I really really really miss my Blondie Puppeh Girl.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

Just one of those nights, I guess....

[Dystopian]

1. .......

Prisoner_Number_Six
I'm so sorry...I know how you feel...
It took me 13 years of grief to allow me to open my heart to another dog...
And I still miss my first girl...

Beautiful photo...beautiful face...
Picture of love...

peace~

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. My Lucy Pretty Kitteh misses her too.

They used to play together all day long. She's still lonely for her bestest friend.

[Dystopian]

5. I know our pets have feelings....deep feelings...

Hang on to Lucy .... console each other...
You both need each other now more than ever...

It will get better...promise.
Time heals hurt...
I know the hurt leaves scars...always there...but not so painful...
But never takes our memories...

peace and love to you and Lucy...

peace~

[Swede]

2. Dog's should live human years

Our furry friends are here way to briefly.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. She wasn't even two years old when she left me.

It just wasn't fair.

[TorchTheWitch]

6. You never really stop missing them

It just gets easier to live with missing them.

This morning I had to put my doggie to sleep, and though I'd known for months it was coming it didn't make it any easier. I had to do this with my previous dog too, and with this one it made me realize that it doesn't get any easier with each one. In some ways this one seemed a lot harder... but maybe my memories of how painful it was with the previous one just aren't as sharp now? I don't know.

I still miss my previous dog (the one before this one I just had to put to sleep) though it's been many years. Every once in awhile I still get teary eyed missing him, and I'm quite sure I'll do the same with this one who just passed as well years from now even though I'll have another fur baby to love. At least maybe they can keep each other company in the next world until I get there though they never lived at the same time... maybe they'll recognize they're both waiting for the same Mommy and will help each other keep a sharp eye on me as they did in life. I hope so.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

7. I was reading your thread

In truth, that may have been what started me thinking about Blondie.

I didn't have her put to sleep- she passed away suddenly, on the floor at my feet. It was her eyes that punched a hole in my soul- sometimes I believe everything good poured out of my heart at that moment. I cried for a week without stopping, and now, months later, I still feel it.

She wasn't even supposed to be mine- my roommate Carol got her as a companion for Rudy, her teacup pup. But she chose me and that was that. They choose whom they will.

Such is life.

[TorchTheWitch]

8. Oh my goodness, how terrible!

To go just suddenly like that without any time to know it's coming and try to prepare yourself... ugh.

I, too, will probably be crying for quite some time. Today I think is a little easier, but it's hard to tell. It's so strange to not have him always in the back of my mind... does he need to be walked, does he need to be fed, is it time for his meds, is he getting into mischief, is he missing me when I'm not there, etc., etc. I hate being doggie-less most of all. What in the world do I think about now?

Sometimes to make myself feel better I pretend he's just in another room sleeping or something. It's probably not a good idea to do that, but it doesn't really work anyway. It seems to help a tiny bit for now, though.

I'm trying to concentrate on looking forward to the next doggie, but it's hard right now.

Do you find it easier because you still have another doggie? For me it's the being doggie-less or maybe just being entirely pet-less that is so damn hard. Boo went a hell of a long way in heeling the hurt of losing the previous dog. In a few months I'll have to get another dog, but right now I think I need to just deal with his loss.

Why the hell does it hurt so damn much? I keep telling myself he was just a dog, but it doesn't work. After all, he wasn't just a dog. He may not have been human, but he was my best friend and my family, and I love him as much and in some ways more than anyone else just as I did his predecessor.

God dammit, why must it hurt so? :cry:

Hugs to you and Blondie. :hug: :hug:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. I won't describe what I saw in Blondie's face and eyes.

That's personal and private. All I will say is I was greatly diminished by the moment- I lost something inside myself I may never recover.

I WILL say that you shouldn't wait. I'm not telling you to not mourn, rather to not wait to search for another companion. Suffering alone isn't the way to go- besides, there's a puppy out there somewhere just waiting for you to walk up and touch him.

Find him. Plug the hole in your soul before it's too late. I speak from more than a little experience- read the first two entries in my Journal if you're curious. Sometimes these things find YOU instead of the other way around.

Good luck. :hug:

[muffin1]

9. I'm SO sorry.

What a sweet little face. :hug:

[hifiguy]

11. What a beautiful, sweet face

and I am a cat person/servant. :hug:

[kimi]

12. What a sweetie-pie lil face!!

My sympathy. I lost a pet recently, and even though he was old and I had expected it, it's never easy. I've lost a cat suddenly as well - she lay down to sleep and then didn't come for dinner, and I found her on the sofa. It hit me far worse than many things I've dealt with, she was a young rescued stray and as ornery as they come - I missed her bitterly, cried buckets of tears, still miss her, of course. I think it's a life-altering thing, to lose a companion animal.

There will be those nights, yeah. Blondie is gorgeous, and those eyes, wow. Take care. :hug: