or hold them or play with them. Love on em. You don't know how long you'll have them. My family lost our chocolate lab today. He was very precious, dear, and lively. He was just a puppy too.
Awww. *hugs* Loosing a pet is very sad. I lost my first pet by it being hit by a car. The second one ran away. The third one we had to sell, the fifth and fourth ones had to be put down. I'm lucky to still have my 6th, 7th, 8th pets for nine years running. v.v I hope your puppy has a good time in the afterlife. *hugs again*
I'm really sorry to hear that Very sad news. I'm going to go find my cat now. He 's gonna get a good hugging.
Sorry to hear that. I have two pet snakes. I love them very much. They are a lot of fun to hold and play with. I'd be very sad if they died.
That's rough. I lost my cat of 18 years not long ago, and it quite broke me up. *hugs* I had very bad luck with pets when I was young - lost my first four pet dogs, three pet turtles, and four pet hamsters, before I finally had a dog that stayed more than one year. Hope you don't have that kind of luck.
I haven't seen my big, black, poofy Chow Chow/Akita mix in over 4 years. He's about 16-17 years old now and outlived the standard. I likely won't see him before he dies, but I know he's lived a good life with much love and comfort that other animals do not get.
Allow me to go stroke my mouse. And by that I mean computer mouse. I'm so lonely. All jokes aside, sorry for your loss. The only pets I've ever lost were fishes and that's probably nowhere near the same.
Sorry to hear about that, it's amazing how much we can bond with our pets, the only downside is the stronger the relationship the harder it is to say goodbye. So I wholeheartedly agree, enjoy the time you have with your pets, I know I did. I lost my border collie just over six years ago now, he had to be put down due to cancer, wow that's a long time, it doesn't feel like that at all. I was only 2 years old when we got him as a few week old puppy. Still all these years later, every now and again I'll arrive home expecting him to come running up to me as he always did. It still doesn't quite feel like he's gone, but I guess that's what happens after growing up together, those fleeting moments are kind of nice in a way.
*gives his dogs huggiez* Losing a Pet is awful, One of my dogs has Cancer, and the doctor said she'd live for 2 more months... It's like.. 5 months later now, So this awesome food we're giving her seems to be miracle food. Sorry for you loss, Hope you feel better.
I'm so sorry for your loss, Lumina. I also know what it feels like to lose a pet. It really is akin to losing a close family member. At least it was for me. I had to put my cat of almost 14 years to sleep because she was suffering from near total kidney failure. This was in April of 2010. I was devastated. I know it wasn't considered the manliest thing, but I broke down and cried once I brought her back home in a pet coffin. Burying her in the yard was one of the hardest things I had to do. By some twist of "luck" (I use the term very loosely), I just so happened to be on a vacation from work when it happened. So I was fortunate enough that I was able to grieve without having to deal with the stress of work (not sure how keen they'd be on taking time off for the loss of a pet). I was an emotional wreck for almost the entire week, and even after that I was depressed for about a month after. I'd even have dreams about her. There are rare cases today when I still do. You see, to me, a pet is much more than just an animal that lives in your home. It becomes part of the family, and is as valued as a family member. That's how she was to me. She loved me for who I was, and never judged me. I was able to cuddle with her and enjoy her company after school and work. There was another thing that made her very special. Something that can never be duplicated, and that she was the only pet I'd ever have to see me grow up. She was given to me as a kitten in November of 1996. I was only 10 years old back then. So she saw me mature from a 10 year old child, all the way to a 23 year old adult (missed my 24th birthday by only a month). I haven't had a pet since her passing. Initially for emotional reasons, but now it's for other real-life reasons. However, I hope to have another cat someday. I read something that was posted in the vet's office in the room they put me in when I was spending my last moments with my cat: There is a bridge connecting Heaven and Earth called the Rainbow Bridge. When a pet dies, the pet goes to this place. There is always food and water and warm spring weather. The old and frail animals are young again. They play all day with each other. There is only one thing missing. They are not with their special person who loved them on Earth. So each day, they run and play until the day comes when one suddenly stops playing and looks up! The nose twitches! The ears are up! The eyes are staring! And this one suddenly runs from the group. When you and your special friend meet, you take him into your arms and embrace. Your face is kissed again and again and you look once more into the eyes of your trusting pet. Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together. Never again to be separated. - Author Unknown. I'm not a religious person or anything like that, but I certainly hope that place exists.
I'm sorry for your loss, pets are like family members. I always cried when mine passed away. I had a long lived cat as well. She was from a litter from my grandmother's cat. She was born about a year before me, so she always had seniority over me. Just a regular brown tabby that exemplified everything feline about being a cat. She was an indoor cat, but she ruled the house. I also had two dobermans when I was little too. She stood up to both of them. *I'm going to make myself cry here talking about my old pets now, hold on* Our cat was above having a name, she was "Cat" and she liked it that way. Right before I went off to college, she had a bad tooth infection and just laid around the house not doing anything. I convinced my parents to have the vet just pull all the teeth that were infected (only turned out to be like 2 of them) instead of putting her down and after she recovered from that she was like a kitten again, she was about 19 years old at the time. She started running and jumping all over the house again and terrorizing the other dogs we had. She hung around for about 3 more years after that and finally left us after 22 wonderful years. I'll never have a cat as great as she was again. I miss her still and it's been over a decade since she passed. I'm not going to talk about the other pets I had or I'll really get sad. Those tales will be told in their time.
I (by "I" I mean by Grandparents)lost my first dog from cancer, my cousins have had a number of dogs, a few were vicious, one ran away, and one had a heart attack, but it seems now, they have the perfect dog which will be with them for a good while. I (and again, by "I" I mean my Grandparents) have two cats, which I see everyday when I'm at their house, the gentle one, Oilslick, is gentle and likes to be around people, and then Grace, who is more secretive, but will grow fond of you if you're around her alot (she still hasn't seemed to grow fond of me though :/). I wish I was able to be around them right now (had to move in with my dad a few hundred miles away) but I still love them anyway. The amount of times I see a squirrel carcasses tossed across the back lawn, it never gets old. I love my cats and wouldn't trade them for any other pet in the world.
This is true, you never really know what you have until it's taken from you. I don't have many animals, but the ones that I do have I love dearly. Hell, at times I'll be petting my cat while falling asleep and a thought will rush into my mind, "How will I react when this animal leaves me?" I honestly tear up a little bit, I've raised every animal I've owned (With the one exception) from a baby. It's always hard to see them go. So yes, treat your animals right, give them the attention that they seek, because one day they'll return the favor. I know I've overused this quote, but this is again one of those times where it comes in handy. Don't frown because it's over, smile because it happened. -Dr. Seuss
