Our dog Maggie died on Tuesday, just shy of her 15th birthday. Last February, our vet said we’d be lucky to get Mags through winter. That it would be her last trip around the sun. Nobody told our old warrior. Stubborn and tough as nails, she ploughed on. Until she didn’t.
“She’s really tired,” said Lissi, a specialist in end-of-life care for pets. Her worry was Maggie was on the brink of a catastrophic event like an internal bleed. “She’s had a beautiful life. We want her to have a good death.” Edith Wharton called dogs “the heartbeat at your feet”. We had the terrible honour of cuddling Maggie as her own warrior heartbeat stopped. She chose the spot: her corner of my home office, in front of the bar fridge.Chris and I wrapped her in a blanket, spooned her, told her she was our North Star. A metronomic swimmer, really good player of balloon tennis, but hater of hot air balloons. We carried her to the vet van, shut the doors. Opened them again for another kiss.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
We chose a sunny day, so she could go with warm furA good death. On paper, the intersection of loss and dignity. For us, a crushing responsibility, noting it down like a lunch appointment.
Source: theage - 🏆 8. / 77 Read more »
Why Turuva chose to sign with the TigersPanthers winger Sunia Turuva has explained his decision to join the Wests Tigers in 2025 and the role childhood idol Benji Marshall played in getting him to the club when it looked like the Dragons were in the box seat to sign him.
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »
‘Heading in the right direction’: Why Turuva chose the TigersPanthers winger Sunia Turuva has explained his decision to join the Wests Tigers in 2025 and the role childhood idol Benji Marshall played in getting him to the club when it looked like the Dragons were in the box seat to sign him.
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »
‘We chose not to blow up our life’: readers on surviving infidelityThe sexual wanderings of a partner don’t always spell the end. Readers share their experiences of how their relationship triumphed in the face of infidelity
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »
‘Six spellbinding and thought-provoking novels’: why we chose the Women’s prize for fiction shortlistFrom Sri Lanka to New South Wales and Shanghai, these wide-ranging stories are united by a compelling focus on women’s experience
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »
‘I’m feeling paralysed’: they arrested my friends for protesting on campusWe chose Yale and it chose us, but one party was betrayed
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »