The hardest thing about owning a dog
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| tears....for Lee and for Pearl, for when her time comes, I will be a mess too. |
| This broke my heart and I am still crying. For all of us who have been through thisthe memories are still there. I remember being with all but one of my dog during the end. I was pushed fast and hard, out of the room of the emergency clinic and wasn't allowed to be with Li'l Brittches until she was gone. She had fluid in her lungs and they couldn't save her. It still haunts me I wasn't able to get to her. They kept me away. I still miss them all. Abbey, Gracie and Oliver will all be 9 this year. I do make a big deal out of their birthdays... cake, presents and singing the happy birthday song every day until the cake is gone. Christmas is a very big deal as well. They know which stocking belongs to who AND they get toys and treats Christmas morning. Ages I try to ignore but I know at some point........... |
For the longest time, especially when we were still going on therapy visits, I would lie about Pearl's age too~~ I would make her 2 years younger than she really was and I would make a point of calling her a puppy...In my mind, I figured, if she thought she was younger and still a 'puppy'..she would somehow not age as quick.....   |
| I didn't watch because I knew the answer immediately.......it is truly the worst part of owning a pet. |
| We all know when we add a furbaby to our family that we have set ourselves up for this heartbreak. But the joys and love that we share in the lifetime before the heartbreak are irreplaceable - and absolutely unique. We don't remember "having a dog." We remember Max, and Nina, (and Sprockett, and Turtle, and Sir Montague, and Wiggins, and Fizzgig, and Parker, since I'm listing!) For me, that's what keeps the end from being completely unbearable. |
 sigh--that made me cry. Somehow when you read or hear of someones loss of the furbaby they love--it just brings the pain of each one we have lost back for a moment and it is so intense. And the dread.... |
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