A community of Vets and Techs who commit their spare time to allow pets to pass away at home.
02/25/2025
Nitro
December 10, 2014 - December 11, 2024
On that day, Nitro pushed his way past me to greet the vet and tech at the front door. He rallied to his usual self at the distraction of visitors. We always said he thinks everyone visits to see him, happy to see everyone, wagging his tail and insisting on undivided attention. During the days before, he was having trouble walking, difficulty getting out of his dog bed, struggling to get up the stairs to our back door, lost interest in playing, he whimpered, paced with his tail down, panted and tried to hide.
He was diagnosed with cancer a few months before and the fear was it had gone into his bones. We adopted him from a litter of 8 puppies 10 years ago. We raised him from 6 weeks old, a big part of our family for all of that time. He loved to ride in my husband’s jeep and “go” anywhere. He liked to be told he was a “good boy”. He had multiple favorite toys and loved to wrestle with his sister Gracey dog. He always checked on us, wanted to be near us. He wagged his tail often and was always excited and happy to see us come home and sad when we left. It was very hard to say goodbye to our friend.
The team from Gentle Goodbyes was very kind and compassionate. Doctor and Tech came to our home and eased our boy out of his pain and suffering while I held him. It was peaceful. They lit a candle for him, gave me a lock of his hair, left a white rose and card with his name on it that says “Fly free my gentle friend, for the fields are ripe for play”. They took him away on a stretcher and returned his ashes in a hand crafted box before Christmas.
