Where do elderly dogs go after they retire?

No matter how hard we try to bargain, the fact remains that our dogs will live shorter than we do. And while our dogs are temporary visitors, we will always be their “whole life”.

It is our responsibility to love our most loyal companions until their last day but unfortunately, not all dogs get to have a warm send-off.

Sometimes, terminally ill dogs are given up because their owners can’t take care of them anymore. Some of them waste the last days of their lives behind kennel gates and away from the people they loved.

One woman was determined to change all that.

In a shelter based in Mansfield in the United Kingdom The aim of the organization is simple, let the dogs live a healthy last few months and take them to the best experiences.

Nicole Coyle, the woman behind the amazing initiative, was a nurse by profession. She was also volunteering for a local dog shelter at that time.

Her experience with dogs encourages her to establish a hospice for dogs.

She said in an interview with ABC that she can’t bear the thought that for some dogs, living their last days meant doing it alone and away from the love they deserve.

Others are much unluckier. Sometimes, if a dog only has half a year to live, they are put down. And even in this process, they do it alone.

Coyle started the organization in her home.

All of the dogs that she looked after came from dog pounds. Most of these dogs were abandoned by their owners and were left to fend for themselves.

While she also looks for fosters who can take care of other senior dogs, she takes in two or three dogs at a time.

To make their stay much more special, she also designs a bucket list for each dog.

Instead of lonely kennels and the grim future of being put down, these dogs get to have trips to the beach so they can feel the briny air brush through their fur.

They also get to experience steak dinners down by the local pub – a treat that they rarely get. Other than that, they also get to eat ice cream, fish and chips, and fast food.

The dogs even get to spend their birthdays, and they even come with a cake. Coyle has no information about the dogs so whether their “birthdays” are accurate or not, it doesn’t matter as long as they get to have a party.

Canine palliative care is hard to bear.

It’s even harder for the dogs who will never get the chance to be taken care of when their time comes. And even if they all knew what was about to happen, Coyle concedes that no one is really ready for it.

She said that they get very attached to these dogs and that in the end, when they cross the rainbow bridge, she and the foster parents mourn and grieve for them.

However, it might not be the same for the dogs who passed by the Grey Muzzle Canine Hospice. Because as they look over the people who took care of them, they’ll remember the love and most especially their happy last days.

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