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TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
19. Oh no! I'm so very sorry!
Sat Jul 6, 2013, 03:52 AM
Jul 2013

I just can't watch the video. I know I'll bawl my eyes out. I have no doubt you made a wonderful tribute to your dear Toby, but I just know if I watch it I'll be a blubbering sobbing mess and I never even met him.


Go ahead and cry your eyes out as much as you need to. We know he wasn't "just a dog" (oh how I hate that expression!) but a thoroughly loved and treasured family member. We've probably all been in this same predicament losing are furry babies and can totally understand your feelings.

For what it's worth you did the right thing for the right reasons - as impossibly heart wrenching as it is. I've had to do it twice so far, and one day I'll have to do it again for Yoshi. The price we pay for bringing much loved pets into our hearts as well as our homes yet I'm sure you, me and everyone else here would have it no other way... as painful as it is to let them go the time they spent with us is worth it a million fold. Making that terrible decision to put Toby out of his pain and being there with him as he made his final journey was the last act of love you could ever do for him. In the painful days ahead remind yourself of that.

I'm so truly sorry for your loss.



Obviously well loved. GentryDixon Jul 2013 #1
The hardest decision is when to say goodbye. haele Jul 2013 #2
I am so very sorry. hamsterjill Jul 2013 #3
I am so very sad for you and your lovely boy. glinda Jul 2013 #4
I'm so sorry. I know that alsame Jul 2013 #5
Thanks, all I can do is cry, cry, cry. Walk away Jul 2013 #7
I lost my sweet girl last alsame Jul 2013 #8
thanks for reaching out while this was going on, you and Toby got into my heart Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #16
I am KC Jul 2013 #18
This is a beautiful tribute siligut Jul 2013 #6
I wish you peace Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #9
So sorry oregonjen Jul 2013 #10
So sorry for your loss. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #11
Those birthday party shots just slay me! intheflow Jul 2013 #12
Toby was always the first boy at the table for cake. Walk away Jul 2013 #28
Oh, Walk away, I am so sorry it came to this. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #13
I am very sorry .... meti57b Jul 2013 #14
don't you mean Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #17
Our little pooches and kitties are always our babies. meti57b Jul 2013 #21
I am so sorry for your loss... virgdem Jul 2013 #15
Oh no! I'm so very sorry! TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #19
Oh .... I'm so sorry. polly7 Jul 2013 #20
I'm so very sorry for you. Toby was well-loved and knew it. sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #22
So sorry roody Jul 2013 #23
awwww. poor sweetie. mopinko Jul 2013 #24
He was a beautiful little dog! Frosty1 Jul 2013 #25
So sorry to hear he's gone. Granny M Jul 2013 #26
I'm so sorry Walk away. livetohike Jul 2013 #27
Oh no! Phentex Jul 2013 #29
OH! I am so sorry. Texasgal Jul 2013 #30
My friend I am so so so sorry DainBramaged Jul 2013 #31
That is a beautiful tribute. livvy Jul 2013 #32
I am so very sorry for your loss. LisaLynne Jul 2013 #33
I'm so sorry get the red out Jul 2013 #34
Thanks so much everyone. I makes me feel better that so many people... Walk away Jul 2013 #35
I am very sorry for your loss. Behind the Aegis Jul 2013 #36
your tribute to Toby CitizenLeft Jul 2013 #37
Thanks, I'm still so sad about losing him but I'm happy to be able to share... Walk away Jul 2013 #38
I have 5 babies in heaven CitizenLeft Jul 2013 #39
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