My wife came in and woke me up saying Katie our Basset Hound was gone. In my sleepy stupper I said to where? She was crying hysterically she's gone. Poor old Katie was known for her long walks and she's been a little under the weather lately so I threw on a pair of pants and my shoes to go get her at 530 this morning. My wife said you don't understand she gone she in the family room. I step up my game and said are sure? I scambled up the stairs and soon as I saw her I knew. My wife was babbling that she just came in and rolled over to get her morning belly rub and her head went down slowly and she stopeds beathing. I made some calls and found a great place in Manasquan to do the interning. I placed her in the Ex and made the trip down. It was a long quiet ride home. I figured I help and vacuum the house and tidy up for my wife as she was a total basket case due to the fact that she rescued her and nursed her back to health when I didn't think she would last a week. As I was vacuuming her white hairs off the maroon carpet as I usually do I realized it would be the last time I would have to do it, I totally lost it. The rock broke and I haven't stopped. Life is short, pets lives are even shorter. I never thought I'd be this upset, even after losing dogs in the past that where by my side all the time. This one really hurts.......

 

Sorry to hear Bill...
my heart goes out to you and your wife, it really sucks!

 

sorry to hear about your pup Bill. they become like members of the family after awhile... its sad when they go.. but if theyve had health issues theyre sometimes better off than suffering..

 

Ahhh man, That really hurts. I have had a dog all my life (different ones of course) I currently have two, I have had to have the last two put down do to different health issues. The rest didn't seem to handle traffic and the such too well. Anyway, my point is I seem to get more attached to them the older I get. I also find I like dogs much better than most people I meet now days. My heart goes out to you and your wife....Who ever said dog was mans best friend didn't take the life expectancy into consideration. I'll have at least one by my side when I cross over just the same. The time we have with them seems to out weigh the heart ache when we part.

 

Sorry to hear this. My condolences to you and your wife.

 

Very sad news and I'm sorry to hear this.

 

Sorry to hear that Bill, dogs are so tough to let go.
Our last one, who lived a good long life, I rode around with for 10 minutes before I had the guts to drop her off at the vet to say good bye because of a twisted gut, then had to go back in to get her collar that I forgot to take off making it that much worse seeing those sad eyes one last time.
Healing be with you and the Mrs.

 

All I can say is sorry bro. Been there and will be again but it never gets any easier . 😢

 

Sorry.....I have had dogs all my life and each was special in their own way as yours was.

 

Sorry to hear Bill, I know you and your wife's love of animals.

Les and I have taken a break from dogs after Ralph and Teaser passed, it's damn hard loosing part of the family.

 

I feel ya brother. Pets add alot of value to a family. My wife and I had to put our first dog Lulu down a few years back. We had her before we had kids. I really didn't know I cared that much about a dog but I did. I would wood work in the back yard. She would grab a scrape piece of wood and pull it apart until she had a pile of splinters around her. Needless to say after many many years of whittling with her teeth, she hardly had any when she passed.

Sorry to it hear that man. They'll be missed.

 

Thanks guys, I never broke like this before. I don't know how it happened or why. I just fell apart. ImI just glad it was quick, maybe that why it hurt so bad cause it was totally unexpected. I'm still have trouble processing it. Time will pass and things will get back to a semi normal state around here.

 

 

 

Bill sorry to hear about your loss of a family member.

I can say from resent experiences that knowing that your going to loose a pet and having time or loosing the pet quickly hurts the same.
April 17, 2017 was the day I lost Tetsu. Then about 8 months Mokkun passing Dec 20 was hard and there was very little warming. The pain
still finds a way in when I think about some of the fun and funny things they would do.

The loss hurts. Pets also feel loss when there human passes on. The bond is a real thing and if it did not hurt that we would not be the
caring people that we are. The times that you hurt are a good time to remember the good things that came from the friendship.