I'd also like to pay my respects to my lost pets. My cat Passe-Poil who ran onto oncoming traffic. My chihuahua Peanut, who was euthanized after becoming deaf and blind at eleven years old. And last but not least, my beagle Snoopy who ate an entire wool sock.
This is the death of my second dog, the first was around 1998.
My third dog is on her lonesome now, but I can see a new puppy coming into the house in the future.
I love dogs, the years you spend with them are well worth the heart break.
I know, the one thing that always gets me is that I feel guilty getting a new one. It makes them feel expendable to me, if you know where I'm coming from. Sometimes while we were debating about getting a new dog I thought that I'd never want to get a dog again because I knew that it would be inevitable I'd have to go through that again.
Yeah, I can't help that we've got into a bad habit.
We got our second dog (Rosie) when my first dog was quite old, so when she died, Rosie went into depression, so we got another dog which perked her right up.
My third dog hasn't noticed yet and I'm not sure if she will, but is she does, we'll probably get another puppy, and the cycle continues. Old dogs dying, leaving the young ones to mourn then puppies brought in to cheer up the dogs left behind etc etc.
I think we may end up getting two puppies, to try and break the cycle.
This is probably really uncalled for but it reminds me of "the cycle of kitties"
Anyway I hope if you do get a new dog that you make sure to love and spend as much time with them as you can. Did you have a particular breed in mind?
Really sorry to hear that. I've lost pets before and if you're close to them it can be really hard. My family always had to have some kind of pet around and eventually the death of a pet comes up =/
I know, the one thing that always gets me is that I feel guilty getting a new one. It makes them feel expendable to me, if you know where I'm coming from. Sometimes while we were debating about getting a new dog I thought that I'd never want to get a dog again because I knew that it would be inevitable I'd have to go through that again.
Yeah, I can't help that we've got into a bad habit.
We got our second dog (Rosie) when my first dog was quite old, so when she died, Rosie went into depression, so we got another dog which perked her right up.
My third dog hasn't noticed yet and I'm not sure if she will, but is she does, we'll probably get another puppy, and the cycle continues. Old dogs dying, leaving the young ones to mourn then puppies brought in to cheer up the dogs left behind etc etc.
I think we may end up getting two puppies, to try and break the cycle.
This is probably really uncalled for but it reminds me of "the cycle of kitties"
Anyway I hope if you do get a new dog that you make sure to love and spend as much time with them as you can. Did you have a particular breed in mind?
Oh wow, haven't seen Home Movies in a long time.
Well my third dog, Sapphire, is a Weimaraner, here she is.
They're a lovely breed, so we may end up getting a couple of puppies.
I will call one of them Ammy and will crush all who oppose me.
She looked like she was losing control of the left side of her body, the vet said it could have been a slipped disk or a trapped nerve or a tumour in her spine.
The only way to find out was for her to have an MRI, which would have cost £1,000, and then a further £2,000 if she needed an operation.
She was old (around 16 years old) and I doubt an operation would have really improved her standard of life.
She had a good run.
My deepest condolences...
sixteen years old?
Jesus Christ, that's old for a dog, some cats don't even live that long.
My nan's dog died about ten years ago, and she was thirteen or so, twisted stomach I think.
It was really sad as well, when my grandad was making a shallow grave for her and dumping her lifeless body in a bin bag into that hole, I never felt so sad in all my life. When my uncle found out that she was dead, he locked himself in the bathroom sobbing for hours, never saw him like that, or since.
It's always a sad time, but be happy that she is not in pain anymore, and she can rest easy, as I guess, she has had a full life, and has been given lots of love, and has given you and you're family lots of great memories over the years.
Ah, I feel ya. I lost my dog on Christmas Eve due to a snake bite. We don't live in the city, but in six years of living where we do, we didn't have one snake. We finally do, and I lose the dog that I bonded most with out of all of my dogs. On Christmas Bloody Eve.
And I wasn't even home to say goodbye, being at my girlfriend's house, so I was told over the phone. Not easy, losing a dog I've loved for seven years, when she could have easily hit 18 years old.
So yeah, I know how you feel. Hope you'll feel better soon enough mate.
I know how you feel. The vet put my cat to sleep the other month, he was as old as I am, I had known him for my entire life. It was truly sad, and I cried for the whole day, I can't think about it too much but I know that he lived a full life full of love and that's all any of us can ever wish for.
She looked like she was losing control of the left side of her body, the vet said it could have been a slipped disk or a trapped nerve or a tumour in her spine.
The only way to find out was for her to have an MRI, which would have cost £1,000, and then a further £2,000 if she needed an operation.
She was old (around 16 years old) and I doubt an operation would have really improved her standard of life.
She had a good run.
My deepest condolences...
sixteen years old?
Jesus Christ, that's old for a dog, some cats don't even live that long.
My nan's dog died about ten years ago, and she was thirteen or so, twisted stomach I think.
It was really sad as well, when my grandad was making a shallow grave for her and dumping her lifeless body in a bin bag into that hole, I never felt so sad in all my life. When my uncle found out that she was dead, he locked himself in the bathroom sobbing for hours, never saw him like that, or since.
It's always a sad time, but be happy that she is not in pain anymore, and she can rest easy, as I guess, she has had a full life, and has been given lots of love, and has given you and you're family lots of great memories over the years.
She was a stubborn old git, even last night she gave no sign that anything was wrong, she was a bit wonky on her feet, but she seemed happy.
In fact, it was the most active she had been all day, uncharacteristically so, since she usually settles down at night.
Yeah, I've nostalgia'd a few people lately with home movies... Anyway she is a very nice dog, does she play fetch? I never had a dog that played fetch. My two previous dogs, they were wheatens named Brody and Riley, were brothers and brody just sort of collapsed for his last two years after Riley passed on. We have their ashes in a little box with their paw prints indented on the top. Hope Ammy's friend is named Oki.
Sorry to hear that man. I hope that it was a natural passing. While it certainly sucks either way, I know from experience that making the call to put a beloved friend down is one of the most difficult, heart wrenching decisions a person will ever have to make (we had to put my dog of 12 years down in September. It really sucked).
I'm not much of a religious person anymore, but if there it one thing that keeps me believing in Heaven, this story is it:
My last dog was named Sophie, a kelpie. My parents had her since before I was born, as a farm dog back when my dad was a farm manager. She was 18 when she died. I also used to have a black cat named Mog who moved into our house when our neighbors moved away. He used to ambush dogs as they walked past the front of our house. He was about 14 when he died.
him over there: Yeah, I've nostalgia'd a few people lately with home movies... Anyway she is a very nice dog, does she play fetch? I never had a dog that played fetch. My two previous dogs, they were wheatens named Brody and Riley, were brothers and brody just sort of collapsed for his last two years after Riley passed on. We have their ashes in a little box with their paw prints indented on the top. Hope Ammy's friend is named Oki.
She plays fetch like a boss :D
Rosie never liked playing fetch, if I threw something, she just gave me a look as if to say 'the fuck you doin' boy? I ain't running after no stick.'
Sadly we lost the little bugger Febrary 2011 when he was only six, almost a year ago now. My thoughts go out to you man, losing my dog was a painful experience. I just didn't expect to hit me as hard as it did.
I totally feel for you. My dog died a few years back. As an only child, my dog, who was around since before I was, was great company, and I was very sad when he died too. Took me at least a year to get over him. I still can get choked up sometimes when I think about him right before he died too much. We had to take him to the humane society... Well, I sincerely wish you well. I know it's tough losing a pet, and for many people, it's the same as losing a family member, but I hope you will be able to move on someday and remember the good times with him/her and be happy again.
Sorry to hear of your loss. It is never easier to know when your pet's time is up.
I had a dog put down last year because she was starting to lose the ability to stand on her back legs. I knew in my mind I couldn't cope with seeing my dog die before me, so I gave her a kiss on the head before she went on her final trip. She was 14 years old. Even now, thinking of her hurts somewhat, but I know it would have been more painful to see her suffer.
Since then, my family now have two puppies to roam around the backyard and, while they cannot replace my old dog, I am glad they are in my life.
Yeah, I can't help that we've got into a bad habit.
We got our second dog (Rosie) when my first dog was quite old, so when she died, Rosie went into depression, so we got another dog which perked her right up.
My third dog hasn't noticed yet and I'm not sure if she will, but is she does, we'll probably get another puppy, and the cycle continues. Old dogs dying, leaving the young ones to mourn then puppies brought in to cheer up the dogs left behind etc etc.
I think we may end up getting two puppies, to try and break the cycle.
This is probably really uncalled for but it reminds me of "the cycle of kitties"
Anyway I hope if you do get a new dog that you make sure to love and spend as much time with them as you can. Did you have a particular breed in mind?
Oh wow, haven't seen Home Movies in a long time.
Well my third dog, Sapphire, is a Weimaraner, here she is.
They're a lovely breed, so we may end up getting a couple of puppies.
I will call one of them Ammy and will crush all who oppose me.
Sorry for the double post, but wow. I'm rather surprised to see someone else who had a weimaraner as well. That was the same dog I used to have. He lived to be about 16. And yep, they are a very nice looking breed of dog. That's probably why people like to dress them up in frivolous clothes for magazines and such XD
Yeah, our family lost both of our dogs last year, Snoopy and Spike, withing 2 days of each other. The former being miserable from not being able to see, problems with his liver, and just being depressed. This influenced the descision to put him down. The latter having cancer, and he did not have much time left. I cried quite a bit. Snoopy had been around for as long as I have, and Spike wasn't very old. They were both male malteses. For a while when I got back from home it just felt really sad and that something was missing.
This is probably really uncalled for but it reminds me of "the cycle of kitties"
Anyway I hope if you do get a new dog that you make sure to love and spend as much time with them as you can. Did you have a particular breed in mind?
Oh wow, haven't seen Home Movies in a long time.
Well my third dog, Sapphire, is a Weimaraner, here she is.
They're a lovely breed, so we may end up getting a couple of puppies.
I will call one of them Ammy and will crush all who oppose me.
Sorry for the double post, but wow. I'm rather surprised to see someone else who had a weimaraner as well. That was the same dog I used to have. He lived to be about 16. And yep, they are a very nice looking breed of dog. That's probably why people like to dress them up in frivolous clothes for magazines and such XD
My mother bought her a purple collar to replace her leather one, because, and I'm not making this up.
You have my condolences and I wish you have a calm couple of next days. I, so far, have had two hamsters. Muffin, my first one, had a little debacle where he got out of his ball (so he could run around) and climbed into the air vents. We found him three days later and got him back into his cell. It was good, until he found a way to spin open the cage lid and we haven't seen him since. The little muffinhead. My second one, S'morez was silly. One night, he was acting all rapacious and running around, so I tried to pet him and he ran away (All of his supplies were full). After he ignored me, I said "Fine, I'll leave you alone for a while." And then I went off to hang out at a friend's house for a night. And when I came back... he was cold in the corner I had last tried to pet him. We tried the warming up thing other people had tried but... no go.
Losing pets is always hard, and its best to let the (manly) tears flow.
It's ayt man, I think we've all at least had one pet we didn't want to lose. A couple of years back it was my 16-year old German Shepard. However, these things do happen, it's just good that you'll remember your dog so fondly :) He looks like a sweet dog
Condolences for the loss. Never easy to lose a friend, regardless of species. Lost quite a few myself, dozen or so[1].
Worst pet related loss I can think of was when our cat Snooks had Kittens at too young of an age[2]. Had to bag all 5 or so of them one after the other. Wasn't too bad for the last few, due to Rigor Mortis or such making them stiff and seem almost like objects, but the last one was still limp when I found it.
I'd try to type with a bit more... Sensitivity(?), but that picture just kills any attempt of sombreness(?) I try to feel. Cute one she was, bet she brought a smile to your face quite often, as she hopefully still will when you think of her in the future.
[1] Had a small little Graveyard of sorts back in Florida actually.
[2] Milk was bad or something, cannae remember details.
TheNumber1Zero: Condolences for the loss. Never easy to lose a friend, regardless of species. Lost quite a few myself, dozen or so[1].
Worst pet related loss I can think of was when our cat Snooks had Kittens at too young of an age[2]. Had to bag all 5 or so of them one after the other. Wasn't too bad for the last few, due to Rigor Mortis or such making them stiff and seem almost like objects, but the last one was still limp when I found it.
I'd try to type with a bit more... Sensitivity(?), but that picture just kills any attempt of sombreness(?) I try to feel. Cute one she was, bet she brought a smile to your face quite often, as she hopefully still will when you think of her in the future.
She did :D
And don't worry, I'm not a china doll, I won't get upset if someone on the internet isn't overly sensitive.
I'm sad, quite sad, but not upset.
[1] Had a small little Graveyard of sorts back in Florida actually.
[2] Milk was bad or something, cannae remember details.
Daystar Clarion: And don't worry, I'm not a china doll, I won't get upset if someone on the internet isn't overly sensitive.
Well it was either that or go with "BTW that pic is HI-Larious!", which just seemed to be in bad taste, and of course simply ignoring the picture's silliness was a bit much for me. Best of luck with getting over the sad bit, though a day or few of sadness for 16 Years of smiles seems like a rather good deal.
I truly do feel for you. I had a cat who was in the family longer than I was (she was 18 years old), then a few months ago she was acting up and within a few days she was gone. It was the worst feeling I've ever experienced. She was a master-grade arse kicker, never backed down from a fight even when extremely old.
We still have a dog, who we got a short while before she left us. He's only about 7 months old so he's still got a while lifetime to go. I do wish you good luck and happy times with future pets, my friend.
Daystar Clarion: And don't worry, I'm not a china doll, I won't get upset if someone on the internet isn't overly sensitive.
Well it was either that or go with "BTW that pic is HI-Larious!", which just seemed to be in bad taste, and of course simply ignoring the picture's silliness was a bit much for me. Best of luck with getting over the sad bit, though a day or few of sadness for 16 Years of smiles seems like a rather good deal.
No, that's okay.
I use humour to remedy sadness, so putting something like that would have been fine.
But I understand where you're coming from, it's difficult to know how someone will respond, so it's best to be 'safe'.
Sucks ner vod, I've never been much of a pet person, but I know my stepdad was in a foul mood for months when his dogs died. One ended up in a fight with three other dogs and got it's back broken/twisted bad, and the other got underneath his dad's car while he was driving off and broke/twisted his back. He ended up putting them down and burying them. If it gives you a hint to how much he loved those dogs, he even made them coffins. (They were dachshunds by the way)
I wasn't stayin there at the time, but I know it wouldn't have been much fun living around him for that time (the death's were spread out by a couple of months)
Oh, and the bigger dogs that killed the one all ended up gut-shotted.
My condolences.
I'd also like to pay my respects to my lost pets.
My cat Passe-Poil who ran onto oncoming traffic.
My chihuahua Peanut, who was euthanized after becoming deaf and blind at eleven years old.
And last but not least, my beagle Snoopy who ate an entire wool sock.
Resquiescat in pace.