The Castle Rock MARE-TERNITY WARD
Message Boards => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rocklone on January 15, 2018, 05:12:31 PM
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Not been posting much but just here to say i lost my beloved dog of 14years a couple of days after xmas.
It broke my heart. But she was ready to go. I got Xmas with her, and thts all i ever wanted.
I took this pic just before my dad took her to the vet, and as much as i was crying i know in the pic she looked fed up and ready, so i also feel glad i knew this and let her go. She easily could have gone on a few more days/weeks...but why? It was not for my benefit she lived, i lived for hers.
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Its been a couple weeks and im in tears writing this still. I love you Lex, i miss you.
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I'm so sorry, but understand the hurt of your loss. Praying you'll find peace after your mourning. Brought tears to my eyes, as we've all hard these hard times. I'm glad you saw she was ready, and let her go when it was time. They depend on us for that. Sweet dreams, Lex.
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Hayley , Im so sorry , Its never easy to lose a best friend , Take care.
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Ist funny the things you miss. I miss her face. I miss her smell. I miss her snores. I miss worrying about her. I miss the vet and the meds and feeling like i was doing my best for this being that i just loved. I keep remembering little things in our life that happened, then thinking "gosh that was about 5 years 10 years 12 years ago"
Where did the time go. How did my little pup get this old, and have to go. I got her as a teen, and im now a major adult...she basically encompased my entire "awkward social" stage.
She was always there. Now shes not.
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So sorry for your loss.
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Ist funny the things you miss. I miss her face. I miss her smell. I miss her snores. I miss worrying about her. I miss the vet and the meds and feeling like i was doing my best for this being that i just loved. I keep remembering little things in our life that happened, then thinking "gosh that was about 5 years 10 years 12 years ago"
Where did the time go. How did my little pup get this old, and have to go. I got her as a teen, and im now a major adult...she basically encompased my entire "awkward social" stage.
She was always there. Now shes not.
^^^^This, most of all about what you said^^^^
I very much understand, and am glad you got to let your friend go with dignity. The loss of pets can only be understood by others who've been loved by pets. It will take a long, long time for this to happen less frequently. The holidays were not the same without my Lucky girl to dance with me to "Feliz Navidad" sung by Jose Feliciano while I rang the jingle stick. We miss our friends at the most odd times.
Who's the photo bomber in the background, who looks so very sad? Do you hold him/her and make each other feel a bit better?
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Thanks everyone.
The photobomber is my other dog Billy. He is an old chap himself but about three or four days before Lexi passed he really went into a depression, barely moving and not jumping up if he heard a rustle in the kitchen etc...which solidifies in my mind dogs can talk to each other and have empathy for eachother. A day or two later he perked up a little, but i took him to the vet anyway just to get a check up and they said he needs a diet (whoops) and have givin some pain killers for a bit of arthritis he has. Hes back to normal now thankfully, and very snuggly as usual.
When we rescued him he came with a basket he had had all his life. He would stand and bark at lexi at night to get out of it cause that was HIS bed. When we took Lex to the vet she was in this basket with all her blankies on her and when it came back we washed it out etc....he refused to go near it. And still to this day has not. He uses another basket we got now.
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Funny how they know things and make their decisions. I know that when my dogs got older (and stiffer) a new puppy always got them going again. Might be a thought if he's lonely.
Again, so sorry this happened, but so glad she went with dignity. You are a wonderful caretaker of all God's creatures!