hi richard,
i just caught up. i want to offer my deepest sympathies to you and your family.
i just lost my dobie this past may. and i can not tell you how hard it was to make the choice to end her suffering. she lived to 13 yrs and passed away in my husband and my arms may 23rd 2008, tonight before i saw this i was under my sink looking for chewies for my other dogs and came accross tee's bowl. i complelely fell apart. the giref comes in waves and this shocked me that it happened to me and i thought maybe i was past the sadness but it does come and go. i have good days and bad days. slowly i am having more good then bad and i can actually speak with out my voice cracking and choking up when i speak of her.


i like the idea of his tags around your neck, keeping him close to your heart....right where he is, in your heart.

i have tee's actual pawprints, her name and her date of birth~death tattooed on my ankle...she is forever in my heart. and always with me

again i am so sorry for your loss.
i wish you peace and healing

michelle

HI Richard,

I am new to this forum and I am sorry for your loss. Like you, my wife and I have lost our first dog (on Nov. 9) and we are both very upset. We know we made the right decision in our head but our hearts are aching. I couldn't believe the similarities between your feelings and my own and it feels good that I am not alone out there when it comes to dealing with this situation. The way you described that final breath, like all the pain and stress was leaving the body is exactly right and was a comforting feeling. Dayo, our Catahoula/Africanis cross was only two when she suc%%bed to multiple grand mal seizures.

We will be picking up Dayo's ashes and paw print any day now. I feel like it will provide more closure to this painful experience.

thanks for sharing.