Posted on 07/02/2010 2:37:18 PM PDT by MarineMom613
My fur baby died today. She was 10 1/2 years old. Vet thinks it was her liver. She was hemoraging when I got a call to come home from work. She was laying right where she would be on a regular nite to greet me. Only today, she was waiting for me to come home and say goodbye. 15 minutes later she was gone. Ambulance came 5 minutes later. Sandy is now with my Mom & Dad, She is also with her mother whom we put down a month ago. Please pray for her and for me to get through this. She was all I had left after I lost my Mom 2 years ago. She was my baby.... I feel so lost.
Had to put down my 17-1/2 year old beagle-dach Sadie today. She’s been half-blind and half-deaf for awhile now, plus had a heart murmur, and was having a harder and harder time walking. Last night I picked her up to take her up the stairs, and when I put her down her left back leg wasn’t working. Stroke, I guess. I petted her throughout the night and took her to the vets this morning. It was that or let her slowly die of dehydration over the next couple of days. I had her since she was 7 weeks old. I am going to miss her.
When my Mom passed, she had Pancreatic Cancer. We had about 2 months to get thru, but we knew she was going to die. Sandy was fine yesterday, and today she is gone. I know God works in his own way but right about now I’d like an explanation. I feel it deep in my stomach. I just can’t get my mind around it. If she was here right now and I was crying (like I am) she would be right up on her front paws, making me distracted for some love. I have 2 cats (hah!!)They just want their food and leave them alone. I don’t know what I will do. My b/f is not a dog person. He already told me, no more dogs. We don’t live together so he don’t get no say in that. Just, right now I feel it would be disloyal to Sandy to get another pup. Stupid, no I don’t think so.
My heart goes out to you. Have been there several times and will be there again someday.
It never gets easier.
That is a very sad string of events in your life and you have my deepest sympathy. I greatly hope that your companion was not your only remaining support because that can get to be too much sadness. I am praying for you and hope that you will be able to cope with this loss. God Bless!
Wishing you warm hugs and blessings from MarineBrat and my own two faithful dogs. God be with you!
I’m very sorry. Our fur babies make our lives so much richer, even after they’ve left us. I’m glad you were able to say goodbye.
Oh, honey, I know how you feel. As my tagline indicates, I lost my big ginger kitty of nearly 13 years back in March and I still cry. Diagnosis of lung cancer on a Tuesday and he was gone by Friday.
You will be in my prayers.
I’m crying reading this because I lost a wonderful little girl named Sadie in April. She was struck by a bus and had enough strength to lift her head before she died. It was only a minute that I turned my back and she got out of the yard. It still hurts today and I cry when I think of her. She was so sweet. She’s on my mantel now. Was creamated and I can put little flowers there to remember her because it is like the death of a person.
She was my sis’ dog and I always doggy sat for her. Well, my sis went out and got a rescued mini Aussie shepard that looks exactly like Sadie except she’s cocoa-colored. My sis said that she missed Sadie so bad that she needed something to love. I think that was a profound thing she said. She wasn’t afraid to get another dog, she wanted one to love. The way we loved Sadie. And we do. But Sadie will always be our special girl.
So, yes you’re in shock right now as we were. And it hurts very much. It IS the death of a loved one and that always hurts. But don’t give up on thinking one day of finding another pet to, as my sis said, have something to love.
So sorry for your loss.
Our pets are truly gifts from god to get us through the tough times and share in the joyous times too.
So sorry, I am sure it hurts a lot.
Joe, the silhouette of the chihuahua and the piece you posted is lovely. It looks like the silhouette of our fur baby Schmeegle. The nurses on the stroke ward let my family bring him up to me after my second stroke. He's family.
So, prayers for you MarineMom and for your faithful friend who is waiting for you
I’m so sorry. I had to put down my 15 yr. old Border Collie last June and it hurt like heck. I’ll never forget him.
((((((MarineMom613)))))
I am so sorry. I don’t know what else to say.
I know you’re heartbroken and lost without her. Again, I am so sorry.
*gives MarineMom613 hugs*
Oh, please try not to think of it in those terms! First, I believe you would truly be honoring her by getting another companion to care for. Second, I would think she'd be very happy and actually relieved to know you enjoyed her so much that you'd want to continue that type of a relationship. I'm sure she wouldn't want you to go through a long grieving process, which you would not be able to do if you had to take care of a new baby.
Poor thing. Hugs to you.
I still miss my best friend who’s been gone now for nearly 5 years. So smart. So loyal.
Bless you.
Hugs.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
Lost my “best girl” to liver failure too.
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