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Just found a picture of my Newf, and remembered having recently contributed to this thread. :) Just sharin' some Newfie love :) |
:stillheart:http://i48.tinypic.com/29zrj0n.jpg:stillheart: Today Gaige lost her little dog, Holly, and my heart goes out to her. Gaige rescued Holly, and gave her more years of love, health and happiness than she could have gotten anywhere else. I truly wish that I could be there today, to give my strong butch a much needed hug. |
When Desd and I got home from the reunion the wonderful guy that was pet-sitting for our babies, Phoebe Gracie Juliet and Jasmine, was worried our older Cat Jasmine was not doing well she had been her normal sweet self the day before but now just laying in her bed.. Jas was 17 years old had a kidney disease and her time had come so I sat with her let her know mama was home and I loved her I called Goose and goose said good by to her and Jasmine drifted off to a better place.. I miss my sweet monkey butt cat she was with me through all the tough times my confidant a loving sweet baby.. :rrose: I miss her every day
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I lost my cat Cleo a few years ago and I still cannot get over it. I miss him so much that it hurts at times. I miss the way he'd look at me or the way he just knew what I was thinking. I had him for around ten years. He was on my father's bed when my father passed. Always thought that some of my father went into Cleo. Because after my father died, Cleo's behavior just was different.
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My Bishon Frise Baby died of heart failure two years ago today. She was the dearest, sweetest dog. I still miss her terribly.
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Mister Brown
Not a day goes by that I don't love & miss my Charly Brown. We were together over fifteen years and it will be two years this August that he left this world. I still don't know how to 'be' without him and I'm kind of thinking I never will.
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I was so moved by this thread today. I hear so much of what people do to hurt each other...its so nice to hear of how we restore ourselves thru our pets.
I see another newf lover is on this site. I have had newfs for the past two decades. I love my newfs and only adopt senior ones. I like them 7 years or older. These are hard to place by the rescues. No one wants to get invested and then lose them quickly...but I have never regretted any day I spent with my newfs and think the ones I have with them far outweigh the days I missed with them. My old guy is 11 years old..he is a bronze newf, Bourbon. You can tell how old he is by the way he rises up, or how he coughs But not by how he licks my face or body slams me when i walk in the door. I cant imagine him not being in a home where he gets to be someone's special Someone. For all of you who have recently lost a pet, I am so sorry. They opened your heart and now that they are gone, it feels empty..but thats not true at all. Once a heart is opened to love, its there to love again...when time is right, let another one find a place there..... |
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In Memory of Holly Lee
It’s been a little over a week since my dog Holly passed on. It was about 3 years ago on an early Saturday afternoon when I received a call from my parents. They had just headed out for the day when they came across a little dog wandering down the middle of a busy road near their house. After picking her up from the side of the road I was able to get her into the vet that same day. She was malnourished, had hair loss on her head and tail due to flea bites, had a yeast infection in her ears, bad teeth, mammary lumps, a lump on her side AND she was blind. The vet could only estimate her age as “ancient”. The flea problem and yeast infection were treated immediately but the dental and biopsy on the lumps had to wait until I fattened her up some. The lumps turned out to be cancer as did the lump on her side. She had the side lump and mammary chains removed and had her dental work. For the first 6 months or so she always walked around with her head down just as she did when I found her. As time passed she lifted her head and walked with confidence. She had a strong, independent personality. She didn’t NEED me but she liked having me around. I, on the other hand, was not long out of a long term relationship and she was just what I needed. I loved coming home in the morning to get a kiss or two from her. She was stingy with those kisses which made them even more special to me. Some mornings I didn’t get any but I still annoyed her with my kisses and hugs. I know secretly she loved it. I’m grateful for the time I had with her and I miss her. |
So sorry to hear of your losses. It's so hard to lose your best friend.
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Hang in there Gaige!!
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One year ago today, I lost my (tri color) Australian shepherd (Bailey). She was my first Aussie shepherd, the best dog that I ever had the pleasure of being "owned" by. I miss her and the way we were in sync with each other do not get me wrong I love the two dogs I have now.. I believe she had a heart attack and passed on with me by her side. She was loyal and loving to her last breath. P.S. Kind of funny how I stumbled on this thread exactly one year after her passing |
Dear Gage and Snack Time,I am so sorry for the huge loss you both suffered. When one of our beloved four leggeds leave us, a part of us leaves with them....but we are more complete because of their presence in our lives. If not for them, I do not think we humans would be tolerable on this earth. Our connections to our pets are perhaps the last final thread that connects us to the Whole, the universal spiritual connection.
Mourn, for that is but another form of love. Love to both of you... |
Gaige - I am so sorry for your loss! One day at a time, as they say. Be gentle with yourself as you grieve. If you need anything I'm right up the road, and I have my new rescue Foster for you to love on, when you need some love time!
SnackTime - I'm coming up on a one year anniversary of the loss of my wonderful Taylor Dane. My heart goes out to you. I still miss her with everything I have.... -Moonie |
Mr Moon, I am sorry for the loss of your dane, too. How sad. Truly sad.
I still miss my beloved Story, the landseer newfoundland, that I laid to rest a few years ago. She was my constant companion while I was in such horrific pain from my surgery and from lost dreams and failed loves. She carried me thru those years of mine and in return, I kept her safe and made her feel secure in her last two years with dementia. we loved them well, didnt we? |
Oh, this thread is so heartwrenching. :(
Gaige and SnackTime, I am very sorry for both of your losses and for how raw things must feel right now. I lost my beloved pet rabbit two years ago in April and he really was like a best friend. He was there in times when no one else was, and was too smart for his own good. He drove me freakin' batty trying to chew my apartment down, but he was also incredibly loving. He always knew when I was upset and would sit on my pillow and lick my tears. I still miss him and still have times of intense pain. It catches me by surprise, actually. He died in a fire when I was moving into a new apartment. I moved him in the day before we would be moving the large furniture because I was trying to protect him from being in the way and possibly getting hurt. Unfortunately, my new apartment burned down that night. I have horrific guilt about that and even though I logically know it's not my fault I still question myself over what if I had done something differently he would still be alive and wouldn't have had to die like that alone and scared in a new place. God, I hate it so much. I think people who don't own pets can never understand just how real that connection of love and friendship is. Big, big hugs to everyone in this thread. :stillheart: |
ccb you have me missing my buns. I'm so sorry for your loss. I can only imagine how horrible that must have been.
I lost my bonded pair of buns last year, less than 2 months apart. I miss them very much. They were such sensitive little buns, and so sweet on each other. Buttercup was the first to pass, from stasis, and Parsley shortly followed her, with an inoperable abscessed tooth, caused by malocclusion. He had done so well, for so long, having his teeth filed down once every 2 months. He had many more years in this world, because I was so diligent about his vet visits. I just don't feel like I had enough time with them. Though, it never does feels like enough time... https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...57364547_n.jpg This photo was from one of their first "dates". Parsley is on the left, and Buttercup the right. |
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ladies,I am friends with a woman who runs a buns rescue. I bought one of her HellBuns tshirts as a fundraiser. I love what she does...rescues these pitiful creatures who many just dont understand arent LIVESTOCK.
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Just a few days ago I was looking at photos of my beloved Bailey, baby dawg. We had to put her down in Jan. 2012. She was 13 years old. I loved her very much, still do. That dog was different from any other animal I had in my life. She just made me light up on the inside and so many others too. I would always get stopped by people to comment on what a beautiful dog she was. She loved people and other dogs but Bailey was a shy one with humans she did not know, yet.
My heart goes out to all of you here and thank you for making it safe for others like me to share my still lingering grief over the loss of my baby dawg. |
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My friend got me involved with Bunny Advocates, my bun Parsley came from one of their foster homes. You're right Miss Tia, people do thing think of them as livestock, even though Bunny Advocates repeatedly goes in to train people in bunny care, and in how to screen potential bun parents, nothing has changed. |
Oh Greyson, Bailey sounds like she so much like my sweet newf,Joey. Every single person he met, told me he had changed them somehow. There was something inside,within him, that touched something within each of us. It became such a phenomena that we called him the Buddha Dog.
It makes me believe that there are beings on this earth, that carry the Light stronger than others. We all do, but some exude it more purely than the others. And somehow they do so in mass appeal. Your Bailey surely was one of them. And Hollylane, our local rabbit rescue does alot of education too. They also use social networking to post photos of these buns in adorable pictures, so people have different images of buns other than in wire cages at county fairs. Speaking of livestock, even livestock need to be handled with care and appreciation. We have lost our connection with our food sources. We buy it in plastic and cardboard.. Rarely do we connect with the animals that feed us, therefore, we allow the meat industry to do inhumane things to slaughter animals. I was raised by a farmer, who tenderly cared for his livestock, named them, played with them in the open fields, and come the day they were to go to auction, would spend time with them, thanking them for feeding his family. We knew the animals that fed us and instead of grossing us out, made us appreciate our meals and taught us to not objectify our food. Breathing animals gave their lives for us. Food chain, yes, bottom line. But it was a sacred lesson my father taught us.... sorry for off topic/on topic chat. Hugs to everyone with losses... question....has anyone NOT adopted a new pet after the loss of their pet? Was the loss that huge that you just could not do it again? |
It has been a sad and sudden farewell to the Enchanting Dog
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Left, you lost a dog? I am so sorry....
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I still get weepy thinking about my babycat who left me in 2008. I Got him when he was 3 weeks old and was his Mama for the next 18 years. I miss him still though I have 2 new babies ... who though they are their own brand of wonderful will never replace my Robcat. <3 to all mourning fur kids.
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my ex and i rescued a dog from the Humane Society a few years back. He was a wired haired terrier mix of some kind. Small little guy about 6 yrs old or so.. Out of all the animals in the shelter, he was the only one who just sat still and watched me. Didn't bark nor jump around. I got down on my knees in front of his pen and looked at him and whispered hello and he just sat there and tilted his head and wagged his tail a little bit. i reached my hand up to the door of the pen to let him sniff and he lightly licked my hand and i was hooked. We adopted him that day. i named him Scrappy cause he was so unkempt looking and it just fit. After we brought him home, i was petting him and loving on him, and looked at his face head on and realized he had no upper front teeth and his bottom jaw was cocked to the side a little. What horror when i realized that this poor sweet lil guy was kicked hard enough in the head.. or something to cause that kind of damage..
He was my lil guy.. we bonded more than i have ever bonded with another animal. He was my shadow. i won him in my divorce with my ex( like he could have taken Scrappy from me) and Scrappy was with me and my daughter for another two years. When my daughter and i had to move from Arkansas to Seattle, i knew that would have been too hard on Scrappy, so i left him with an elderly lady who had grown quite attached to him.. It was the hardest thing i ever had to do. I found out about a yr later... he had to be put down due to just being too sick. i will never forget him, nor will i ever be as close and love another animal as much as i did Scrappy. my puppy(Peaches) that i have now, runs a close second .. i miss Scrappy as much now as i did 4 years ago. http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...g?t=1367966284 |
Just when you think you're doing so well.....
This was the first anniversary of Taylor's passing....and I tried my best to ignore that fact and thought if I didn't think about it, it would pass.... Work drama from my total dysfunctional asshat boss was the biggest it could have been this week......everyone was anxious. I came home anxious and even my new beautiful boy rescue, Foster Grant (almost 2 years old) could feel the anxiety. I kept trying. I remained calm and had a pretty decent day today, even with the continued work drama. I came home early, and realized I had given Foster a bath and he needed more brushing to take care of his shedding...I knew I had brushes that I hadn't removed that were used with baby Taylor Dane....I used one before with Mr. Foster..so I thought I'd clean the other of her hair, zip lock it in a baggie...... Am I stupid??? I lost it, big time! OMG...it had been so long since that stabbing grief had hit my heart like that. Holy crap. I'm just sitting now...figured posting and letting this out might help. Foster Grant curled up and let me cry.....kissed my tears.....Love HIM! but I still feel like my heart has been ripped apart. It takes sooo long..... I hope you all are doing well. -Moonie |
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My vet cut a lock of my Bishon's hair for me when she died. She died April 19th, 2011 and I will always keep it. It also is in a Baggie. I will always miss her. My GF said she is my forever dog and that she is, and always will be. My cock-a-poo passed August 6th, 2011, so another anniversary is coming up soon. We will never forget any of our fur-loves. |
Mare and I lost our beloved Ember a couple of weeks ago. It was beyond heartbreaking. Mare's composure with most things always fascinated me, but with this loss, She no doubt lost it. I guess I have always known that when that day came, I had to be the one who kept it together. It was rough.
Ember was the sweetest orange cat I have ever known. In fact, he changed my opinion about orange cats after seducing me with his lovable charm. He was feisty when you irritated him (and of course, I had to poke that tiger on occasion), but for the most part, he was the most lovable feline I have ever come across. The house isn't the same without him. I still grieve the loss of my Charlie and Shaolyn. Even though they died years ago, my heart still hurts knowing I lost the two best-est friends I have ever had. They've been with me through thick and thin, and when I lost them, a little piece of me went with them. Now, a little piece of me left with Ember. |
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So, no. You are not being stupid. I will never forget my Basie Boy, and at times I still find myself feeling that utter and complete sense of loss. |
Thanks everyone for your honest and...well raw (?) responses. Maybe I'm the one who feels raw, who knows.
I have all Taylor's things still out, some in baggies (I am preserving her smell....which is part of what happened with the hair...I took a wiff..oy). I have her two favorite toys out next to her wooden urn....Holly - one is a small Raven's football. :) I used to take her toy every day and kiss her box with it, just like we used to do kissie face with it...she loved that. This all will sound pretty awful to people who have no clue what we all are going through with the loss of our babies. (I still do kissie face sometimes LOL) My new pup Foster is very tolerant of all this, like he knows....but he's a special boy and senses everything....which is good and bad ;) Thanks for the safe space to write and read. I have come and read all your stories, not often in the last year because it dredged up my horrible grief, but I have read them. I think we're all special people to allow these special loving animals in our hearts and souls.... That would make me smile on some days I guess. Bless you all, really, and thanks again for being here. -Moonie |
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We rarely let the cats outside, and when we do, they usually stay confined to the front porch with no desire to wander off. The day Ember died, Mare engulfed Herself in gardening to keep Her mind occupied. As She as working, a small tuft of Ember's hair was found in the tulips - an area where he never wandered. I told Her that was his way of letting Her know that he is with Her.
That tuft of hair and his collar is now encased in a small metal heart. A small memento of a cat who spent many years comforting Mare, especially when She couldn't sleep. Last night was one of those nights for Her. She was always able to hug him close and he willingly allowed it accompanied with loud purrs. Ember was extra special to Mare because She got him at a time when he needed to be bottle fed. He was literally Her baby. I'll miss the nights "arguing" with him about getting off my pillow because it was my bedtime. Or, park himself on my side of the bed and look at me with those big, soulful eyes guilting me every time I had to move him along. He was certainly royalty in this house and he will be an incredibly hard act to follow. |
an online friend of mine just lost her 14 year old newf..she passed a few days ago. I spent years reading her stories about her newf, and felt like I knew the dog so well. I wept when I read of her passing. I look at my old boy, who at 9-10 years of age, is older than he should be. He will not make 14. I will be lucky if I get another year from him.
how do they get so entrenched in our hearts and lives? even from afar...even in a short amount of time. Our lives remain forever touched. But thank heavens they do! I could not imagine my life without the love of these incredible beings... |
This is dedicated to my sweet, kind, and good, Norweigan Elkhound -Thor. 1998-2007 You were my last dog my beautiful young man. I am coming home soon my beautiful son, and we will be happy together forevermore.:praying:
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I'm missing my sweet baby so much. I keep her urn very close.
It's been almost a month since I lost her and I still cry every day; some days only light tears come and other days bring unbridled sobbing. Today it is the latter. She hasn't come to say goodbye to me yet, but I feel her presence around me now. And I don't want her to go. |
Dear Smile...I feel for your grief. I remember putting my beloved Joey to sleep..a big old newfie...and it took me two years before I stopped crying. In time, I did stop. But only when I was ready.
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I placed a link to a photo if anyone is interested. lol, she was annoyed with me for disturbing her nap in this picture. The file is too large to be uploaded to the gallery here; I just tried. My bed was more hers than my own and now it just feels super empty without her. She was such a bossy cat; I actually miss her pushing me around! She used to swat at this little ornament I had hanging around my doorknob [knowing that the sound irked me] whenever she wanted to be let out. It worked every time. She was too smart for my own good and had me trained like a pet seal to do her bidding. lol |
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