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Lost my best buddy last night....

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Sparktrician

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Our dog Lilly passed away last night. She didn't act like she felt good yesterday, and wasn't herself. She started breathing hard about bed time last night, we loaded her up and headed to the emergency vet clinic in Centerville Ohio. Made it about 10 minutes from home and she passed away. Gonna miss that girl, she was as family as family can be. She was about 8 years old, but I figured a few more years with her at least. Glad she didn't suffer, but this sucks. Really gonna miss that dog. She was the best, there will never be another like her. RIP Lilly, Mom and Dad love you, till we meet again.....

This is her on the Gator less than a week after we brought our Daughter Emma home, April of 2013
 
here is the pic
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I know how you feel. When I lost my 12 year old yellow lab "Abby" in May, I had her cremated and now she is in the living room to stay. I got a new yellow puppy in mid June to help fill the void.
Very sorry to hear of your loss.
Dale
 
Sorry to hear your of loss of such a cherished family member, dogs have a way of working their way into our lives and hearts. She looks like a sweetheart in that picture.
 
my heart goes out to you spark,, just showed the pix to my sara ,,your dog and our December could had been litter mates , micah found December after she was run over on a cold December morning,,he took her to a vet and he patched her up ,rather than put her down , micah assumed the bill and the dog ,, he was in hi school back in 1999,,december seemed to copy all of sara's good traits ,,, this farm has seen a lot of good dawgs, she was the only dog I ever had that got a wood coffin,she got some sort of cancer , that swelled her throat shut ..vet did all they could to turn it around
 
I'm so sorry for your loss. We've all been there and it just hurts. I post this whenever someone loses their best friend. Sometimes you just gotta cry. God Bless.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
 
Are you sure about her age or did she maybe get into something? Looks older in the picture and 8 years is really kind of young to go like that. My daughter works at an emergency vet clinic. She brings home stories 5 nights a week. Never get used to them. So sorry to hear about your loss.
 
I lost my Cocker Spaniel last year in August. he was 15 yr.he was my best buddy also. I still miss him to this day and always will. You have the memories,..but you still have that void of them not being there. Time will heal the hurt but you will never forget all the love she gave you.
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Sorry to hear. I lost a female beagle in about the same way. Headed to vet, maybe 10 miles away. Opened the dog box and she was gone. She would have been six.They give so much and ask for so little.

Larry
 
Yes, she was right at 8.5 years. She showed up on our porch as a stray puppy....never left.....and I thank God for that. She was the best thing to ever walk onto our porch. She really aged fast the last year or two. Not sure what happened, don't know what she'd have got into, but I sure wish I knew so I could have got her help.

Feeling guilty for not loading her up yesterday afternoon and taking her then, but she just acted tired and groggy.....never thought this was coming.

Gonna miss her big time, she was awesome.
 
Sparktrician,

So sorry to hear about your loss. My family has had a bunch of boxer dogs over the years. We bred them, showed them, sold them, and always had one family dog. They get into your heart and leave a large hole when they leave this "mortal coil".

After forty years of having boxers, we bought a Boston Terrier for what will probably be our last dog. She is a menace and we could not love her more.

I hope another stray wanders into your life soon.

Tom in TN
 
So sorry to hear of the passing of your pal Lilly. 4 months ago today, I lost my Bandy. The support I received from this list helped me through those lonely days.

Gene
 
My condolences. As several comments indicate, if you own a pet, it is inevitable that sooner or later there will be a parting. It has been almost a year since we had to give up our beloved Bubba. Like losing any loved one, it will take time to accept and there are always the memories.
 
sad to hear that - I think we've all been there at least once or twice, but that I know that doesn't help.
 
What the heck is it about dogs anyway? Besides relatives I have lost two best friends (human) to untimely deaths. I was very depressed each time but eventually got over it. My SIL got this Yorkshire terrier as a house warming gift 14 years ago and even though I didn't particularly care for dogs it seemed to take a shine to me. We had been absolute best friends over the years (even more so than his owner) and I would take care of him often while she was away on business. He died (just complications of old age) in the early spring. I wasn't just depressed, I was and still am devastated. I can't and probably never will get over it. I think of him every day even to the point of tears and it wasn't even my darn dog. Someone explain this thing about dogs to me.
 
JF,

I believe its because dogs know nothing except to please their master and be their best friend no matter what. They are tickled to death to see you every day you come home. They know when they did something wrong. They never stay mad at you when you holler at them. They never talk behind your back to other family members... I could go on.


You cant really say all those above traits hold true for humans.

Rick
 
I think that is part of it. You give them a little food and shelter and they give you everything. The experience tells me that I could never own a dog. I'm so messed up over this that I never want to chance going through it again. That is why I feel so bad when I read posts of this kind of loss.
 
It has to do with their unconditional love for us.

I had a collie when I was in high school. Literally cried for days when I had to put him down. Took years to be able to even think about him without tearing up. I've had many dogs since, but he will always have a special place in my heart.

It does get better with time.
 
I know how you feel because I was like that myself. I went for years without pets just to spare myself the pain.
My wife always had dogs so she talked me in to having pets again years ago. What I've learned is that it's part of our own personal growth, after losing some beloved pets over the years now with the ones we have I'm a little bit slower to get angry with them, and make it a point to share some time with them that I otherwise might not have.
It never easy to deal with the loss of friends, but it's part of life. I can now go back and look at pictures of the pets that are gone and there's a happiness along with the sadness that is hard to explain.
 
If she went that fast, its not likely the vet would have been able to save her.

Just remember she passed at the place she loved surrounded by the familiar.
 
A couple of weeks ago I had our mastiff, Molly into the vet for her annual. She's estimated to be between 5 and 7 years old. We got her from a rescue. She came out of Kentucky and was a puppy mill. Obviously beaten, she's afraid of virtually everyone and every thing, especially men, including me. But she's getting better every day. So I took her to the vet and she was so scared of him that she kept coming and sitting between my legs, looking up at me to please protect her. The vet was very good, kind and gentle with her as he has been with all of our scrappers, and each and every last one of our dogs have been scrappers, throw aways after past owners were through with them, having had no use for things like not being able to breed anymore like Molly. But as e and I talked and I told him that with every dog that we've had, that I had to take to put to sleep, that I had to bury, each one was the best breed that I ever had. Without missing a beat, he responded, "Isn't great when our last dog is always the best one that we ever had, even though the ones before them were every bit as good?". He was right too.

Sorry to hear about your loss, and ones future as well, because with every last dog that I have to be the one to do what is humane, sending them into the next world, peacefully as I can, I always say, "No more. I'm done. I'm not going through that again. NO!" And then we run across some big scrapper that someone threw away, homeless, hungry, thirsty, looking for love, companionship, somewhere to call home and lay down at, and...the next best dog ever had, every bit as good as the rest of them up there on the hill, buried under an oak tree looking down on us tossing a ball or something...

Mark
 
I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine what you are going through although I know in time my 10 year old Springer Spaniel, Kole will go and I hope this forum will help me with the loss. I'm teary eyed just reading these posts.
 
Sorry to hear that, Sparky. I was out visiting my last few in the pasture yesterday, three of them very special buddies. Get another one. Kind of eases the hurt....
 
We went through that in 2010 when our Chow Tazzy
was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Had to put her
to sleep when she was hemorrhaging from her rectum. We bought another Chow pup about 4 years ago before Taz died. Hal
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