Our fur baby

[Lady D]

The things we definitely are keeping of his is his collar, his two food bowls, and his paw print tennis ball I bought him. And probably his dog house of course. We had Sapphire's dog house for two years and I finally gave it to this man at church back in December who had just acquired a dog whose owner moved off and left it. It is a Jack Russell Terrier mix that he named Scooter. A sweet looking dog. And that owner needs to be beaten for moving off and leaving his dog. The man that has him now even called him and told him he had his dog and he never came for him. Didn't deserve him anyway. Even though I am sad over this empty house, without our fur baby, it will be long time before we can even think about another dog, maybe never. Especially after having to deal with cancer and diabetes in two dogs over a 3 year period. And the loss of them both. Mo's was the hardest loss because of what we had to do.

 

[Teresa]

So sorry about Mo...

Maybe we need to start a SoWal dog thread- like the Grayton Dog Wall. An official listing of our pets, their pics, and a special section for when they pass on.

jdarg - I was just catching up on this sad thread, thinking about how much we've all shared our beloved pets with one another on this board. we've shared happy stories, funny things, pictures, we've all shared advice on pet food, medicine, toys, etc. and we've shared the passing of many our family pets. I was thinking that it would be wonderful to have a thread to honor these sowal pets. and then I saw your post!!! we love our pets with all our hearts. why not dedicate a thread or two to them? want to get it started?

Lady D - I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your Mo. It will be hard getting used to a home without him. I'm glad you had him and gave him a happy and safe life, and I'm sure he gave you much happiness too! the very reason we keep dogs and pets in our lives... its always hard to let them go. I'm thinking of your family.

 

[Lady D]

Thanks Tootsie. I made sure I got out some today just to get away from the house. And I will be out a good bit of the day tomorrow as it is Easter and will be eating Easter lunch with family. My husband has to work tomorrow. Mo did give us much joy and he had a wonderful home and life with us for 13 years, as did his Momma Sapphire. She gave us the same joy. We chose not to come to the beach last summer as we did not want to board him away at the vet for 9 days due to how he acted two years ago when we brought him home after getting back from the beach. He howled downstairs in the basement every night for 4 nights after that and we had to bring him upstairs to sleep. That was the first time he had been boarded alone since his Momma's death. That is why we chose the state park for vacation twice last year as we could take him with us. Cannot even think about whether we will make the beach later this summer either. Too early to think about anything like that after just losing our dog. That won't take away the pain and grief. Time will though hopefully.

 

[ItzKatzTime]

LadyD, I guess you can tell from almost every post in your thread that we all have something in common....we've lost a dear companion or two. It doesn't make things better for you now, and only time can heal that. But our thoughts are with you....grieve when you can, take your time, rest, but get out too. Whatever one needs to do at this time is acceptable! May Easter bring a special peace to you this year.

Our thoughts are with you and your husband. What a kind thing to do for the man with the Jack Russell dog that was left behind. That's what I call Pay It Forward.

Peace....Kat