Post by: M_ray on May 02, 2009, 01:22:59 AM
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Post by: ICEMAN on May 02, 2009, 10:08:06 AM
We started a diary on our computer when we laid our dog down. Each day myself, wife or the kids would add a thought to it....how we missed "lucky", or how we felt that moment. A great way to express yourself, and share with others. A great thing to read later.
Take care.
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Post by: M_ray on May 02, 2009, 12:03:39 PM
He was also getting very grumpy with the kids and their friends which was not like him at all, when he was younger he loved all kids so much he used to go greet them all as they came off the school bus! I allways said it was just and excuse to lick the peanutbutter off their faces!!! :chuckle: Unfortunately it is the harsh reality of having a pet :'( Thanks again guys.
Post by: Jerbear on May 02, 2009, 12:51:14 PM
Jerry & Cathie Wilson
Post by: washingtonmuley on May 02, 2009, 12:53:21 PM
Sorry about your buddy. That is probably the hardest thing I have ever had to do.
Take care
Post by: Sportfury on May 02, 2009, 05:44:54 PM
Sorry to hear for your loss. How are the kids doing? I know it is probably as hard on them as it is on you. Let me know if you need anything. Family first.
Chris
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Post by: RPM on May 02, 2009, 09:38:13 PM
I feel for ya Mark.me too :(
Post by: bigdave on May 03, 2009, 04:18:01 PM
Sorry for your loss. Lost my lab this last January. Still not ready for another yet. Prayers are with you. Remember the good times.
Dave
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Post by: M_ray on May 03, 2009, 10:40:43 PM
M_ray,
Sorry to hear for your loss. How are the kids doing? I know it is probably as hard on them as it is on you. Let me know if you need anything. Family first.
Chris
Thanks for that Chris but I think only time will help at this point. The girls miss him and have cried alot and Koko is looking for him and misses him too ... I guess Koko is getting spoiled now! :)
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Post by: M_ray on May 04, 2009, 04:27:51 PM
Mark that sucks, I knew this day was coming but didn't realize it had happened. That's one of the hardest thing to have to do. I'll give you a call later. When I think of Jake I'll always remember the fun he always had in the backyard with his blanket :chuckle: Don't know if that helps, but remember the good times.
Thanks Tom I know you had to do it with Babe a couple of years ago but i never knew how hard it would be. Yeah even though he was fixed you couldn't tell him that ... he took it out on that blanket for years! :chuckle:
Post by: Wenatcheejay on May 12, 2009, 11:42:11 AM
I can hardly see through my tears... today I sent my best friend of years and years
somewhere he had to go, where pain and sickness he won't have to know.
He's been with me ever since he was a pup... today I've had to give him up.
He was sick, we both knew it and I wouldn't put him through it.
Thinking back to the day my wife brought him, I told her then that I didn't want him...
"Noise and mess and bills to pay!" - I can't believe I felt that way.
Didn't know that in the end, he would be my dearest friend.
Didn't know that he would be the greatest gift that came to me.
How did one like me deserve a friend who wanted just to serve?
What was there that made him love me, with nobody else above me?
When I looked into his eyes, never did he criticize,
never did he hold a grudge, never did he try to judge.
Recently, an anxious day. "How come you don't want to play?"
Took him to the vet to see what might be wrong with my "puppy".
Worse by far than I expected, fatal illness was detected.
Nothing much that we could do but keep him comfy til he's through.
Back at home I tried to tell him of the bad luck that befell him
All I could see in his eyes was wondering why his master cries.
I don't think he understood - his eyes just asked "Wasn't I good?"
"How come now I make you sad? Let me kiss and hug you, dad!"
Two last weeks I had to try to find a way to say goodbye.
In that time I told him more than I ever had before
just how much I loved my pup, how it hurt to give him up.
How though gone, he'd always be inside my heart, a part of me.
Then today was no mistaking, I made the decision, my heart was breaking.
I called and asked the vet to come by - I didn't have to tell him why.
He arrived in a while and asked "Are you ready?" I sighed, I nodded, I felt so unsteady.
Got down on the floor by my boy who was dying, and I just didn't care if the vet saw me crying.
As my pup slipped away, the last things he felt were the kisses and hugs of his master who knelt
On that "blankie" beside him to bid him goodbye, who had just one more minute to tell him, to try
to say thanks to his boy for a lifetime of love...."Dear God, let me see him in heaven above!
But for now Lord, please hold him, watch over his rest...
if he wakes in Your arms tell him I love him best."
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Durham, NC
Post by: M_ray on May 12, 2009, 11:55:37 AM
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