I have lost my Dog
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I have lost my Dog
Hey Gang, I am after a bit of sympathy, I have had to have my beloved dog "Gem" put to sleep today, o.k. she was nearly eighteen and going blind and deaf, but I loved her and now I feel like hell. She would sometimes miss peeing on the paper on the back door and things she couldnt see would startle her but around the home she was able to plod around but on a visit to the vet he felt she was tired and not really enjoying life and could only get worse, so I said o.k put her to sleep, and I cant type anymore cos I cant see for tears, Sorry
The Time is Now!!!
Red 1995 VFR750 - I luvs it.
Red 1995 VFR750 - I luvs it.
My next door neighbour has 3 Dogs. The eldest is in pretty much that same state, she hasnt got long before she will have to be put to sleep.It really is a horrid thing to have to be involved with. We often dogsit when the neighbours go out, so we have become attached to the old mutt almost as much as them.
It really is the best thing to be done. If she was tired and not enjoying life then it was the kindest thing you could have done.
Nearly eighteen? Jeez, that's some age. Im sure it was better for the old girl to go with dignity and love than to have to wait for her time to come, growing even more tired and unhappy.
Methinks you did the right thing, She will have appreciated it.
Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly
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BikerGran
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I know how it feels,we had to do the same for our Dudley dog, he was 15½ and his back legs were going. When the day came that he couldn't get himself up, we knew it was time but it hurts like hell.
That was 6 or 7 years ago and we still miss him but it doesn't hurt any more.
It's just like losing a family member - worse because they are usually closer than some aunt you only see at christmas.
That was 6 or 7 years ago and we still miss him but it doesn't hurt any more.
It's just like losing a family member - worse because they are usually closer than some aunt you only see at christmas.
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
Thanks for the sympathy folks, well today has been the first day in all those years where I didnt have to go out in the morning for walkies and the same thro the day and night and believe me it has been a long and cold day, the flat seems empty and dead, that little face that used to great me when I came in is no longer there and frankly I dont feel like stopping in the place. I wandered round town today just to fill in time before going back, luckily I have friends who know what I am going through and have invited me into their homes for tea and sympathy. How could a little mutt have such an effect on my life!!! One only hopes that if there is a God I will see her and her sister again sometime.
Sometime ago I penned an ode
about my two dogs, to whom so much I owed
They were my best friends for over 15 years
when Pip died I shed many tears
Then Gem and I both older and grey, walked alone every day
and memories precious came flooding back
of happier days as we wandered many a track
and now its time and Gem too has gone and I*m alone
with a heart thats is heavy and leaden
My consolation is that they both are in a doggy heaven
and when my time is come and I too have died
Then please dear Lord, once again let them be by my side.
Sometime ago I penned an ode
about my two dogs, to whom so much I owed
They were my best friends for over 15 years
when Pip died I shed many tears
Then Gem and I both older and grey, walked alone every day
and memories precious came flooding back
of happier days as we wandered many a track
and now its time and Gem too has gone and I*m alone
with a heart thats is heavy and leaden
My consolation is that they both are in a doggy heaven
and when my time is come and I too have died
Then please dear Lord, once again let them be by my side.
The Time is Now!!!
Red 1995 VFR750 - I luvs it.
Red 1995 VFR750 - I luvs it.
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falcomunky
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I've had many pets, best therapy is to get another pet.BikerGran wrote:Gio - would you say that to someone whose girlfriend had just died?
I guess you don't have a dog.............
As for the 1st bit you've posted, I'll not even answer that one
I hate it when people ask if you have a bathroom, I want to say "No we pee in the garden"
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BikerGran
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The Power of the Dog
THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet's unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find - it's your own affair, -
But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear.
When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!),
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone - wherever it goes - for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear!
We've sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent,
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve;
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long -
So why in - Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?
THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet's unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find - it's your own affair, -
But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear.
When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!),
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone - wherever it goes - for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear!
We've sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent,
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve;
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long -
So why in - Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
I feel pretty much the same BG, my SIL had her cat of 21 PTS one day and went and got 2 kittens the next week. I can't understand it but it seems to help some people.BikerGran wrote:I guess you're right Myrkk, everyone is different. I just know that when people have said that to me after losing a pet, I want to hit them!
