Christmas came early

Ive been in a bit of a state for the past couple of days because my dog died on Thursday, so my OH decided to try to cheer me up by giving me my Christmas present early, am now the owner of a lovely vinyl/cd/tape player with radio. Can't really say it has made up for the dog but it was a sweet thought anyway. Some of yo u may remember me going on about my dogs in the past (Newfoundlands) and it was the oldest one , Sam, who passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly, I miss him so much it physically hurts.

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Christmas came early

I had my dog put to sleep last week, she was 17 yr old, had cancer for 4 yrs, i know how your feeling, im completely lost without her.

 

 

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so very sorry to hear that Martin, I know the pain will ease in time but at the moment it hurts like crazy. The stupid bit is that my other Newfi is poorly and we expected to lose her this week, then suddenly Sam went - I just cant make sense of it. I tried so hard to save him but couldn't so am angry at myself for not knowing how to help him. Hope the pain eases a bit for you soon

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Sorry to hear your going through a rough time, i tried everything also, cost £1000's in vets bills trying to keep her going over the last 4 years, i had to make the decision to have her put to sleep, feel really guilty for doing it, i except she had to go she was very poorly, but i still feel really bad for doing it..
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you did so well keeping her going for four years, all creit to you for a) keeping her going and b) loving her enough to help her when the time came, you put her well being before your pain and that is real love. we had no warning, just a sudden huge haemmorhage and close to death when the vet got here, we tried so hard to stem the bleeding but there was just so much, vet suspected it was a tumour, the scene is haunting me at the moment.

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Knowing how much you and Jim love your fur babies Myra, I know how much pain you both will be feeling right now but I hope you can find some comfort in knowing both of them could not have had a better family to fill their lives with love, warmth and affection.

You should feel no remorse in being unable to help Sam when his time came to visit Rainbow Bridge because even if you were a vet you could have done nothing other than help him go there.

Remember he is now playing happily at Rainbow Bridge with Suzie and Benny just waiting on the day when we will all be reunited with our fur babies.

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thank you John, we had towels trying to stem the flow and I was screaming down the phone to the vet telling her to hurry , yet again I think I proved I am no lady with some of the language! went and paid the bill today which was nowhere near as expensive as I thought it would be, in fact far cheaper than it was for Skye. As Sam passed I told him to look for Benny, and I know my friend (human) who recently passed will look after Sam until I get there. Wish Easter would hurry up and come!

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It's a dark time of year, allowing dark feelings to simmer

 

The grief at the loss of a pet is hard to endure; I'm so sorry for these losses

 

Our first dog was 17 when we had to make 'the decision' & I felt awful with it too, & we miss him so much still

 

You never forget pets - they are family

 

We still talk about the various hamsters we had when the children were small

 

Perhaps we simply have naughty pets who rack up tales you can laugh about in hindsight - but not at the time!!!!!

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