It was 5 days before this past Christmas that I had to say goodbye to Bob forever. He was a great dog and full of energy. I have been coming to the forums for a while but never made a thread for whatever reason but I miss him just as much today as I did the day I lost him. Bob was 20 months into his Lymphoma diagnosis and I gave him treatment which some may not agree with but based on the quality of life he had I would do it again. He was getting 30 minutes of exercise a day until 2 weeks before he passed but eventually the cancer traveled to his spine and even shocked the doctors as he was extremely close to being in a re missive state for the 2nd time but then could not use his back legs once the cancer was in his spine. I have no regrets as I used some great online counseling sessions from http://aplb.org/index.html so I'm over that part now but I will never stop missing him and it will be very hard to find a character like him in the future. I miss ya Bob and we wish you were here.
The Whole gang, Max(cat), Bob, and Romeo(Bob's dad)
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Bob being sleepy.
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Bob cruzin in the car.
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Hi, dc, please permit me to offer you my sincerest sympathies in the physical loss of your beloved Bob. Losing a companion is never easy regardless of the circumstances or how long we are blessed with the privilege of their company.
This grief journey is one of the most painful experiences you will know on this side of eternity, DC, both emotionally and physically. It is a journey of adjustment to the physical absence of your beloved Bob, and this adjustment can only be made one day at a time, sometimes one moment at a time. Clinical professionals now recognize that the grief journey of a beloved companion is the same as the grief journey for a human family member or friend. Unfortunately not everyone in our lives understands this, and this is one of the many reasons why this wonderful forum was started - - as a safe place where people can come to share what is in their hearts and find encouragement, support, comfort, and hope as they travel their grief adjustment journey. You are among friends here who truly do understand what you are going through, and we are here for you for as long and as oftean as you need us.
I can so relate to your providing treatments to your beloved Bob as I did the same for my number one kitty son Eli who was diagnosed with end stage Lymphoma in 2006. His treatments were palliative in nature, but I think they did provide him some extra time with his other fur family members and me. Still when the time came to release him from his physical body 14 days before Christmas 2006 it was very, very hard, and my precious Noah grieved deeply for his big adopted kitty brother, as did I. We both still miss him a great deal, but are comforted in knowing that he now restored to his former youthfulness in the company of the angels.
Thank you so much for sharing with us your beloved Bob. He is a handsome lad, and you can see in his eyes he reflection of your love for him. Love is eternal, dc - - it is not restricted to the physical laws of time and space. It is a living and growing presence. Your beloved Bob thanks you for your eternal love and devotion to provide him a happy and healthy earthly journey. His sweet Living Spirit continues to share your earthly journey now as he always has and always will. He is forever a part of you, DC, in your heart and your memories and nothing in heaven or on earth can ever change this. He is forever a heartbeat close to you.
I hope today is treating you and your precious furkids kindly, dc. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I look forward to knowing how you're doing.
Peace and blessings,
moon_beam
This grief journey is one of the most painful experiences you will know on this side of eternity, DC, both emotionally and physically. It is a journey of adjustment to the physical absence of your beloved Bob, and this adjustment can only be made one day at a time, sometimes one moment at a time. Clinical professionals now recognize that the grief journey of a beloved companion is the same as the grief journey for a human family member or friend. Unfortunately not everyone in our lives understands this, and this is one of the many reasons why this wonderful forum was started - - as a safe place where people can come to share what is in their hearts and find encouragement, support, comfort, and hope as they travel their grief adjustment journey. You are among friends here who truly do understand what you are going through, and we are here for you for as long and as oftean as you need us.
I can so relate to your providing treatments to your beloved Bob as I did the same for my number one kitty son Eli who was diagnosed with end stage Lymphoma in 2006. His treatments were palliative in nature, but I think they did provide him some extra time with his other fur family members and me. Still when the time came to release him from his physical body 14 days before Christmas 2006 it was very, very hard, and my precious Noah grieved deeply for his big adopted kitty brother, as did I. We both still miss him a great deal, but are comforted in knowing that he now restored to his former youthfulness in the company of the angels.
Thank you so much for sharing with us your beloved Bob. He is a handsome lad, and you can see in his eyes he reflection of your love for him. Love is eternal, dc - - it is not restricted to the physical laws of time and space. It is a living and growing presence. Your beloved Bob thanks you for your eternal love and devotion to provide him a happy and healthy earthly journey. His sweet Living Spirit continues to share your earthly journey now as he always has and always will. He is forever a part of you, DC, in your heart and your memories and nothing in heaven or on earth can ever change this. He is forever a heartbeat close to you.
I hope today is treating you and your precious furkids kindly, dc. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I look forward to knowing how you're doing.
Peace and blessings,
moon_beam
QUOTE (moon_beam @ May 11 2012, 11:21 AM) 
Hi, dc, please permit me to offer you my sincerest sympathies in the physical loss of your beloved Bob. Losing a companion is never easy regardless of the circumstances or how long we are blessed with the privilege of their company.
This grief journey is one of the most painful experiences you will know on this side of eternity, DC, both emotionally and physically. It is a journey of adjustment to the physical absence of your beloved Bob, and this adjustment can only be made one day at a time, sometimes one moment at a time. Clinical professionals now recognize that the grief journey of a beloved companion is the same as the grief journey for a human family member or friend. Unfortunately not everyone in our lives understands this, and this is one of the many reasons why this wonderful forum was started - - as a safe place where people can come to share what is in their hearts and find encouragement, support, comfort, and hope as they travel their grief adjustment journey. You are among friends here who truly do understand what you are going through, and we are here for you for as long and as oftean as you need us.
I can so relate to your providing treatments to your beloved Bob as I did the same for my number one kitty son Eli who was diagnosed with end stage Lymphoma in 2006. His treatments were palliative in nature, but I think they did provide him some extra time with his other fur family members and me. Still when the time came to release him from his physical body 14 days before Christmas 2006 it was very, very hard, and my precious Noah grieved deeply for his big adopted kitty brother, as did I. We both still miss him a great deal, but are comforted in knowing that he now restored to his former youthfulness in the company of the angels.
Thank you so much for sharing with us your beloved Bob. He is a handsome lad, and you can see in his eyes he reflection of your love for him. Love is eternal, dc - - it is not restricted to the physical laws of time and space. It is a living and growing presence. Your beloved Bob thanks you for your eternal love and devotion to provide him a happy and healthy earthly journey. His sweet Living Spirit continues to share your earthly journey now as he always has and always will. He is forever a part of you, DC, in your heart and your memories and nothing in heaven or on earth can ever change this. He is forever a heartbeat close to you.
I hope today is treating you and your precious furkids kindly, dc. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I look forward to knowing how you're doing.
Peace and blessings,
moon_beam
This grief journey is one of the most painful experiences you will know on this side of eternity, DC, both emotionally and physically. It is a journey of adjustment to the physical absence of your beloved Bob, and this adjustment can only be made one day at a time, sometimes one moment at a time. Clinical professionals now recognize that the grief journey of a beloved companion is the same as the grief journey for a human family member or friend. Unfortunately not everyone in our lives understands this, and this is one of the many reasons why this wonderful forum was started - - as a safe place where people can come to share what is in their hearts and find encouragement, support, comfort, and hope as they travel their grief adjustment journey. You are among friends here who truly do understand what you are going through, and we are here for you for as long and as oftean as you need us.
I can so relate to your providing treatments to your beloved Bob as I did the same for my number one kitty son Eli who was diagnosed with end stage Lymphoma in 2006. His treatments were palliative in nature, but I think they did provide him some extra time with his other fur family members and me. Still when the time came to release him from his physical body 14 days before Christmas 2006 it was very, very hard, and my precious Noah grieved deeply for his big adopted kitty brother, as did I. We both still miss him a great deal, but are comforted in knowing that he now restored to his former youthfulness in the company of the angels.
Thank you so much for sharing with us your beloved Bob. He is a handsome lad, and you can see in his eyes he reflection of your love for him. Love is eternal, dc - - it is not restricted to the physical laws of time and space. It is a living and growing presence. Your beloved Bob thanks you for your eternal love and devotion to provide him a happy and healthy earthly journey. His sweet Living Spirit continues to share your earthly journey now as he always has and always will. He is forever a part of you, DC, in your heart and your memories and nothing in heaven or on earth can ever change this. He is forever a heartbeat close to you.
I hope today is treating you and your precious furkids kindly, dc. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and that I look forward to knowing how you're doing.
Peace and blessings,
moon_beam
Thanks for your kind words Moonbeam.
Hello DC
What an amazing dog is Mr Bob! The pictures show his soul shining through his eyes. You and he were one of the rare and lucky human-animal pairs to share a single soul. You carry part of Bob's soul and he carries part of yours - always and forever.
Treatment .... absolutely. It gave him a longer life with a good quality - and more time for you guys to bathe in each other's presence. I lost my Gretta (the kindest chocolate lab who ever lived) 13 months ago. She was always on the borderline of having CUshing's but the screening tests were always "can't determine" and I didn't want to put her through the chemo just to get a definitive diagnosis. I can SO relate to you saying Mr Bob walked 2 blocks up until 3 weeks before his passing. Gretta walked, trotted and even ran sometimes up until the last couple of weeks. She crashed in one day - a collapse of the spinal cord (whatever that is - and I DO NOT want to know) - at 6 AM she went on our normal 10 block walk, by 10 am she could barely make it around the block and by 3 PM she could barely stand up. At that point I rushed her to the University Vet clinic (which thank god is open 24/7) and the next day I had to make the fateful decision.
One thing is for sure, DC: love is forever. It does not fade or die - if it is true love. And your love for Mr Bob and his love for you is THE strongest kind there is in the universe. It will never diminish, let alone die. My vet's words were, when he heard of Gretta's passing "She's in a safe place now." ANd this from the ultimate man of science. So ... if he believes it, so do I. An old Black preacher taught me that faith is a choice - and I absolutely choose to believe that Gretta and Mr Bob and all creatures great and small do live on - in a Perfect World.
Bob is there and at the same time right beside you. (You can do that if you aren't encumbered by a physical shell
) He's on his job just like always: watching over you, guiding your steps, reading your heart, and, most important, LOVING YOU. And he feels your ever-so-strong love at every moment. He's joined Gretta and Trevor and all the other creatures in the Perfect World. Gretta is on the welcoming committee so she's already met Mr Bob and they are trading stories about their mom and dad - newbies always get first bragging rights!
Please be gentle with yourself and the rest of your "pack". They need you now and you need them. Your only job during these first few months is to breathe in after you breathe out - seriously. Once you have that mastered reliably, you can worry about the rest (which doesn't matter anyway).
Missing a soul-dog, too,
Gretta's mom
What an amazing dog is Mr Bob! The pictures show his soul shining through his eyes. You and he were one of the rare and lucky human-animal pairs to share a single soul. You carry part of Bob's soul and he carries part of yours - always and forever.
Treatment .... absolutely. It gave him a longer life with a good quality - and more time for you guys to bathe in each other's presence. I lost my Gretta (the kindest chocolate lab who ever lived) 13 months ago. She was always on the borderline of having CUshing's but the screening tests were always "can't determine" and I didn't want to put her through the chemo just to get a definitive diagnosis. I can SO relate to you saying Mr Bob walked 2 blocks up until 3 weeks before his passing. Gretta walked, trotted and even ran sometimes up until the last couple of weeks. She crashed in one day - a collapse of the spinal cord (whatever that is - and I DO NOT want to know) - at 6 AM she went on our normal 10 block walk, by 10 am she could barely make it around the block and by 3 PM she could barely stand up. At that point I rushed her to the University Vet clinic (which thank god is open 24/7) and the next day I had to make the fateful decision.
One thing is for sure, DC: love is forever. It does not fade or die - if it is true love. And your love for Mr Bob and his love for you is THE strongest kind there is in the universe. It will never diminish, let alone die. My vet's words were, when he heard of Gretta's passing "She's in a safe place now." ANd this from the ultimate man of science. So ... if he believes it, so do I. An old Black preacher taught me that faith is a choice - and I absolutely choose to believe that Gretta and Mr Bob and all creatures great and small do live on - in a Perfect World.
Bob is there and at the same time right beside you. (You can do that if you aren't encumbered by a physical shell
) He's on his job just like always: watching over you, guiding your steps, reading your heart, and, most important, LOVING YOU. And he feels your ever-so-strong love at every moment. He's joined Gretta and Trevor and all the other creatures in the Perfect World. Gretta is on the welcoming committee so she's already met Mr Bob and they are trading stories about their mom and dad - newbies always get first bragging rights!Please be gentle with yourself and the rest of your "pack". They need you now and you need them. Your only job during these first few months is to breathe in after you breathe out - seriously. Once you have that mastered reliably, you can worry about the rest (which doesn't matter anyway).
Missing a soul-dog, too,
Gretta's mom
Hi DC
"Old dog on a chair arm" - what a beautiful and heart-touching picture. Would you mind if I added it to my gallery of spirit animals?
Breathe deeply, nibble on crackers, and gaze on the beautiful face of your soul-mate- where she is is right by your side, sharing the love you have shared since time began and will share until time ends.
Here's some strength you can use when your spirits flag.
Gretta's mom
"Old dog on a chair arm" - what a beautiful and heart-touching picture. Would you mind if I added it to my gallery of spirit animals?
Breathe deeply, nibble on crackers, and gaze on the beautiful face of your soul-mate- where she is is right by your side, sharing the love you have shared since time began and will share until time ends.
Here's some strength you can use when your spirits flag.
Gretta's mom
Bob Barker's dad
What a great name! Is that his true name? It brings a smile to my face even through tears.
Just looking at him with his "zorro" face and sweet white muzzle makes me both happy and sad.
He looks SO much like Gretta, evven though they're different breeds.
Today all we LS family members have to do is put one foot in front of the other (and that's HARD) and try to live our day in a way that honors our soul-mate's life.
Thank you for sharing these increadible photos.
Gretta's mom
What a great name! Is that his true name? It brings a smile to my face even through tears.
Just looking at him with his "zorro" face and sweet white muzzle makes me both happy and sad.
He looks SO much like Gretta, evven though they're different breeds.
Today all we LS family members have to do is put one foot in front of the other (and that's HARD) and try to live our day in a way that honors our soul-mate's life.
Thank you for sharing these increadible photos.
Gretta's mom
QUOTE (Gretta's Mom @ May 12 2012, 08:35 AM)
Hi DC
"Old dog on a chair arm" - what a beautiful and heart-touching picture. Would you mind if I added it to my gallery of spirit animals?
Breathe deeply, nibble on crackers, and gaze on the beautiful face of your soul-mate- where she is is right by your side, sharing the love you have shared since time began and will share until time ends.
Here's some strength you can use when your spirits flag.
Gretta's mom
"Old dog on a chair arm" - what a beautiful and heart-touching picture. Would you mind if I added it to my gallery of spirit animals?
Breathe deeply, nibble on crackers, and gaze on the beautiful face of your soul-mate- where she is is right by your side, sharing the love you have shared since time began and will share until time ends.
Here's some strength you can use when your spirits flag.
Gretta's mom
Hi Greta,
Sorry I took so long to respond but yes please feel free to use Bob's picture and I appreciate the kind words.
Thanks
QUOTE (Gretta's Mom @ May 13 2012, 09:35 AM)
Bob Barker's dad
What a great name! Is that his true name? It brings a smile to my face even through tears.
Just looking at him with his "zorro" face and sweet white muzzle makes me both happy and sad.
He looks SO much like Gretta, evven though they're different breeds.
Today all we LS family members have to do is put one foot in front of the other (and that's HARD) and try to live our day in a way that honors our soul-mate's life.
Thank you for sharing these increadible photos.
Gretta's mom
What a great name! Is that his true name? It brings a smile to my face even through tears.
Just looking at him with his "zorro" face and sweet white muzzle makes me both happy and sad.
He looks SO much like Gretta, evven though they're different breeds.
Today all we LS family members have to do is put one foot in front of the other (and that's HARD) and try to live our day in a way that honors our soul-mate's life.
Thank you for sharing these increadible photos.
Gretta's mom
Yes, he used to sit in the yard with the rest of his litter as a puppy and he was the only one that would not stop barking until we removed him from the kennel. We started keeping him with us as opposed to with the rest of the puppies and eventually we noticed he was a character so we decided to keep him. It was a choice we were glad we made and I am thankful for the 6 years I had with him.
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