A Very sad day for me

I am so sorry to read about your loss. Adek sounds like he was an exceptional friend.

 

I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Pets really can become a family member. We have lost many cats and have held them as the went to sleep for the last time. My wife wrote a great poem that may help you a little at this time. I will try to attach it to this post.

 

I'm sorry to hear about your loss!

 

You sound as if you've been a good companion for HIM all these years. Give yourself a hug in the knowledge that you made his life the best it could be.

 

sorry to hear about your loss, he will be much happier & he'll look down on you and protect you from afar

 

I am so sorry for your loss.

I have been there.

Go ahead and cry.

I still do, three years later. It's especially hard on the anniversary of his death.

As odd as it sounds, you're lucky you could be there for him.

You did the right thing. You acted out of love. And there is no greater act of love than to let go. You put his welfare first and that is the noblest of deeds.

Cry. It's a natural part of grieving. And dog owners understand that the bond goes beyond owning a pet. They are family.


My forever dog, Caesar.

"I will always love you."

 

Brian-
so sorry for your loss.
I have always wondered why God gives us these wonderful friends that we have have for such a short time...
He will be remembered..
Barb

 

Brian, I am sorry to hear about the loss of your "family" member.
I too had lost a dog due to a medical condition, it is very hard to get over , but as they say time does heal the pain. It just takes a long time and we never forget the times we had with them. They truley are best friends most of the time.
You have my sympathy

 

Although I'm currently a cat owner, my pets in the first half of my life were all dogs (Springer Spaniel, Irish Setter, Golden Retriever). I still miss them when I think of them, although it's been so long now the memories make me smile rather than cry. I sometimes still run into them in dreams, and wake up in a good mood. It gets better, but time is the only medicine in this case. My condolences--Scott

 

I am sorry for your loss. One of my dogs got hit by a vehicle last year and died (this was in Sri Lanka), and I wasn't even there to say goodbye. It's always difficult to cope with such a loss.

 

BT Tech

Your message made me tear up. I have two (white) German Shepherd (3 yrs and 6 months) and I love them to death. They are family and my best companions. I know I will have to someday (years from now) make the same decision as you did. Every time I think about it I cry. It's one of my biggest fear.

It has been shown that loosing a dog brings as must sorrow as any other family member. So it's ok to morn! I hope Cappo, your family and you can cope with this!

You are in my thoughts!

/Robert

 

aww, i'm so sorry. losing a pet is very hard under any circumstances, but at least he went peacefully with his lifelong pal by his side to comfort him. i'm sure he wouldn't have chosen any other way.

 

I am so very sorry for your loss. You loved Adek until the end and gave him the gift of loving him enough to let him go.

I had to make the same decision for my Tigger four years ago. He was my orange boy from the moment he was born and was 20 1/2 when I let him go. Holding him while he went to sleep was without a doubt one of the hardest and most heart wrenching things I have ever been through. You don't ever forget, but it does get easier. I just had a dream about Tigger a few nights ago. He was young again and racing around the yard.

Adek will always be with you...

 

Many of us have had the unfortunate experience of being in your shoes. It never gets any easier. I completely understand as I am 48 and have been through many pets in my life but a couple of them stand out...

One, a cat named unimaginatively "Snoopy" when I was a child who followed me around like a dog was lost when I was 12. I still miss that cat.

A bird I had in college... My first bird... Named something not allowed to say in this board but it started with S and ented with T.... This bird, an english budgie, learned to speak and say things like "pretty boy" "cheeseburger", and "cutie pie", along with a few unmentionables. He liked to drink budweiser from the rim of the can and would chirp on my cb radio in the car (I was pretty redneck back then). I buried him behind my mom's house on the bank of the Kennebec River. I had him for seven years and one day I got home from work and he was feet up in his cage and the hallway smelled like paint (the landlord used pilfered lead based paint to paint the hall).

I had plenty of pets after that but now I have a four year old english budgie (my first budgie since S..T), and he and I take car rides together, take showers, and he has even been on an airplane in a flexible chest cage... Fortunately he is healthy and listening to tunes in the next room as I write but birds are very fragile and I certainly dread the day when he goes to the great seed dish in the sky.

We become very attached to our pets. The best thing we can do to honor them is when we are ready... I repeat... When we are ready... To find another creature who tugs at our emotions and invite them to be part of the family.

 

A hug from me too, Brian. In time, the happy memories will overpower the tears.

 

{{{{hug}}}}
We had to say goodbye to a beloved cat two years ago. It was hard.
Don't be surprised at the upwelling of emotion, when it comes.

 

awwwwwwwwwww i'm so sorry..... i know how hard it is to lose a furbaby......