My heart is so very broken....just got back from the vet.

GypsyRoadLady said:
I am sorry. I am now in tears after reading all the posts. I have four dogs, my old Beagle is my love too(love all, but you know). I tell her every night when she goes to bed how lucky I am to have found her or she found me.
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I have one who's almost fourteen. She's the first one I got (found) as a puppy in fifty years. Every day when I get up I worry that she won't. She sleeps until noon, sometimes later.
 

I know how you feel, I am living with alot of anxiety day to day with his terminal condition right now. I keep checking to make sure he is still breathing. He sleeps so much now that I'm getting a glimpse of what it will feel like when he isn't here. I miss his energy and wanting to eat anything and everything. I'm thinking the silence will kill me, but like all the hurdles in life, guess we have to just push on through.
 
Oh Cindy...... I came here to post and saw this. My heart breaks for you . I wish I could reach through the screen and hug you . I'd let you cry on my shoulder for as long as you wanted. There's a piece of my heart gone,too. It's still raw. There's nothing I can say that hasn't been said already. I can tell you I thank God for people like you . I know you gave all your love to an animal,kept him safe and happy ,shared happy times together and was the best mom there ever was. There's a special place in heaven for you . I think I'll just go cry with you . (((((((Cindy)))))))))))
 
Awww....toomuchstuff.....that's the sweetest reply ever!. How did you know I could use a :bighug: or two right now!:)

Yes, he is my first dog ever and just the best. We have shared many walks, talks and good moments over almost 14 years. He means more to me than words could ever express. He will be in my heart forever.
 
That was your first dog ? No wonder you are so broken up. I hope his memory never fades and some day you can look back at the fun things you did and smile :)
 
Yesterday I had to put down my baby, Sister Mary Tallulah. She was a Japanese bobtail, had many unique vocalizations and she was my entertainment. About two weeks ago I thought she seemed a little droopy and maybe a little skinnier than usual, but she was better the next day so I thought maybe she had a bad day. Yesterday it was obvious she was very sick and in pain. I couldn't watch her suffer.

Japanese bobtails have a life expectancy of 9 to 15 years, and she lived almost 20 years. She had a good long life and she always knew she was loved.

My heart is broken but I know I will get past this and be grateful she was in my life.
 
Thanks, Cindy.

How's your buddy doing? I had the greatest dog, a rescued smooth chow and the only protection dog I've ever had, who got hemangiosarcoma. He was already in so much pain when he was diagnosed that I had him put down right then. That form of cancer migrates to so many major organs, there was no hope at all. Sometimes I wish I had more time to say a long goodbye to him, like you're doing with your dog.

I was able to tell Tallulah all the things I wished I could have said to him. They were two of my favorite animals ever.
 
Smiling Jane said:
Yesterday I had to put down my baby, Sister Mary Tallulah. She was a Japanese bobtail, had many unique vocalizations and she was my entertainment.
My heart is broken but I know I will get past this and be grateful she was in my life.
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Jane, so sorry to hear you had to say goodbye to your girl...hugs.

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They sound so special, Jane. They were lucky, as you were, to have had them in your life.

My sweet little Beagle is hanging in there, he is so strong. I'm kind of living on eggshells with him, I don't want to leave him alone.....sometimes when I watch him breathe his heart quivers with each breath in & out and I find myself holding my breath. Then he has the gastro issue from the liver cancer. I'm just keeping him as comfortable as I can and making sure he is not in pain.
 
I'm so so sorry to hear this. My heart breaks for you. I'm an animal lover myself with 6 cats and a dog. Losing a furbaby is the hardest thing. Remember you gave your furbaby many years of a wonderful life. That is what they will remember.
 
Smiling Jane said:
Thanks, Radish Rose and C'est Moi. I told her I'll miss her until the end of my life. Sad but true. Good pets live on in our hearts and they never leave.
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So true. I lost my little dog last May and I miss him so very much. Amazing how much of my day was consumed by that little fellow and now there is a hole in my heart and in my life.
 
Thanks, LindsayE. I realized I've never lived with a person for 20 years, but I've lived that long with my two favorite cats. When my 22-year-old cat died, a friend brought this one to me and said she was my new cat. At the time I didn't think I was ready, but it worked well.

Thanks, Big Horn. She was the difference between living alone and feeling alone.
 
C'est Moi said:
So true. I lost my little dog last May and I miss him so very much. Amazing how much of my day was consumed by that little fellow and now there is a hole in my heart and in my life.
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Tallulah and a black male Japanese bobtail were found and turned into a rescue group where my friend was a volunteer. It didn't work out for me to take the male cat, but they found a young boy who wanted a cat and it was exactly right. They were almost full-grown but not quite.

I think they belonged to a breeder. The person who found them was afraid for them because they obviously didn't know about streets and danger. No idea how they got out or why they were wandering. Tallulah didn't know about things like snuggling when I got her and she always tried to go into the dog's crate with him when I went to work. We thought she had been crated and never got any affection. She sure took to it and became a truly great kitty snuggler.

She's the only cat I've ever known whose vocalizations included a near-perfect imitation of Patsy Cline's throb. I was stunned the first time she made that sound.

This is the longest I've been on my desktop without her coming in and demanding that I quit fooling around and snuggle with her.
 
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