This makes me sad. :(
My white shepherd is 12 years old this year and I know her clock is ticking.
I’m going to go hug her now.
I hear you. When I was growing up my parents had a white shepherd. They’re great dogs. She died last summer at the ripe old age of 15. I thought she was on borrowed time at 11, so it just goes to show that yours might have a few good years left in her.
There are no words that can fill the emptiness we feel with the loss of a precious companion pet. Their unconditional love and devotion are missed as much as their splendid and unique personality. But we can replace the grief with joyful anticipation and hope, if we understand that there is a plan for them. I sincerely believe there will be cold noses at the Pearly Gates. When I say this, I always get replies that our pets don’t have souls, so cant go to heaven. I turn that around and ask them, does the Bible mention there will be animals in paradise?, in which they say yes, the lion will lie down with the sheep, it says. If Paradise has animals, were they not created by God? And is it beyond Gods power to recreate your precious dog you had on earth? The companion he found for you in the first place?
I know what you mean, I have a 12 y/o Collie/St. Bernard mix, Bubba, that is mentally fading fast, I believe he is suffering from dementia and he has arthritis...it is so sad to watch him, he just looks so lost all the time. I don’t know what I am going to do without him, I call him my “old man” because he gives me unconditional love. Hubby is just “the gardener” ; )