I also posted on the tribute board. We lost our dog, Cyber on October 20th to bloat. This has been very hard on my husband and I. We just got married and she was what our first conversation was about. She was always happy and had such a great personality. It is hard to walk into an empty house now. I miss her greeting, I miss just knowing she was in the house. I am sad that I had not idea that this was going to happen, I feel that if I had a little more preparation like if she was old-I might have been prepared for this but she was only 6. She just suddenly started acting very odd so we took her into the vet and they prepared to do surgery. We were told there was a 60% success rate but unfortunately our situation was the other 40%. I cried like I have never cried before that day! Luckily it has been almost a month and I am doing a lot better but it still sucks. I am just hoping to share my memories with others in hopes that it will help the healing.

Yes, I wrote to you on the other Section also. Again, I am sorry you lost your baby.
The older they are, I find the more it hurts because each added year is another year of love and memories with them and it makes it harder to accept they are gone.

Hopefully, in time, you will think about bonding with another special friend. It really does help the emptiness and loneliness to be distracted by a puppy who wants their own attention. You will never replace your friend and what you had together. That love and those memories are as much a part of you as breathing. You might take a tour through the New Beginnings...people have put so many pictures, it is nice to take a stroll through there. I'm still in the Loss and Tributes sections.. I haven't made it to the New Beginnings but I can smile at the new additional friends to come into someone's life.

You tried so hard to do everything you could to help her. Trying the surgery with a 60% chance shows how much you cared..trying to improve and length her time with you.
I'm glad to hear you feel you are doing a lot better at this time. But as I said in the other post, come here, share your memories and pictures and tell us more about her. Cry and vent at the unfairness of it all...we understand. Just remember...we are there ourselves and understand how heartbreaking this all is. In fact, I think you summed it up correctly when you said "it still sucks". Yes it does.........big time!!!!!!!! take care and keep posting.
Little Guy's Mom.........forever!

It is hard enough that our pets don't live as long as we do, but when we lose them young it is a shock and a blow. I know, I am living this too.

I feel for you - it seems so terribly unfair and there is absolutely nothing we can do to make things as they were. I suppose life is full of these changes and bumps in the road. Accepting pain of loss is one of those coping skills I have not yet mastered.

take good care!

Jan.

My heart broke reading your post about Cyber. I am very sorry that you lost your fur baby.

Sharing your memories of Cyber with your husband will bring comfort to both of you. In time the tears will dry and you will smile with thoughts of Cyber.

I am thinking of you both at this difficult time. Pet's come into our lives...and bring so much joy...when they leave they remain in our hearts forever.

Missingcyber, I'm very sorry for your loss of cyber. The way that you described how she was always so happy shows in the pic. I can see the joy all over her face. My heart goes out to you and your husband during this hard time. Take care k9pal

I am so sorry for you. That date, October 20th is the day we lost our Orion. It will forever be etched in my mind. Please know that I am sending hugs your way and that I pray that you find some peace as I too have been searching for. It is not so long ago and as time goes by, I thought I would cry less, but that does not seem to be the case. I often cry more and miss his presence in the house and it has only been just over a month. We have other cats in our home, but none like Orion. I will mark the calendar every year on that date, until it is time for me to go be with him many, many years from now, God willing. But I know all our of our pet children will be there waiting for all of us. They will be glad to be reunited with the one's who loved them most of all. And your beautiful Cyber is there too, healthy again and watching over you. The love you shared is forever.

Susan