Rosebud said:

She looks exacty like my dog I owned twelve years ,a cross poodle called Lulu she also got hit by a car I was absolutely devastated when it happened . She also had a red collar

I know exactly how you feel:hug:

she was a miniature toy poodle for the most part.. a bit rough lookin in that pic..

and she was making her 'doofus face'

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johnart said:

peb319 said:

..it happened Saturday night, Sept. 25,2010..

This little Angel...

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got away from me..

i let her out in the fenced yard just after 7pm...

and 20 minutes later, when she didn't come when i called, i went looking..

she's never gone out of the yard, never left it even with the gate open

i will never know why she did..it might be she saw the neighbors..it might be someone walking up the road coaxed her out...

i found her tracks in the sand in the road that went to the next door neighbors..this is where i thought she was,and starting calling her name again..the neighbor heard and asked what was happening and then started helping me look for her..i found more tracks goin up the other direction and followed them to a spot where she had stood... 2 little prints next each other..

my neighbor looks out across the highway from there, and sees her...

the rest i wont even tell my mother..

because it was her doggie..

i can still see her playing the towel game after her bath

and picking the little pillow shaped morsels out of her food bowl cuz she liked those best

and her pop out gremlin ears everytime she would roll over so you could rub her belly

and the little happy dance that was performed even when it was only me coming home

it's gonna be a while....

feel free to post your angels..

no matter where they are now...

here..or somewhere....

Oh Peb I'm so so sorry.

We've had a few angels. It never gets any easier.

Orion was the hardest to get over because he was the last of our "original pack". He was born in our first home only weeks after we'd moved in. He was an amazing amazing boy and I tear up just typing this.

When he was just a tiny 2 month old baby:

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This was after we discovered he had severe bone cancer (he was 9), we had a bday party for him. The painkillers became less effective a few weeks later and we knew it was time to let him go.

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Right before him (months) we lost Roxy (our first St. Bernard). She was now an old gal and had kidney faliure.

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Amadeus (Orion's brother) we had to put down at a fairly young age. He and Orion would sometimes fight when they were young and he caught his lower jaw in Orion's collar, dislocating it in the fight. This makes it impossible for the dog to eat or even drink and it even affected his eye. There is very little that can be done in that case that doesn't involve a life with feeding tubes. We just couldn't do that to a dog that loved to run and play and be rambonctious.

Bella (Orion and Amadeus' mom) rottie/lab mix and our very first rescue died of liver issues. She was a sweet sweet loving girl.

Dior (our first basset) was vicious and violent (bit everyone in the family and Ron even had to get stitched up from one of the attacks). We tried everything. His condition was not disclosed to us by the rescue and then they wouldn't take him back. We even tried to find a trainer who might take pity and take him in (though we were attached to him we could accept that maybe we were not the right people for him if it meant saving his life). Eventually after running out of options we had to put him down. We insisted that we be the ones to be with him because in spite of all the stress and bites we'd been the family he'd known the longest. It wasn't his fault. I wish that show DogTown had been on back then. We would have gladly driven him cross country to let him live out his days there.

you have many Angels John

Shanti0608 said:

Awwww so sorry for your loss!

This was my angel for 13 years. He was my constant companion through so many ups and downs.

Sept 17 was three years since I had to say goodbye to him.

I am thankful that I got to be there to comfort him in his last moments.

Thank you Willie~ I miss you!

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black curly fur..

looks familiar..

shes been a part of the family since she was 6 months old..

she was 8 years..

GetAwayFromMe said:

Number23 said:

GetAwayFromMe said: Mm. I'm pretty certain that scenario is unlikely - to say the least - but the thought does put a lump the size of a pineapple in my throat. Reading the inital poster's description of her dog playing with the towel after a bath did it too. Fucking heaetbreaking, really. Moves me more than any work of art.

Heyyy, it could happen. OK, seriously, I am not joking, there is a cat that I have seen and my daughter has seen running through my place. It's not one of my cats, it's kinda transparent, if you know what I mean. Funny thing is, it looks just like my cat Tigger from my childhood.

Seriously! Not joking in the least bit.

I won't even talk about the man I saw walking out of my bedroom in the middle of the night a few weeks ago.

and

3 nights later,(on tuesday night). i was sitting at the computer in the mid room, and my cat was on my lap..i saw a black blur run thru and past me towards the bathroom..thinking i was seeing things i looked again didnt see it..

and then i looked at the cat and she was looking in the direction it went too!!

and then she just stared down at the floor for about 30 seconds..diggin her nails into my leg..

she's been clingy since this happened..

i thought i was seeing things until i looked at the cat..

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and when it rains it pours..

my kitty of over 15 years...may have developed cancer

i may be updating later...im hoping for something good..

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. Losing a beloved pet is never easy.

Someone mentioned Rainbow Bridge. Here is the poem about it (I can never read this without crying. It makes me remember the cats that I have loved and lost).

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This is Christopher, a cat that my parents had, who lived to be about 14 years old. We had to have him put down, because the vet said that he was having mini-strokes. Also, he became blind and could not see anymore, poor thing. He was a great cat! Even though he's been gone for 18 years, I still miss him.

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These are two cats that I had, who are both gone now. Shadow (on the left) died at around 14 years of age due to kidney failure. Scooter (on the right) had to be put down, because the vet said that he had cancer. He lived to be 11 years old. He used to drag his hind legs when he would walk, which broke my heart! Because he could not move his back legs, that was how the cancer diagnosis came to be. He seemed to be in a lot of pain in the last few weeks of his life, so I couldn't let him go on suffering the way he was.

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thank you all..

she's still here but i know, its not going to be much longer...

i look at her and i know

at this point she doesnt seem to be in much pain, she's just not eating much at all..

many other kitties she has outlived..april would make her 16.. if she's still here..i had thought her moping around was from the doggie...

she's old i know, i would have rather have had it be she just didnt wake up one day or something.

now i know it wont be that way..

i most likely will have to do the one thing i never wanted to .

thank you all again for your thoughts and

for small update..

it is NOT cancer..

thank you all for your again..

but it is something that cant be avoided, old age..

still not eating much at all..

seems to like the evaporated milk..had quite a bit of that, the most i've seen her take in in days..

as long as she's not in pain( i went lookin for her yesterday and after an hour coldnt find her.. she was on the roof!!)

nothing i can do but let nature take it's course.

everyday i wake up and she's still here, is one more day to love her

gotta go now...

again

never did make it back in to say..

little kitty went away on December 18th, 2010 almost 3 months to the day that Krystal did..i think some of it was her missing the dog..

i woke up that morning ..and i KNEW..

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