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LangleyBlue1970

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My partners dog passed away yesterday. The dog attached to me the minute off and so, whilst she wasn’t mine, it’s a real horrible feeling that the little mutt isn’t here.

Today was a horrible day at work and I’ve just got back to my partner house. The mood is sombre and everyone is really upset. Pooch was 13.

What are your experiences of the death of pets?
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
My partners dog passed away yesterday. The dog attached to me the minute off and so, whilst she wasn’t mine, it’s a real horrible feeling that the little mutt isn’t here.

Today was a horrible day at work and I’ve just got back to my partner house. The mood is sombre and everyone is really upset. Pooch was 13.

What are your experiences of the death of pets?
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It's absolutely shit. There is no dressing it up. You love them while you have them, and by God they love you, and then you have to say goodbye and it hurts like hell.
 
They’re a family member that always make you feel better, whatever the situation.

The death of a pet is no different to losing that family member, just that you’ve been responsible for them and had to make the hard decision to say that the most merciful thing is euthanasia.

Sorry for your loss. We’re about to go through the same with our cat, who probably has a few weeks left at most now. We’re just waiting for her to signal that she’s had enough.

I’m dreading signing that form.
 
Lost my English Setter in November he was nearly 11 years old he had spinal issues and was losing the feeling and movement in his back legs . He went downhill really quickly making the decision to let him go was the hardest decision to make . I keep thinking I hear him in the house or glimpse him he was my best friend and I miss him terribly.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
They’re a family member that always make you feel better, whatever the situation.

The death of a pet is no different to losing that family member, just that you’ve been responsible for them and had to make the hard decision to say that the most merciful thing is euthanasia.

Sorry for your loss. We’re about to go through the same with our cat, who probably has a few weeks left at most now. We’re just waiting for her to signal that she’s had enough.

I’m dreading signing that form.
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Good luck mate.
 
It's awful mate, but the hurt dissipates over time. You can both be comforted by the fact that you gave the dog all the love it needed, and it had a great life, never having to do a day's work.

We lost our only ever dog three years ago. We now do dog sitting occasionally, so we get to look after dogs, but without the emotional attachment.
 
I had my best mate (Rescue Border Collie called Titch) fatally wounded by the dog next door pushing through the fence & attacking her on our garden last April & I am still strugling to get over it, you just get so attached to them, people keep saying to get another dog but I really dont think I could cope at the moment & it takes years to build the sort of bond we had,
The arrogant twats next door thought we could just carry on like nothing happened but I managed to get the Police involved & there dog was removed, Needless to say its as much as I can do not to attack the cretins every time I see them.
 
J.G.Blue. said:
I had my best mate (Rescue Border Collie called Titch) fatally wounded by the dog next door pushing through the fence & attacking her on our garden last April & I am still strugling to get over it, you just get so attached to them, people keep saying to get another dog but I really dont think I could cope at the moment & it takes years to build the sort of bond we had,
The arrogant twats next door thought we could just carry on like nothing happened but I managed to get the Police involved & there dog was removed, Needless to say its as much as I can do not to attack the cretins every time I see them.
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I get how you feel lost my girl to cancer getting on 3 years ago still can't come to terms with it.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
They’re a family member that always make you feel better, whatever the situation.

The death of a pet is no different to losing that family member, just that you’ve been responsible for them and had to make the hard decision to say that the most merciful thing is euthanasia.

Sorry for your loss. We’re about to go through the same with our cat, who probably has a few weeks left at most now. We’re just waiting for her to signal that she’s had enough.

I’m dreading signing that form.
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I had that with my cat years ago. Had the boy 13 years and, as cats are, he was independent up until he knew it was time. At that point he was by our side and clingy. He knew. He passed very peacefully one night next to us. I took that very hard.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
My partners dog passed away yesterday. The dog attached to me the minute off and so, whilst she wasn’t mine, it’s a real horrible feeling that the little mutt isn’t here.

Today was a horrible day at work and I’ve just got back to my partner house. The mood is sombre and everyone is really upset. Pooch was 13.

What are your experiences of the death of pets?
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Feel your pain.
I've felt worse about my dog dying than some family members.

13 years isn't a bad stretch.

My deepest condolences.
 
lust overlord said:
I'm dreading the day when we say goodbye to our old girl,she's a staffie and struggles to go out for walks nowadays.
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I knew it was time for our fluffy idiot to go to a better place when, on one of her lasts walks, she looked at me after leaving the house, turned around went back into the house.

That dog loved walks.

I couldn't be selfish to her anymore.
 
The Goldblatt family cat died in September, totally out of the blue. Apparently, cats aged 9 -13 ish are susceptible to aorta/heart problems.
Mrs Goldblatt's mates cat died last week.same problem, same age group.

As an aside, the insurance company were complete CUNTS with us, as they classed it as euthanasia (when Mrs G got him to the vets, he was minutes away from death, and she didn't want him suffering anymore, so she said put him down).
Pet insurance is a scam. The trouble we had with them just caused more distress. Just put £50 in a shoebox each month, and hope your pet doesn't get hurt/unwell. When they do, hopefully you've got enough in the pot.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
My partners dog passed away yesterday. The dog attached to me the minute off and so, whilst she wasn’t mine, it’s a real horrible feeling that the little mutt isn’t here.

Today was a horrible day at work and I’ve just got back to my partner house. The mood is sombre and everyone is really upset. Pooch was 13.

What are your experiences of the death of pets?
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It’s awful and I mean truly awful, we lost our cocker 7 years ago and never a day goes by where I don’t think of her, she was 13, seeing this thread brings me to tears as I hate it when I see stories like this, breaks my heart, we did get another within 12 months, took me a while to get used to the idea, but I’ve just woke her up to give her a cuddle after reading this, love her to bits, more than the Mrs
 
Anyone get another pet after the death of their beloved, deceased pet?

She’s already looking but through tears. I think she’s trying to fill that gap too soon.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
I had that with my cat years ago. Had the boy 13 years and, as cats are, he was independent up until he knew it was time. At that point he was by our side and clingy. He knew. He passed very peacefully one night next to us. I took that very hard.
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This is cat number 4 for me and it still doesn’t get any easier. She’s 17 and a half, but has spinal issues now and we’re at the cusp of what she can manage.

The house isn’t the same without them.
 
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