Kittens, Puppies, Animals = Dawwwws.....
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I am so sorry, J. As you know, I lost a pet last year. It’s not easy. They’re like our children. Smile, cry, laugh, embrace all of the emotions.
Thanks, yeah it's rough. He has had hip dysplasia since he was 6 and had arthritis in the other hip so he was having a really hard time getting up. He also started getting a ton of skin issues where he'd get open sores and constant eye infections. The vet said it was something systemic and that it wasn't going to get any better. I knew for a few days that today was going to be the day and I was doing alright until I walked into the vets office and the girl at the desk got on the walkie talkie and said "we have a code angel in the lobby" and that made it real. I was with him while they did it and that was a hard thing to see, it's one of those things where you don't want them to be alone and scared when the time comes but honestly once they gave him the injection he went pretty quickly, selfishly I kind of wish I hadn't stayed now because my last memory of him is seeing him laying there dead on the table. To make things worse Heidi has been looking all over for him off and on all day. This wasn't the first dog I've had to put to sleep but damn this guy was special, no matter how bad it hurts now the joy he provided over the past 12 years more than makes up for it.
No matter what, you have to be there. They want you there with them. The pain is hard. The memory of him there on the table will be overtaken by the great memories. I had to go through it three times, by me having to put them to sleep, and one where he passes away in my arms as I held him. All of the love, smiles, happiness, makes staying with them easy. We need to be there for them for that moment because of everything they did for us.
You gave each other 12 great years. You're both happy you were in each other's lives. Take time to mourn. Spend as much time with Heidi as you can. When the time comes, if she needs it, if you need it, you'll know if you two need another companion.
My heart is with you J.
Meet Boomer, he's another German Shepherd/Husky mix (we have a type here lol) and is Heidi's new little brother. It's hard to get good pics of him right now, whenever I get the phone down to his level he runs at it, plus Heidi is hovering over him like crazy, he can't take two steps without her walking right next to him.
He’s gorgeous.Meet Boomer, he's another German Shepherd/Husky mix (we have a type here lol) and is Heidi's new little brother. It's hard to get good pics of him right now, whenever I get the phone down to his level he runs at it, plus Heidi is hovering over him like crazy, he can't take two steps without her walking right next to him.
Thanks! He's got a fun little personality already too! Sadly he's only 6 weeks old, we picked him out last week and were set to pick him up on November 1st, unfortunately the people we bought him from ended up having an issue with their landlord. I guess their neighbors actually complained that the dogs barking was stressing their turtles, how you can tell a turtle is stressed I'll never know lol. But the landlord gave the people a choice, the dogs had to be gone by the 19th or the people would be evicted so we ended up having to take him early. Thankfully he was totally weaned off of his mother.
