Last Minutes with ODEN
Last Minutes with ODEN
This documentary is a 5 minute video on the Last Day Jason Wood passed with his dog ODEN who is dying of cancer.
Very touching story that won Best Video and Best Documentary Awards.
You better take the kleenex box out now…
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Very touching story
If you’ve gone through it…you just know how it feels. There are no words….
This video brings me back 6 years ago when I had to put down my golden ChaCha - she had acute kidney failure, she was 11.5 years.. 7 months later, I lost my German Sheppard Peggie 11.5 years too, from a lump growing in her stomach that burst. I guess she could no longer live without her sister and let herself go. I remember it like it was yesterday and still cry sometimes because I miss them so much. Thank God I found Dixie 4 years later and now Jazz two years after that. All I can say is that Guy and I are blessed to have know those two best friends - they had a good life with us…. now we just hope to be able to keep Dixie and Jazz healthly as they are now and that they live for a long time with us. RIP ChaCha, Peggie and Oden xxx.
Your video was beautiful & very touching. I had to make that terrible decision on August 6th 2010. My boxer had 3 different types of cancer and I knew I was being selfish to let it go on for any longer. He left behind his best friend of 10 years, Angel, a little Chihuahua that were brought up like brothers. There are no words to express the emptiness his loss has cause our family but he is no longer suffering & I made him a promise just before I said my goodbye: See you in heaven xo
So heartwrenching. I lived through this just 4 months ago when my 10 yr old Shih Tzu Charlie health just disintergrated from kidney failure and beyond saving. The pain is so raw & devastating.Saying goodbye to him was painful beyond words. His sister Abby was also so lost without him.
And then we found Kenzie (formerly Kenzo) from Animatch about 5 weeks ago and he has brought the sunshine back into our lives.
RIP Oden and hope you & Charlie look after each other at the Rainbow Bridge.
I’ve just re-watched this video again, every now and then I watch it, it reminds us not to judge people, these guys with tatoos and wonderful big hearts, it is good in so many ways, he is opening himself up to the world, he has lived and learned, so much feeling, thank you.
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This was so beautiful to watch but so sad. We had to put our beloved dog Pete to sleep last June 2010 and it still hurts to think of that day when my husband myself and our two girls held him to the end. Animals have a way of touching your life for the better that they and truly missed when gone but not forgotten. You were blessed to have a nice dog sorry for your loss .
Beautiful and sad. And, do I know this feeling of “empty collar and leash”...just lost my 9 years old Jack Russell a month ago. What else is there to say. The lost of a dear friend, the pain, yet, I didn’t want her to suffer. She deserved the best until the very end. She taught me so much and will never be forgotten. I too believe that she had a job to do and she had reached the end of her road.
I feel so much for you I have been thro this with my dog and I am now nearing the end with my beautiful l7 yr old cat. In the bad days just remember what joy he gave you and just hold on to that.
You are right enid and thank you. And there are lots of wonderful memories. So glad that some people are responsible and able to keep their dogs for as long as they live. It is scary to see the number of pets looking for a forever home. ODEN was a brave one, and so was his family.
This is beautiful. I am losing my 17 year old dog Buck tomorrow and the sadness is overwhelming. It provides comfort to know that others have had such amazing relationships with their animals. They truly are the gateway to the soul.
Very touching story. I’ll never forget the day we brought our Old English Sheepdog to the hospital after something had ruptured in her stomach. The hardest choice we ever had to make but it would’ve been cruel to make her suffer just so that we could have her in our lives a little longer.
I cried so much. A week ago I lost my yellow lab, Murphy, age 9. She was having surgery to remove a tumour but when they opened her up there were tumours everywhere. She had colon cancer that spread. I am glad I decided to be there until the end. She looked so peaceful.
I am a sobbing mess again.
I am so sorry for your loss. Words cannot express the pain and indecision that you go through when losing an intergral part of your life.
I, like many who have commented, had to make the decision to let my 16 year old German Shepard/lab cross Jenna go on November 12, 2009. It was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made and to this day I still don’t know if it was the right one.
Jenna came to us as a resuce at 9 years of age. From day one my dog Oakley, a deaf Border Collie/Newfoundland cross became Jenna’s Baby. She would protect him at the dog park, she woke Oakley up every morning when I got up so that I could let them both out, she waited until he finished eating before she would even start. If there was a bone or a toy she would let him play with it first. . She was the most wonderful gentle hearted soul and she is missed by all of us to this day.
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I just want to say im soooo sorry for your loss i cant stop crying!!!! its sooo sad , i cant imagine my baby gone , i dont know what im going to do when that day comes. But what i can say to you is that atleast your dog had a family that loved him and took care of him. He didnt die alone , you guys were right there for him until the end and he passed peacefully like that.
I watched this video even though I wasn’t sure I should… I lost my beloved Whiskey a week ago. He was a border collie mix and lived a wonderful 16 years with me. I’d been preparing myself for a long time for the day… but you can never be fully ready. He took care of me as much as I took care of him… and I miss him more than I ever thought possible. Toughest decision I ever had to make… but I knew it my heart that he was ready. Never felt such heartache before… and I’m glad I watched the video and have read the comments… I know I am not alone in how much grief I feel right now. Thank you for sharing. RIP Oden… RIP Whiskey… Mommy loves you and will never forget you. Thank you to all the furry little friends and all they have given us….
May all humans experience the unconditional love an animal can give.We have a lot to learn from them
I have been a foster mom for the Laval and Montreal SPCA the last 13 years or so. I specialize in old dogs no one wants…. With this job comes the responsibility to know when its time so that they do not suffer…. I had to put 4 down in one year, last year. After leaving with them for over 6 years, they are precious and my children. Its like the video over and over…... but the privilege to had the time with them, and the love I get… the life memories and the kindness I experience… Its just all worth it. In loving memory of Chewa, Gizmo, Angie, Gizmo 2, Rupert, and Sweetheart…. thank you for this video…. Maria
I’m sure words can’t really express the pain one feels with a loss of a loved one. Especially one, who gives unconditional love. Thank you for the video. I hope that more people see it.
Stephanie
Just went through it in April. Toughest decision a dog’s person ever has to make. God bless.
That was a very sad story.
I just bawled my eyes out. We all need to be like Oden….caring, strong, faithful , and compassionate. He is so beautiful. RIP Oden <3
Went through this twice in 5 weeks this summer and still very painful and still dream of them. Left a large hole in my heart that will be there until I see them again. Spyke went first (16 1/2 years old) and Max was so confused as they had been together for 16 years. Max went 5 weeks later (at 17 years, cancer and kidney failure) and was a huge blow. Thought we would have him around longer. Max and Spyke, mommy loves you and misses you every day, miss seeing your little faces and holding you. I will remember you all the days of my life.
This was share a heart-warming little doc, done with love and tenderness and the warmth to treat both the animal and the owner as the humans that they are. I had to put down my Lab Molly earlier this year (bone cancer) and I miss her every day - I think she was mostly human and only part dog. I held her while they gave the injection and rocked her, and told her not to be scared. I think she knew, but I also knew that I didnt want to selfishly keep her in my life when she was in such obvious pain. It is ineffably hard to kill someone you love, but in the end, if you know it is the right decision, that should bring some comfort. When I cant fall asleep at night, I have a particular image of Molly which helps me: I had gone to a friends cottage for a weekend and taken a kayak on the river. Molly was worried about me, and for the hour that I was on the river, she swam behind me - just to be sure that I would get where I was going, and that when I got there, she would be right beside me. I joke that when (if) I get to Heaven, all the dogs I have loved and had to put down in my lifetime will be there together, looking at me as if to say “well, it took you long enough! We missed you and are so happy you’re here.” I can’t wait to see them again…
my old dog died 6 years ago at the age of two because of cancer. she was the best dog in the world. i lost count of the amount of people that because of her stopped fearing dogs. she was amazing, i will remember her forever.