Main holds 19 year dying dog in lake every night who saved him when he was a puppy

Greebo · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:48

Okay it;s the mail, but what a heart pulling story

True love: John Unger, 49, lulls his 19-year-old dog Schroep to sleep because it helps ease the dog's arthritis

Shep falls asleep every night when he is carried into the lake. The buoyancy of the water soothes his arthritic bones. Lake Superior is very warm right now, so the temp of the water is perfect,' the photographer wrote on the Facebook post.

'To be honest with you, I don’t think I’d be here if I didn’t have Schroep with me (that night). He just snapped me out of it. I don’t know how to explain it. He just snapped me out of it. … I just want to do whatever I can for this dog because he basically saved my ass,' he said.

Now that Schroep is in pain with his arthritis, it is Mr Unger's time to return the favor.

Full story here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...itic-dog-sleep-lake.html?ICO=most_read_module

EDIT: Better story here and much more detail

http://www.twincities.com/ci_21273909/this-man-picture-is-worth-thousand-words-so?source=pkg

Hicks · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:52

I read this on the way to work yesterday morning and cried

Soundood · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:53

posted here in the images thread,

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22535652&postcount=27648

knew i had read it on here, bless him

Evoss · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:54

If the dog is in that much pain and riddled with arthritis, surely the kind thing to do would be to put him down.

Marky · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:54

Cloudstomp said:
I read this on the way to work yesterday morning and cried

Wow... so brave

Very touching story though

Pestilence · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:54

God dammit. /tears

Don't think the dog's got much left in him, really. Lovely to see that guy putting the effort in to help, and that photo is phenomenal. The peace on the dog's face, knowing the background, is heart-wrenching.

King Damager · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:59

This is quite sweet!

kd

d_brennen · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:59

Evoss said:
If the dog is in that much pain and riddled with arthritis, surely the kind thing to do would be to put him down.

This is true, it's also true for a lot of people who are kept alive, whether they like it or not

Hicks · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:03

Evoss said:
If the dog is in that much pain and riddled with arthritis, surely the kind thing to do would be to put him down.

Read the article...

Maximum Triceratops · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:04

d_brennen said:
This is true, it's also true for a lot of people who are kept alive, whether they like it or not

I do not think there are many Athritis sufferers out there who want to be put down, why would the dog want to be?

Greebo · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:07

Much better report here than the Mail with lots more info

http://www.twincities.com/ci_21273909/this-man-picture-is-worth-thousand-words-so?source=pkg

Rameses · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:22

Awwww what a nice heart warming story.

Westyfield2 · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:32

Awwwwwwww.

OhEsEcks · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:33

Thread title makes my head hurt.

Greebo · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:37

OhEsEcks said:
Thread title makes my head hurt.

Couldn;t shorten it any further, sorry.

Evoss · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:47

Maximum Triceratops said:
I do not think there are many Athritis sufferers out there who want to be put down, why would the dog want to be?

Because it can cause agonising pain and prevent you from even moving?

lucy_bee · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:48

That's a wonderful story.

Collider · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:50

Maximum Triceratops said:
I do not think there are many Athritis sufferers out there who want to be put down, why would the dog want to be?

This!

What a lovely thing to do.

Theophany · 10 Aug 2012 at 21:06

Couldn't read this at work, didn't trust myself.

Combat squirrel · 10 Aug 2012 at 21:07

lucy_bee said:
That's a wonderful story.

This, such a nice bloke and really nice dog there, shame he is so old

but I hope he has a happy retirement