NWR - Loss of Pet

I think it's just as bad because a pet is a member of the family, i feel your pain and my thoughts and prayers go out to you today, I lo9ve my pets so much, we lost my little cockatiel 2 years ago and we sitll cry over him...hugs to you today

I know how you feel. Losing a pet is like losing a family member. I have been through it twice- it's really hard.

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Posted by JamieAnt06202009

I can't totally relate. I lost my dog in June and she was just 2 months shy of 18. I had her from 2nd grade up until this year and I am now 25. I miss her soooo very much, my heart breaks all the time when I think about her. My parents separated at around the time I got my dog so she was kind of mine and my sisters consolation gift. My dad was very sick for a long time and my dog was always there through it all. She was the best dog anyone could ask for. I thought she would stop eating and drinking when the end would come but it's not at all how it happened. She started having seizures and it was just awful. She had a heart murmur from when she was a puppy and it just got so bad that her heart wasn't pumping enough blood and oxygen to her brain so when she would walk she would fall over and have a seizure. This started on a saturday and we had to put her to sleep on tuesday. I didn't leave her side for a moment...I carried her everywhere I went. That vision is still so vivid and sometimes out of nowhere it will just pop in me head and I get so upset. I miss having a dog so bad but I am not ready yet. I think once I am married I will get a dog with FH. I am sure as the years pass when that day comes I will feel the way you do right now.

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OMG that is so sad that you had to go through that with the seizures. I can't wait to get a house with FH because the first thing I'm going to want is a dog. It's just a missing piece in my life that I need to fill. I can't wait for the day. I hope you can get one soon too.

Thank you everyone for you kind words. Dogs really are like family, sometimes I think we love them even more. They're so innocent, you can tell them anything, they don't have opinions, and they're always there when you need a hug.

OMG I totallllllllllllllly know where you are coming from!! I could cry right now thinking a bout how much I miss my pookie that we put to sleep in January. She is the background on my cell and I always look at it and talk to her when I turn my cell on.. people may think Im crazy but I dont care! I miss that pup so much and it still kills me that she isnt with me.

I totally know what you are feeling