:

bending over poor old

Rennie,- her aged cocker
spaniel—very grey, sunken.
—-——eyes,

almost’ emaciated
body, a-mere shadow of his
former self.

Between her sobs she told
me he was fifteen years old.
He'd been a grand pet and a
good watchdog. I had taken
care of him thropghout his

life; giving him all his annual ©

booster vaccinations, flea
erand

cial bath j before
Christmas at which time he
always went home with a red
ribbon.

Lager, we scaled his teeth

‘annually and_ prescribed

geriatric tablets to give him

all the minerals and vitamins -
‘When he

he needed.
developed a miid nephritis,
we put him on a special diet.
Sadly, our last visit had been
two months ago when he had
been brought in because he
had difficulty in swallowing.

the ©
‘examination room. She was -

‘Page 32, January 24, 1978 - North Shore News

PETS! CORNER. -

‘By JOHN ROBINSON,

A check. of - his throat
revealed a  concerous

- growth—which turned out to.

be a malignant carcinoma. I
felt it was inoperable and
advised Mrs. Rose to have
him put to sleep.

_ She couldn't bear to make
the detision. She had nursed

him, spoon-fed him, wat-
ched him rapidly lose
weight.

“I wish I dould have gone

before he did,” she said.

I spoke to her gently:
“Mrs. ‘Rose, we all have to
face the awful. time when a

t comes to the end of the
road. For Rennie, that time
has come. But I want you to
be here with him and see
how peaceful it can be.”

Nurse Thompson

‘prepared an overdose of

‘anaesthetic in a syringe
which I gently administered
into his radial vein. He went
quietly off into a deep sleep,
then ceased to breathe.

It was all over.

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