Penney is back home with us.

[PenneyBoo]

My husband and I went to the vet's today and picked up our baby girl in her ern and brought her home today. She is placed, along with her picture, above our heads on a shelf in our bedroom so we can say good morning and good night to her each day. I am really hurt though, when we picked her up I really thought the doctor would have taken a second out of his time to bring us back into a private room and say a few words then hand us Penney but instead we walked into the open office area and the receptionist put the ern on the counter top like it was just a business transaction. It took everything I had not to reach over and smack her but I knew it was just the way I was feeling. I still can't believe how cruel our society has become. My baby of fifteen years was in this ern and became a business transaction. Anyhow, she is home with us where she will forever be. We told her to look for all the other dachsie' friends that had passed and to let all of them know we love and miss each and every one of them. We love you Penney!! :hearts: :candle:

[zoeysmom]

I'm so sorry for your loss and for the insensitive way the vet treated you. When I brought Sadie home it helped. Not a lot, I was still mostly inconsolable, but in some small way it was better when she was back with me. And she's in the same place as your Penney - above my head board.

Take care of yourself. Let yourself grieve - there will come a day in the future when you notice it isn't quite so bad.

[ND_Mom]

That was inconsiderate of the vet, but the most important thing is that you have your Penney back home. She is there, in your room each day, to watch over you and say "I love you and I am happy." The world is cruel, But know that I understand and sympathize with your loss and feelings. God bless you and your little "angel" Penney.

[Rusty's mom]

I'm so sorry to hear about your Penny and how your vet handled it. Our vet and the techs are really nice. We should be getting our Duffer's urn either this week or next one. And the crematorium sends a card and a doggy pin as well. I'm so glad that Penny is there to watch over you and be with you. Take care and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.

kathy - mum to Holly, Hobbs, Dickens and forever mum to Rusty and Duffer at the Bridge

[Irminsul]

I'm glad she is back home.

Don't be too hard on the vet techs. They have to develop a tough shell, or they would burn out so quickly. I can't do it, which is why I'm not a vet.

[andy&abby]

I understand what you mean about them being insensitive. When I had to pts Scotty I was shocked that they led me out the front to the desk for payment with him in my arms wrapped in a blanket. I had been going to this vet for years and years. Needless to say I never went back.
My heart is breaking for and with you. Sending you :hug2: :hug2:

[dutchman]

Two things made picking up my aggie's ashes a little easier. first off I was dealing directly with the crematory and it's run by a retired farmer who does it as a true labor of love. The second thing that made that trip a little easier was I ask a close friend to drive me there. It's located off of a very busy street and it would be rush hour when I was picking up the ashes. I thought if best to have someone else drive. The hard part was letting her go agin so the artist who did her egg urn could determined the correct egg (a goose) to hold her ashes then do the art work and special sealing process. She also sits on a shelf in my living room her collar and tags circle the base for the urn. I also talk to her from time to time asking her whet she things of the boys who have taken over her home. One of the nice things about cremation and an urn is should we move to a new place we can take our little ones with us. I want the ashes of any companions who have passed before me combined with my own and then have us scattered some place special.

[doxunzX3]

I am so sorry for your rough time dealing with the loss of Penny. I can't really say anything about the vet, other than I am sorry you had to deal with that type of attitude. I don't think I could handel that part of working in a vets office very well. I would be crying with every one that had to lose a precious and devoted friend.
Your little Angel Penny will always be with you in spirit. :angel: :hearts:

[Cocoa and Me]

I am so sorry for your loss! It is so hard to lose a furbaby, and sometimes people just don't understand that it is not just a dog...he/she is family :( I'm sorry they weren't more gentle with you at the vet's office. I worked for a vet, getting experience as I wanted to become a vet, and I just couldn't do it. I was there for 3 months, and that was it. They really do build a hard shell as another DBB member mentioned. That's just not me. I got tears just reading your post. Again, I'm so sorry! :hug2:

[Lambygyrl]

I'm so sorry that your Vet wasn't more supportive...but I'm glad that you have your pupper back home with you. Many times I think I should have done that with my Shelby, :angel: But that I day was too grief sticken & shocked to think. Your little Penney will always be with you & watching over in spirit.:hug2:

[Joyce]

My heart breaks for you, when Dudley passed we had to go out into the main area and pay the bill. I could hardly see to write the check. They were very swee and kind, but it hurts. I think next time I go to the vet, I will suggest that they at least take you into a private room when this happens and let the tech handle giving them the payment.
I'm glad you sweetie is home again where she belongs.
Sending hugs for you and your hubby.

[longtimecouple1]

I am sorry about Penny, but very glad she's at home with you. :candle:

I think that vet's office needs a serious lesson in tact and diplomacy. I know what some of the people are saying about needing to have a hard shell or they'd burn out, but there is a happy medium. You should have been treated with some compassion. Not necessary to have the vet disrupt his working hrs, I could understand that, maybe he wasn't even there at the moment, however a tech could have brought you into a quiet area to present the urn and just express condolences. Then if there was a financial arrangement to be taken care of just present the bill and give you a chance to do it privately.
Eileen

[zoeysmom]

I guess I hadn't realized how 'lucky' I was when this happened to me. Sadie had spent a fair amount of time towards the end at the evet's hospital, and that was where I had to let her go. They were very kind there. They even made me a little concrete plaque that had her foot prints and name, when I picked up her ashes they brought her out to me (at the counter) and gave me the plaque...and I knew I couldn't drive for awhile. I asked if there was a corner somewhere that I could have a couple of minutes - they took me to a room and I fell apart - really fell apart more than I had for the whole time since I'd said goodbye.

I guess they didn't offer the room - I asked. But if they hadn't given me the plaque with the pawprints - I might have held it together until I got home. Dunno. But I left that vet feeling like they'd done the best they could to help me through a difficult time.

But I did get some peace when I knew she was home with me.

[5weeniesmom]

:sad: I am so very sorry for your loss of Penney! I know u are heart broken and nothing will take her place but she will always be with u. She is pain free now at the Bridge. We are here, lots of us have been there..lean when u need to. It hurts, time heals the wound but the scar will remain. Sending u lots of :comfort: and :hugs:.

[Leslie]

Im glad she is back where she belongs! Some people aren't very sensitive to what you may be feeling they just see it as a job and thats it! Not very fair to you and how you maybe feeling but as long as you have her now thats all that matters!!! Im very sorry for your loss.

[Suzanne R]

What a sad situation - and tactless people at the vet's. And yes, I suppose they have to have hard shells, with all they see and deal with - still!

My first dachsie died after swallowing a whole pecan (shell and all) which lodged in her intestines; two surgeries later, they couldn't save her from peritonitis. I had to stay at the vet's office and write pre-dated checks to pay off the entire $900 vet bill before I could leave after her last surgery effort. I was so distraught, and shocked by their attitude, that I never went to them again. Some vets are totally compassion-less. I'm sorry you had to experience that - I can relate! (A vet years later, when I had a different dachsie with mouth cancer, wouldn't even charge me to euthanize her or to bury her on his land - he's a wonderful vet! I live too far from him now, but he's still on my list of favorites!)

[SirOliversMom]

She's where she belongs now. Sending healing :rayz: :rayz: to help you during this sad time.

[schroeders mom]

Yes, Penny is home now and she will watch over you and your hubby. Many hugs and rayz to heal your heart :hug2: :hug2: :rayz: :rayz: :rayz: .

[MomToMazzy&More]

I'm sure this has been a difficult time for you. Hopefully bringing Penney back home will bring you peace & allow you to remember the wonderful love you had for her & her for you. So sorry the vets office seemed so matter of fact. I guess they do deal with it often, but a little compassion would not be a hard thing for them to give.:sorry:

[Mark]

:hug2: We're glad she is back home and would feel just as violated by the way you were treated at the *vets* office.

Please accept our heartfelt sympathies and DBB Healing RAYZ for yourselves. :rayz: :rayz: :rayz: :rayz: :rayz:

[Dackel-Mom]

So sorry about your loss. :sorry:
When I lost my two fur-kids last year my vet was just wonderful. I got to come in through the back door and he also let me leave through there. The staff sent us a condolence card and everybody was just so sweet and sensitive about it. It was, as if they were mourning with me. After all - they've known Purzi for as long as I had, and even though she was never really sick, they knew her from the start. Giaco was a different story: He was only eight years old when he died and he was a "regular" at the vet's office. :(

At least now Penny is home with you and I'm sure she has a special place. :hug2: