I miss them both so much.
Posted on 08/08/2015 11:08:10 AM PDT by pabianice
Dogs never die. They don’t know how to. They get tired, and very old, and their bones hurt. Of course they don’t die. If they did they would not want to always go for a walk, even long after their old bones say: ‘No, no, not a good idea. Let’s not go for a walk.’ Nope, dogs always want to go for a walk. They might get one step before their aging tendons collapse them into a heap on the floor, but that’s what dogs are. They walk.
It’s not that they dislike your company. On the contrary, a walk with you is all there is. Their boss, and the cacaphonic symphony of odor that the world is. Cat poop, another dog’s mark, a rotting chicken bone (exultation), and you. That’s what makes their world perfect, and in a perfect world death has no place.
However, dogs get very very sleepy. That’s the thing, you see. They don’t teach you that at the fancy university where they explain about quarks, gluons, and Keynesian economics. They know so much they forget that dogs never die. It’s a shame, really. Dogs have so much to offer and people just talk a lot...
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Dogs are giant hearts with fur.
We just lost our Jake. 14 years of faith and fidelity.
When tomorrow starts without me
Don’t think we’re far apart,
For every time you think of me
I’m right here inside your heart.
Crying here.
I miss them both so much.
Amen.
We know that they are there waiting for us
God loved hem when he created them, and saw the love we gave to them that he didn’t want leave them.
That’s what he put a PET Door in Heaven’s Gate.
My allergies are acting up again.
He ran up and down, whimpering, anxiously trying to find a way across the divide. The dog finally leapt over, caught the edge of the opposite side and started to slip down into the abyss.
But Man pulled the dog to safety, proclaiming, “You shall be my companion forever.”
-- Navajo legend
“If you take in a poor sick starving dog, feed him heal him and help him proper he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” Mark Twain
You have cut lose the flood gates.
I lost my good dog this past Tuesday.
Now you did it! I held up just fine until the Kipling piece.
Our house is ruled by two. A 90 lb Pit mix and a 26lb Jack Russell, the smaller bosses the larger. We are hoping they will outlive us. Don’t know if we could stand another “dog sleeping in our heart.”
Have to make a point of avoiding these threads. . .
I was going to post that poem, thanks for doing it for me. It is a tear jerker, I could not have finished typing without having a big cry.
We lost the most lovable cute Chihuahua/Min-Pin mix (Abby) in Jan 2014 to cancer. She was 8 years and had her from six weeks old (a runt that nobody wanted). I grieved and had dreams about her for over a year. I will never forget the questionable look in her eye as we walked away knowing we would never again enjoy her love and happily cuddling on my lap.
This May, we adopted a shelter Chi that has the same loving and cuddly demeanor. The second time we saw her at a PetCo adoption event and she kissed me and layed her head on my shoulder, I knew.
I have a question:
I was told by the Vet that they first put in a catheter and then the sedative and then the fatal drug. Why the catheter? I've had awful thoughts about Abby experiencing such before she passed. Dogs are fine with injections in their folds of skin, but the catheter still bothers me.
Thank you for really caring. Doggies, amongst all mammals are the most loyal and all they need besides subsistence is some attention. I just can't believe the horrific things some people do to man's Best friend. I cry for them every time I see the SPCA promos on TV. I would do more than a contribution but it would break my heart every time.
Early on, I told my wife not to project human emotions on Abby-it's just a dog. It took all of 2 months for me to do exactly what I warned against. Why is that with dogs? Yes, I know that cats, birds, other creatures some people attach their human emotions to, but dogs are the only animal I have found that actually sense our emotions. As a Veterinarian, can you explain the connection between dogs and humans?
That image is disturbing, in a blurry sort of way.
More importantly, they love if given love in return.
Catheter is just an IV line.
The Needle punctures the vein , just like drawing blood.
Then a little plastic over the needle sheath is slid up the needle and then the needle withdrawn.
Agreed. Yet the cared for man WILL bite you for his own increasing self-serving reasons. A loved doggie will give more love and loyalty than many of human's relatives, friends, and humanity in general.
I was thinking as in human catheter that goes up the urethra to the kidneys for urine elimination. That's uncomfortable/painful for humans. Are you sure? If so, then past nightmares would have been for naught. What's the point of the sheath? Why don't they just inject the sedative in the vein and another injection for the fatal dose? Please explain.
I’ve started a million IV’s.
The needle stick is the only part that hurts.
The sheath is to hold the vein open so that you can use it multiple times. One stick instead of 2. It’s less painful.
The sheath is actually more comfortable . In the olden days having an IV was a huge big deal. They used to thread the steel needle up your vein. They had to immobolize the area. You didn’t get one unless you were half dead.
The sheath is very flexible.
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