Love him or her as much as you can. Go spend some time with him or her today.
Feel for you mate, had to have mine put to sleep in 2009, he started being aggressive and almost killed our cat. (he had several instances or aggression, it wasn't an isolated incident)He was never a social dog but we had a connection I have never had with any other dog.I think about him every day.
Thats a hard thing to do. Some people handle all of it easy, at least they pretend to do so on message boards and sometimes in person etc...But to me at least, these losses are harder than for people.
No HOMO,My cat is a stray I found, turns out it's a turkisn angorahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_AngoraThis cat is smart and acts like a dog, fetchs etc. He literally doesn't leave my side as I am his constant human. He looks exactly like the second pic, the rusty colored cat with white, identical almost. I never did like cats but his dog like behavior is gonna make it hard when he dies. He is sick, epilepsy, FIV, fucker has cost me like 10g's for dental etc.
My old GF's cat Stan was a stray that had epilepsy and FIV. My GF had him put down when I was in basic training, I was absolutely gutted.
Serious note, I hate losing pets. Ive lost 2 parrots that I had for 5-10 years each and it was a horrible traumatic experience. Especially since I wound up holding them both while they died.Losing animals is tougher than losing most people (except direct family/loved ones)
One of my beloved Greyhounds passed away last night. Its not easy at all as she was by my side always and I never left her.
Some of you guys are really soft as fuck so you are afraid of getting a pet cause it will die well guess what everything dies, your wife, mom, dad they are all going to die so man up and learn to deal with it.
Some of you guys are really soft as fuck secure enough to express emotion so you are afraid of getting a pet cause it will die well guess what everything dies, your wife, mom, dad they are all going to die so man up and learn to deal with it.
No vaccinations. Last year at this time, she developed an intense thirst for water and would drink bowls full. I was taking her outside every 2-3 hours. She acted normal though despite the water drinking. Then, she began to lose a bit of fur on her shoulders and she had some sort of skin infection/flaking. We took her in and they couldn`t really find anything, but decided that a Tick-Borne disease may be the culprit as it is common in Greyhounds. They can get bit at a young age and carry the disease for years before it manifests. She then started developing a sort of dementia, but it would clear every now and then. Then it just got worse and worse. She would pace uncontrollably and I would sit with her for hours trying to calm her and it would work. The last few weeks were the worst. She never cried out in pain or anything though. We started the Doxycycline again a few days ago thinking maybe it was a flare up of the Tick-Borne Disease.I am not quite sure she ever even had one though.
I had a dog before my Greyhounds who had epilepsy his whole life and he was on Phenobarbitol to control his seizures. It worked only some of the time and he would still have them. Very scary thing as you have to make sure they don`t bite their tongue or fall off the bed or hurt themselves. I do see some put their dogs down from that, but we were able to manage it and he lived a long life.
I lost the French mastiff I rescued last summer to a massive seizure. the vet called to say Hugo had passed and when I hung up the phone I cried like a baby bro. it's a tough thing losing such a great a companion and friend. I know there is a place out dogs are playing together in the sun where there's cool streams and butterfiles to chase. and one day we'll join them. but what we have to do now is what we are meant to do- rescue and rehome another. sorry for your loss my brother. fuck I hate that you have to deal w this pain.
Sorry for your loss. It's the hardest part of including a pet in your life. Don't let it discourage you from giving another deserving fur baby a good life even though it's hard to think about that right now. Also, don't second guess yourself on any part of this last year. It will drive you insane. Just know, you & Jez gave her the best life she could possibly have.
I can`t stop with it. I know its normal and there will be guilt, rational and completely irrational. I have to find a way to keep it at bay. Thanks for the support from a few days ago as well Princess L, I have been meaning to tell you that.
