It's only been 7 months since we lost our beautiful little boy now we just lost his mum the head of the family .Abby Do was the most loyal faithful little dog I have ever known , she was 13 but so healthy and full of life . We got her when she was 6 months she was very neglected and miss treated but within 3 months we formed a bond for life and could not ask to have such a loyal friend in my life not only giving us so much love she gave us all her beautiful babies . Last week she was lame on one leg I checked her and monitored her the next day she was'nt any better so iI took her to the vet and when we fliped her onto her stomach she was all brusied as if she had a fall or something (we think she fell down the back stairs early one morning its freezing here at the moment and lots of black ice around in the mornings )After she had xrays and the all clear We took her home and for the last week she has been getting better barking and bossing us around .Then on tue morning I took the 5 of them for a walk then when I got home I was down the back yard cleaning up when I came back up I found her out to it and in a bad way I rushed her to the vet but she did'nt make it an internal bleed that happened very quickly . Seeing her die like that was horrible not bee n able to do anything i felt helpless . we are devastated Abby do or Mummy dog as she was better known was exactly that the mummy she was so good with her babies she loved them so much .We still have her 3 babies and her partner Teddy bear and they are lost from 6 down to 4 in 7 months is to hard to get our head around I'm was struggling with 5 now 4 is just not real.
Warren and Chris,Mummy dog and Freddies loving dad's ***************x

I am so very sorry for your losses. It is hard. Even harder when there is more than one.
I lost my Sissycat June 5th and then my dad on June 25th of this year. (Whether human or furbaby)
Everything happens for a reason and is doesn't seem fair. Maybe they needed a Mummy Dog at the Rainbow Bridge. Sounds like she was a wonderful dog/partner/mother. I bet you have many memories of her. You should post some when you are ready. Would love to hear about her!!!
Many Hugs to You

I'm so sorry to hear of your losses. It must have been awful for you to see her like that. You did the best you could, you kept an eye of her, but here again one of life's nasty curve balls that hits us right in the heart. Abby do is now with her son again forever. You gave her a wonderful life and she thanked you with her loyalty. That's something you'll never forget. The emptiness hurts real bad. Give your others lots of love, they are missing her too. Hugs and healing...Ann

Warren and Chris, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your sweet Abby do. She sounds like she was a wonderful fur baby and a great mother. I hope that you willl find comfort, knowing that she has been reunited with Freddie. Cherish the wonderful memories that you all made together. And please know that we are all here for you during this difficult time.

Thanks for your kind words. We do take comfort in that she is with freddie ! but trying to come to terms with this is so so hard as you all know ! Our family just does'nt feel complete anymore and now we talk about the good old days which was only 7 months ago. Do'nt know how to feel just in shock and numb .Time I suppose will help but right now thats not much comfort.
Warren missing both my babies !!!!!!!! *********************

Freddie, my deepest condolences for the loss of your precious fur baby Abby and your other fur baby. No matter how old or young they are, the pain and grief is immense and I can feel your great sorrow and loneliness. Please know you're in my thoughts and prayers and I'm lighting virtual candles for you and your fur babies. It's a very loving experience if you wish to light some candles for your fur kids, yourself or any reason please click on the Light a Candle image below to show you where. It's free and you can light as many candles as often as you wish.



Winging many Angels your way to comfort and guide you through this most difficult time. May loving Angels bring you and your fur babies Peace!

Please come back and talk more when you're able. I've found that really helps a lot.

Many Comforting Hugs!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Dearest Freddie, I've found this song so comforting at times like this and hope it helps you, too. Remember, a breath away is not very far at all to where Abby and your other fur baby is. If you're able to hear and view videos, please click on your precious fur kid's photo to watch and listen and I'll post the lyrics to the song, too. God Bless You, Dear One!





Sending More Comforting Hugs!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

I will post a photo of her as soon as i can to show you all how beautiful she is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Warren

Thank you so much, Warren. I'd sure love to see more photos. As you can tell, I had to take that one to a program to enlarge it then despeckle, sharpen and apply contrast before framing it and, in the process, the image got a little blurred. Bless you Dear One!

Could you please do me a favor and tell me the name of your other fur baby you lost? You see, I light candles for you, your fur kids and many others here and their fur kids. At least now I know your name is Warren but I've been typing in the message: "For Freddie, precious fur baby Abby and other Fur Baby. Sending Many Angels for Comfort, Guidance, Peace and Love. God Bless!" when I light your candles.

May I assume your other fur baby is Freddie? Please do let me know when you get the chance. By the way, someone once asked me how to find the candles I've lit for them and their fur children so I'll tell you now how to find yours. Once you get to this link I'll give you Warren at the end of this paragraph, go to the upper left hand, click "Search" and type in the initials: "DZ" and that will take you to the candles I've lit for you, your fur child Abby as well as all the other candles I've lit for others. And here is the direct link to that site: Light a Candle.

Winging Many Angels and Comforting Hugs to You and your precious fur babies!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

PS. Warren, it's free to light candles at that Website as many as you want and as often as you wish should you desire to light some for your fur babies, yourself or any reason at all. More Hugs!!!

Thanks Dottie ,yes Freddie is the other fur baby we lost back in January 11 thru a horrible accident you can read my posts on him thru my profile and posts I have started . The candles are a beautiful thought and i will be lighting many
Regards Warren missing Mummy and Freddie forever !!!!!!!!!!!! ************************************************xx

{{{{{{{Warren}}}}}}} My deepest condolences on your tragic losses, Dear One! I am so sorry you're going through this gosh awful difficult time. Thank you for letting me know that it's Freddie and Abby so I can type in the messages at your candles for you and both your fur babies by name.

Sending You Many Angels and Hugs for Comfort, Guidance and Peace!!!

Lotsa Love,
Dottie xoxoxox

PS. I'm so glad to hear you'll be lighting candles for your fur babies too, Warren. Your a Wonderful Daddy!!!

Here is a photo !!!!!!!!!!!!!Click to view attachment

Oh My Gosh!!!!! What a B-E-U-Ti-FUL Fur baby!!!!! Now, that's Abby, right Warren? I see the hind part of another fur kid in the background. Could that be Freddie's back leg and tail?

Awww!!!!! Sooooo Precious, Adorable and Cute as a little shoe button!!!! Awww!!!!! How much you must be missing your precious fur babies. So much indeed, Dear One. Would you look at that darling face?!

I'm just sitting here and saying out loud over and over and over, "Awwww!!!!!"

Okay, I've got to do something special with that photo so I'm putting on my thinking cap. I do love to add a frame and put either a "talking" caption or a "thought" caption to many of these fur babies. I just need to figure out what's going on in that sweet dear mind from looking at the facial expression and body language. Awwww!!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful photo, Warren. I hope I can come up with something neat for your fur baby to be saying or thinking in a caption within the photo. Perhaps you will suggest something to me? I'd sure appreciate that!

Many Blessings, Angels and Comforting Hugs to You and your fur babies Abby and Freddie!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Pssstttt, make sure to click and enlarge it so you can read the caption better.

More Hugs!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Hi Dottie luv the caption ! It is Teddy Bear or Daddy dogs leg ,here is a pic of Freddie my favorite, a painting done in vietnam about 2 months ago ! Freddies one of mummys babies !!
Warren ******xxClick to view attachment

Whewww! *Wiping the perspiration from my brow.* I was just this minute about to PM you Warren because I thought the caption I chose may have made you sad. I'm so relieved and pleased that you like it!

Ooooo!!!!!!!!!! That is The Most Awesome painting of Freddie!!!!!!! And I can see the nationality influence which enhances the beauty of Freddie's picture all the more!!! It certainly is easy to see why it's your favorite! Okay, I want to crop off the part to the right where it goes from the black background and turns to a light green looking something. Then I wish to frame it beautifully. Perhaps an antique style frame. Nooo caption for this one! Unless of course you'd like that, Warren. I can always add that later.

Awww!!!!!!! I'm just Sooooo excited that I have to go do the cropping and framing straight away! It may take me around 15 minutes give or take so if you need to turn in, you'll have a surprise to come to later.

Got to go do some magic on this Awesome painting of Freddie then shall return.

Many Comforting Hugs to You and Your Fur Babies Freddie and Abby!!!

Always,
Angel xoxoxox

PS. Here I go >>>>>>>

Dearest Warren, first I enhanced the photo, cropped it, then applied a simple antique frame ...



That was a quickie and I have something far, far more elegant in mind!!! Ooooo!!!

I'll need to go to two programs and this time for certain it will take at least 20 minutes. I think you'll love it when I'm done. I sure hope so!!! Sooooo exciting!!!

God Bless You and your precious Fur Babies!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

PS. Here I go again >>>>>>>

I love it the first smile ive had in a week !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Warren *********x

Ooohhh!!! I'm so glad, Warren!!!!! I hope these will make you smile, too. But, I'm not done yet. There are HUNDREDS of shades of EVERY color imaginable and while I was trying to find the perfect shade of Gold and of Silver, my PC kept prompting me to reboot so I do have a couple shades of Gold, then one is sort of a light tan and I was working on the silver when my PC went bonkers so the other two are really "Gray" and not silver. That's why I want so much to take the image back and work on it some more.

First, I enhanced the image again, then slowly enlarged it as I sharpened the image with each enlargement so as not to corrupt the integrity of the image. Next, I chose the border colors and finally applied a "raised" bevel effect. If this frame is too thick, I can make it thinner. I used 15 thickness and probably ought to have used 12. Anyway, here's what we have so far until my PC gets a rest and I can achieve the colors I really wanted to use. Enjoy!

Oh, except for the gray. You don't have to enjoy those gray beveled frames. Arg.







Sweet Dreams, Warren and I'll keep working to get those beveled frame colors just right.

Big Hugs to You and Your Fur Kids Abby and Freddie!!!

Always,
Angel xoxoxox

PS. This board will only allow so many images per post so I'll put the two gray framed ones as a "PS" in the next post . . .

PS . . .





More Hugs!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Dearest Warren, as NASA would say, "Houston, We Have Lift Off!!!" Lookie!!! Perfect!!! Okay, the bottom one may be a bit too dark, then again maybe not. Hmmm? I think I do like the slightly darker shade better! But the other two are a Lovely Shade!!! YAY!!! Perhaps a little too bright. That can be tweaked though.

Please read the PS at the bottom telling how and why I chose this shade for the beveled frame.









Voila!

Big Hugs to You and Your Fur Babies Freddie and Abby!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

PS. As I slowly enhanced, enlarged and sharpened the image more, I saw "orange" (as in giraffe fur spot color orange) and went for it. That's the shade of "Gold" mixed with orange which matches Freddie's muzzle color, fur above his forehead and on his chest and neck. All righty then!

More Hugs to You and Your Fur Babies!!!

PS. PS. I see we're on a new page so please be sure to see my first attempts at the bottom of page one. Thanks!

Dear Dottie ,you really are a wonderful soul .My partner and myself just love what you have done with Freddies painting .It has bought his beautiful features out even more . It will be one week today since we lost mummy very very sad day today.
Our other 4 are very quite at the moment no barking or playing I wonder how long they might grieve for ?
Does anybody have any ideas on this ????????
Warren Mummy and Freddies loving dad ************************************xx

Dearest Warren, I'm so pleased that your partner and you find what I did with Freddie's picture a wonderful thing. Oh, how that makes my heart soar! You have no idea. It's my pleasure and I'll be very pleased to do the same with any other pet or other photos you have. It's one of my passions to enhance images and my biggest passion is to help put a smile on the face of a grieving fur Mommy or Fur Daddy. That does indeed make my day, month and year. Bless you!

I'm terribly sorry to hear that your other 4 fur kids are grieving so badly. Firstly, yes indeed pets will grieve when they have lost one of their siblings or pals. Since doggies and kitties have no concept of death and do not fear it (this is fact) then all they do realize is that their sibling or pal is not there anymore.

The grieving process in doggies has different phases. Usually, but not always, the first phase is one called activation. This is when your fur kid doggie barks and continually patrols the property as if looking for the absent fur kid, feather kid or person. That phase lasts for a few days. This is usually followed by depression with reduced activity and loss of appetite. This period may last for several weeks. Eventually, periods of normal behavior are seen between times of depression until your doggie's behavior finally returns to normal.

I'll tell you, Warren. When my Alex parrot didn't come home, my Buddy dog appeared not to be affected for which I am grateful. However, my Styx kitty cried, would go to where Alex's cage used to be and the cage's stand was still there. Styx would sometimes cry or at times silently stand, sit or lie down in front of the cage's stand and stare. He was mourning something fierce. Gradually it got better and better but it did take just short of three months before Styx kitty was completely back to normal.

I really cannot predict how long your other babies will mourn but I hope it isn't any longer than Styx kitty did. By the way, I have had cats who "think they are dogs" in my past. Styx kitty is not one of them. He acts like a cat in every way. That's why I was so surprised at him mourning very much like a doggie would do.

What your other four fur kids need at this time is activity and encouragement to move them along the process. When dealing with the loss of one fur kid, you have to be sensitive to the needs of the other fur kids in your family ... Especially if they have had a close relationship. Nobody who has ever gone through a bereavement with a fur kid doggie around will ever need to ask the question: Do Pets Grieve? It is the most obvious fact that they do. I'm so sorry, Warren. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do. By the way, if your other fur kids are mourning so horribly that it's affecting their health, your Vet can give them medication to help relieve their stress because that's just what they're experiencing: Stress. Poor babies! Please give them hugs and kisses for me. Okay?

Sending Many Comforting Angels and Hugs to You Your Partner and Your grieving Fur Kids!!!

Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Warren and Chris,

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I know it is a very difficult time and it may seem the pain will never go away, but over time it does. Just keep all the wonderful memories of your little furbabies close to your heart and when the pain seems too much to handle, just hand on to those memories and they will help you through this difficult time.

Mark
Missing Fleetwood

It will be 2 weeks tom ! It is very quite in our house the other babies are starting to come good day by day . Cheeky mummy dogs youngest son misses her dreadfully but we are trying everything we know to keep his spirits up .I still have the jumper that I was wearing the day she died the babies and old Teddie Bear all sleep next to it at some stage in the day hopefully her smell gives them some kind of comfort .We all miss her and Freddie so much it hurts but that's not going to bring them back hopefully one day we all will be reunited on the rainbow bridge !
Warren and Chris Mummy and freddies loving dads ******************************************xx

I am so sorry to hear about Freddie's Mum passing. Sometimes we hurt how much hurt can be piled on us in a short time. But I am glad you have your others at home...that helps. Just give them lots of extra love and attention and in time I think they will be okay. They feel what you feel.
These babies always sense our feelings.

I wish you peace and healing. I can picture Freddie and his Mum as Angels just sitting on one of those fluffy white clouds...looking down at their family ( you and your family), missing you but feeling good again cause there is no sickness in Heaven.

Hugs to all of you
Judy

Hi everyone , We just got Mummys ashes back last night its so sad that her wonderful life is reduced to some ashes in an urn ! But in saying that she has left us with so many wonderful memories that we will treasure for the rest of our lives .Her babies are ok everythings changed it must be strange for them .We have different games now each baby finding there new place in the pack ,nature sure is a funny thing ! The worst thing is knowing we have got to go thru this another 4 times it breaks our hearts ! We know they can not be with us for long but there lives are just to short !


Warren Mummy and Freddies loving dad

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Hi everyone, We just got Mummys ashes back last night its so sad that her wonderful life is reduced to some ashes in an urn!

Dearest Warren, those ashes are not your most precious fur baby Freddie. No way, no how!

Please believe me. He lives on and his flame will NEVER be extinguished! He is Eternal!!!

Winging Many Loving Angels of Comfort to You and Your Beloved Fur Child Freddie!!!



Your Friend Always,
Dottie xoxoxox