Terri and Toby brought a lot to my mind. I talk to friends, family and people about you all and your kids four legged and two. Most cannot get the relationship that you feel towards people you have never met and may never meet, to feel anothers pain, and know you would do anything if you could to help them. I hope I do meet some of you some day...................hugs to all
Roberta owned by two very special people and watched over by three other special angels
I know how Terri feels about losing Toby-Man, having lost Roscoe The Handsome One in almost the exact same way. What started out as a trip to the vet for a pokey-feeling pupper ended that afternoon with him dying in my arms.
Maybe because I'm 55 and have had a number of beloved dogs and cats go to the bridge, or maybe because the "Ima-pult" scored a direct hit so quickly, but I feel the loss differently than before. Ima fills a lot of the hole Roscoe left in my heart. She's not a replacement - she's not a perfect fit. There are spaces left and Roscoe's soul lingers in those hidden spots. But Ima sticks up out of the hole in places, and she's creating a completely new landscape in my being.
I am grateful to each and every person who comforted me here on the board. I am appreciative of friends and family - even my daughter, that "G-d awful Miriam" called every day after his passing to see how I was doing - for their kindness. I haven't come across anyone with an "It's only a dog" attitude, but that's probably because I surround myself with people who understand me and who I understand. We speak the secret language of animal love. It can't be taught unless you have an animal is your life and you've shown that you're worthy of learning.
Karen :heart:
There is a giant sucking hole in my heart for every furkid I've lost. Zuzu, however, was my first dawg. When she passes I predict I will be completely non-functioning.
She's my child.
Most of my friends get it... that is why they are my friends....but some don't and sad for them...... We have formed such an amazing bond here and some of us will never meet in the flesh. Our love for our furbabies bonds us together and each of us hurts when something happens to anothers baby. I DREAD, absolutely dread when Rudy and Brandy go.... I KNOW I will adopt more, but I have such a relationship with them - they ARE my kids and I am with Leslie - I don't know how I will function......
I know I will lean heavily on all of you and pray that I can be there for all of you when you need it.....
On a lighter note, my Brandy is now the #1 huntress in our home ! Silly girl - we have 2 bunnies that live in our neighborhood and she ALWAYS sees them, while Rudy more often will not. Last night he was in our front yard, and I let the kids out to potty (this was about 9 last night). Brandy saw her bunny and off they go ! Around the house to my left, under a storage building.... then out again, across our front yard to the house on my right and then the bunny went through the fence and Brandy couldn't (thank heavens!). I was like a crazy woman chasing her, holding my tummy (from the surgery) - laughing my as* off !!! She was too cute !!! I was in a panic that the bunny would go into the street....so I won't be letting her off leash for that last potty anymore - but the bunny didn't and my baby girl got a good run in before going to bed...... She is 12 1/2 yrs old and this is keeping her young !!! She was wound up when we went out for our morning walk - looking for HER bunny !!!
Both sides of my family are animal people so it was bred into me - thank goodness! I am sorry for people who don't get the bond we have with animals - they have no idea what joy they miss out on! I am so much happier with those who get my animal bonds - and have always surrounded myself with people who love animals - with one exception, to be remedied. Before the Internet, my circle of friends was smaller - now we span the globe. I have met many of the wienerful people on this board, and hope to meet more of you!
:apls: to all of us. We know and need each other as a community and I for one wouldn't change a thing. Solly is 11 now and each day I pray he hangs on for a little longer.
Darcel
I like my furbabies better than I like most people.
Last week my doctor, Jeffrey Katz, was sitting in my dining room examining me (he runs a program called Physicians House Calls - the doctor comes to the patient!) and two of my bunnies were hopping around, checking him out, as they usually do. Winston the Wimp was sniffing the doctor bqg full of all kinds of things. Mazel, who is an outrageous flirt, was sniffing his pants cuff and his shoe. Dr. Katz looked down at the two little furbabies, smiled at me and said, "You have four dachshunds and four rabbits. Was is it with you and the pets?"
"I tried children - it ended badly. So far I've had much better luck with animals." I replied.
Karen :wink:
I agree with everyone that has already posted! For the fact that Drew and I don't have kids (not sure if we will) Penny and Mr. Tucker are our kids. Most of the family has accepted it, but there some family that think we are totally crazy! :crazyeyes: Most of our friends are animal people and have become the Aunts and Uncles to our fur kids. I tell Drew that Penny and Mr. Tucker are going to live forever! I honestly don't know how we will deal with the loss when the time comes. We both grew up with animals but these two are our first "kids".
I'm with ya Roberta... When I lost my Boo (2 weeks before his 7th birthday) the same way, but he had chewed that hole in his stomach, it was this board and Dodgerslist that helped me through the rough times... My husband thinks I am strange for spending so much time on here, but when something happens with one of our babies, he's just as concerned and hurt as I am... The one major thing on my to~do list is to meet everyone possible on this board... I did have a scarey experience yesterday with her "highness"... She was acting strangly all day, then around 6 last night, she started shaking uncontrollably?? She seems fine today, but I have also kept a hawk~eye view on her at all times.... After Boo, even the slightest wimper scares me... My thoughts are with all of you... Terri, Karen, I too know what you went through... Easy?? No!! I still have a hard time, and it has been almost 2 years... I still cry, I still hurt, and as much as I love my baby girl, I still miss Boo with everything I have... So, no!! None of us are crazy for the way we feel, some have never met, but there is definately that bond that Barb talked about... And, I know we will always have that... You are all great friends... Hugs to all of you and your kids (2 and 4 legged)...
I too agree with what everyone here has posted. My babies give me unconditional love. They comfort me when no one else can. I have lost furkids before and have been devastated. Zoe, Winston and Sheba are the children we never had. I love Wiener Writings. I can't wait to come here several times a day to check on everyone and see what is going on with us and our babies. I talk to my friends and family about all of you and I just get those "looks". As a matter of fact, they all thought I was crazy for paying for a back surgery and just now....the recent vet bill for Zoe was over $800. They just do not understand.
I love everyone on this board. I smile with you when you smile and I cry with you when you cry. Heck I even sob.....I feel I have made some friendships here that will last a lifetime. I actually have not had the privilege to meet anyone here yet....but I plan on it.....I feel you are all family. God Bless you all, Cheryl
I never have time to post these days, but I think I know exactly what you're saying. Shortly after Strudel went to the Bridge, I had a very vivid dream (If that's what it was!) that she came back and spoke to me in a special room -- the wood paneling was the same color as her coat, and she appeared in a corner of the ceiling. I couldn't understand the language she spoke, but I did understand the she got to where she was supposed to be, and everything was all right. When I woke up, that was just what I said out loud to myself, then I still managed to cry my eyes out! Anyway, later that week I told a co-worker about that dream, and her reaction was that if her dog ever came back to her from the dead, she'd run in the other direction! What works for her is her business, but to not have that spiritual connection with our furbabies, I think she's missing a lot! I promised Strudel that whereever we are, we're always going to be forever friends. I believe that, too. Now I'm cultivating a different friendship with Pfeffernusse (and he's a love-love!), and I feel sure he and I will be forever friends, too. You never really stop missing anyone, not these goofy stubby legged pals, and it's so nice to know there's a bunch of us out here who know what it's like to really cherish these little ones, to really appreciate who they are and what they're about. There's more to life than just being an animal, right?!