19-06-2023, 02:55 PM
I quite agree, its a very serious and tough decision to make. Especially if the animals are well loved. But the safety of everyone comes first.
The hardest one for us is when we had to have our Foxy boy put to sleep. Unbeknown to us he used to howl and make a heck of racket if we weren't home. No Neighbour's ever bothered to tell us this. We noticed that he started shying away from MrP when he was using his walking stick, and we couldn't figure out why.
One particular day, I was out but MrP was home, working in the garage. And he heard "Digger" bark then whine, so he had a look out the crack in the door and there was the old fella next door trying to hit Digger with his walking stick. Digger coward and ran away. But MrP didn't. He went and asked the man what he was doing. Which is when we found out about him barking when we were out.
It was the last leg for Digger, he wouldn't go anywhere near MrP if he had his stick. We took him to his vet and he said that he was severely physiologically tortured and he wouldn't ever come around and Trust MrP. So we had to have him put to sleep for his own mental health, even tho it hurt us. To see him cowering from the very man who owned and loved him was heart breaking.
Back from my visiting. Bobbie is going backwards very quickly. Telling me how they covered her in this black stuff and she had to peel it off. She had had her hair done so Im guessing it might have been the cape, but she has it muddled in her head. Apparently one of the other dementia ladies attacked Coleen the other night and the Blardy home didn't even ring colleens family. This lady roams around the place but is now grabbing knives etc. She needs to be moved on for everyone's safety. If they want to have bad dementia patients they need to build a secure wing.
A dietician came in, not employed by the home but asking people about the food. She said she asked in a couple of the other dining rooms but no one would speak to her.. So we all did. lol Perfect day for it cos they were dished up lukewarm grey hoki with a white sauce that didn't have any seasoning or cheese or mustard. Lumpy mashed tattie's and the usual carrots and pea's... Then apple crumble with the most anemic looking custard out. So she got pages of comments from us. She asked why the others wouldn't say anything and we said two reasons.. One they are scared they will be kicked out, and Two, changes happen and then it reverts back to the same crap.
The hardest one for us is when we had to have our Foxy boy put to sleep. Unbeknown to us he used to howl and make a heck of racket if we weren't home. No Neighbour's ever bothered to tell us this. We noticed that he started shying away from MrP when he was using his walking stick, and we couldn't figure out why.
One particular day, I was out but MrP was home, working in the garage. And he heard "Digger" bark then whine, so he had a look out the crack in the door and there was the old fella next door trying to hit Digger with his walking stick. Digger coward and ran away. But MrP didn't. He went and asked the man what he was doing. Which is when we found out about him barking when we were out.
It was the last leg for Digger, he wouldn't go anywhere near MrP if he had his stick. We took him to his vet and he said that he was severely physiologically tortured and he wouldn't ever come around and Trust MrP. So we had to have him put to sleep for his own mental health, even tho it hurt us. To see him cowering from the very man who owned and loved him was heart breaking.
Back from my visiting. Bobbie is going backwards very quickly. Telling me how they covered her in this black stuff and she had to peel it off. She had had her hair done so Im guessing it might have been the cape, but she has it muddled in her head. Apparently one of the other dementia ladies attacked Coleen the other night and the Blardy home didn't even ring colleens family. This lady roams around the place but is now grabbing knives etc. She needs to be moved on for everyone's safety. If they want to have bad dementia patients they need to build a secure wing.
A dietician came in, not employed by the home but asking people about the food. She said she asked in a couple of the other dining rooms but no one would speak to her.. So we all did. lol Perfect day for it cos they were dished up lukewarm grey hoki with a white sauce that didn't have any seasoning or cheese or mustard. Lumpy mashed tattie's and the usual carrots and pea's... Then apple crumble with the most anemic looking custard out. So she got pages of comments from us. She asked why the others wouldn't say anything and we said two reasons.. One they are scared they will be kicked out, and Two, changes happen and then it reverts back to the same crap.
They told me I couldn't, so I did.!!