Beautiful. I am so sorry for your loss. Angels appear in the form of other humans.
See, that right there tells me that you are not destined for heaven.
Blogpimps all burn in hell, it's true.
Post your whole piece here and try for redemption.
Good for you.
Ignore the resident curmudgeons.
I lost one beloved kitty after 18 years and her sister after 25 years. It is years later and I (and Mrs. FD) still grieve.
-Martin Luther
Since God has mercy on the wicked too I expect to see quite a large pack of Pit Bulls making it over the River Styx.
I have suffered a grievous loss and it was about 4 years ago. I have prayed and prayed and nothing has gotten any better. Why for her puppy would God send relief and for mine none?
We lost 2 pets prematurely. Both dogs around 7 years old. One had cancer, the other developed dialated cardiomyopathy.
Unexpectedly fast and young deaths. Previously we had our first dog live to 14, unusually old for a doberman.
The dialated cardiomyopathy was especially heartbreaking. One day the dog coughed, and suspecting something stuck in his throat, we went to have him scoped. The vet x-rayed him first and found his lungs nearly filled with fluid from heart disease. Even if he needed a scope put down his throat,he was too ill to have that done. The cough was fluid in his lungs.
We went from a dog with a 24 hour old cough, to a death sentence in a few seconds of that diagnosis.
We did the heroic medications route and spent a lot of money. He rebounded for 4 months and then the meds were no longer effective.
That dog was a doberman rescue dog. We got him when he was 2. We used the rescue again and within a month of his death, we adopted a mix breed dog (half doberman).
That was 2 years ago. We have our 6 year old doberman who we raised, and this wonderful adopted dog of unknown age.
We have always had 2 dogs. When one goes, we grieve the loss, and find a needy dog at a rescue.
There are rescues for every breed imaginable. Our rescue takes in all breeds, not just the doberman. They even have cats and kittens to adopt. They keep their pets until they are adopted, no matter what, no matter the cost if the dog is ill or has special requirements.
I donate to their cause, to help the dogs they have until they are placed in homes.
October 31, 1988, I held my friend and guard dog of 11 years while the vet injected the fatal dose...would not hurt the dog, he said, I still doubt that, but some of these animals never leave their special place in your life...and so it is nearly 24 years later...alas...
Had to put our little dog down yesterday. She was 14, but this was still rather sudden. Miss her so much. This was the second dog we had to put to sleep in six months. Sigh.
My heart hurts.
Thanks for the article. I don’t care about whether it was posted completely or not, how silly for people to complain.
BFL