[TC Rider]

I'm going to try to come back to this thread, when I'm not typing through the trears and post some more snaps and comments about the best dog I've ever owned.

[Phantom Lord]

TC,

My male boxer got cancer about 6 months ago. Surgery and medicine has done him wonders. But he is still young (7). I know he will get it again soon.

[tiki]

I'll keep you in my prayers. I know how much it hurts to lose a beloved pet.

[southernnorthcarolina]

As others have said... been there, done that, and I well know how it feels. I'm a fan of, and a multiple owner of (albeit always one at a time) another German breed. My current (and, I hope, long-term) companion is pictured on my FR profile page -- more info about him, in fact, than about me, which is probably as it should be. I've lost dogs after long illnesses, and I've lost them suddenly and traumatically. Neither is easy.

I was about to say "get another one," until I saw that you already have done so. I say "get another one" not to imply that Albert is replacable, but rather that having the opportunity to experience a puppy grow to maturity is a great experience. Look at it this way: wouldn't it be a bummer if dogs lived to be 80 years old? Think of the implications.

Eight or ten years is a long life for a giant breed such as a Great Dane; twelve years is getting old for a medium-to-large dog such as yours or mine; the little guys may make it to fifteen or so. But even as every dog has his day, we move on, and we may be privileged to see and assist the puppy-to-dog transition again.

[Great Dane]

Sorry to hear about your beloved dog, I think most of us have been where you are right now, I know we have, the missing will take a long time to ease up, when it does, please give another dog a good home.

[mafree]

Sorry about your loss- he looks like a cool doggie. May he have fun at Rainbow Bridge until you join him there.

[codyjacksmom]

TC, just checking back in this morning to see how you and your wife are doing. I still have you in my prayers, as do a lot of other friends here at FR.

[EggsAckley]

So sorry to hear this. It is so very hard. All my best to you and the Mrs. during this difficult time.



Just before my Mom passed away, she kept having dreams about my Dad being on a cloud up in heaven, reaching down to her. One night she said he was very crowded on that cloud; every pet she'd ever known was there with him.

She really touched my heart with that.