The name of this site sums up the sudden loss of a pet precisely.
Lightning strike: she's gone. There's no warning. There are no signs. Just a cruel strike.

I am happy to have found all of you here. I appreciate any help that you can give me.

I miss my dog so much.

Reading about this site I saw that the webmaster ("our host") actually only picked the name based on a graphic that he liked--the lightning bolt on the splash page--but I do have to think that subliminally he associated pet loss to a "strike"--it is the perfect metaphor.

I want to apologize for misstating and calling your Golden Retriever by the name of the Collie you lost. As I mentioned at the end of my last post, I had written a long post to your first post (which didn't have Luba's name in it). I posted it and when I did, I saw that you had made a subsequent post about your Golden Retriever. Somehow I misread and thought the Retriever was Luba. I amended the post.
Again, I apologize. I think I've got it right now. What is your Golden Retriever's name?

The name of this site always does make me think of what has happened to all of us and our babies -- we have been struck down quickly and hard as if by a bolt of lightning. . . As Gingerspal said, it is the perfect metaphor.

BabyHannahsmom, no worries - the golden retriever is called Falkor. Luba was a border collie like the dogs in the movie Babe (that's the one with the talking pig).
I tried to post a couple of photos, but I only managed to upload one puppy shot so far.

the lightning graphic i created did spark (no pun) the name for the site. as stated on the main page, however:



interesting (and sadly poignant) twist on the idea though. subconsciously i have to agree the suddenness of tribble's passing was indeed quick and final.

I, too, always thought that it referred to the incredible flash of pain and loss that took my breath away the exact moment my furry ones left.



What I'd like to know is - will we ever really be fully healed? I still can't read some of these postings without ending up in tears and it's been two years.