I'm sad.

oh susan

im so sorry.  sending you big, warm, loving hugs

jacki

Thank you, Jacki. Warm hugs are most welcomed.

Aloha my sweet friend.......I wish I could give you a hug and cry some tears with you. I KNOW how your are feeling. When I was about 3, my parents got me a beautiful collie named lady....she was a puppy. We grew up together, and I never knew a time without her by my side. I used to ride my horse through the fields of Oregon, and Lady would always be running alongside. She waited for me by where the school buss let me out every day.

When I was 15 or 16, my father picked me up at high school and said he had had to take Lady to the vet and the vet said she was in great pain....not able to see, hear or walk very well. He told me he had to have her put to sleep. I was in agony! I thought I would die, too. I lost a part of myself that day, and I have never had another dog......just couldn't bear to go through that again.

All the others have said such warm and comforting things....and I hope you feel the love and understanding coming to you from your OFF family. This is another one of those time when I wish I had a magic wand to make your pain go away. I hope you to come a place where you only remember the good times.......and you smile and laugh at memories of Sherlock's antics!

With so much aloha,

Maui Karen

I'm so touched by the out pouring of care and love. It's making a very difficult day just a bit easier knowing you are all here with me.

Thank you, dear one!

Susan, I'm also so very sorry for your loss.  So many times you would write that he would get you up early to go out and I know that you would do it all over again.  Our pets become our family, especially after our children have left the nest.  I know that pain and I hate that you have to experience it.
Hugs,
Pat A

Yes, Pat, I would do it again, in fact I've been up since 4:00 this morning. Baxter is the sweetest, dearest dog and I think he'll be sad too when he can't find his buddy today. He's a lover and cuddler, not anything like Sherlock who was very aloof.

We'll get along, the three of us. Thanks so much.

Susan my heart goes out to you.  My husband and I just put our 17 year old part Himilayan, part Persian cat Candy to sleep 3 weeks ago yesterday.  We brought her home from the shelter when she was 1-1/2 years old i***** when our male cat died in November of that year.  We had another cat at the time who we raised from a kitten when she wandered into our yard in 1989 and we had to put her to sleep in 2004.  Candy and Pepper were buddies until we had to put her to sleep and after that she was queen of the castle. 

She was a unique cat--she had a real unusual meow that sounded like she was talking to you and there were times that you would talk to her and she would meow in response.  She was my buddy--got me thru 3 surgeries (including my RNY) since 2004 and didn't leave my side during the time I was home recovering.  I am tearing up just talking about this--probably because it is fresh.  I still come downstairs in the morning expecting to find her meowing for her breakfast and expect to see her at her designated place on the couch when I come home at night. 

I still sometimes feel like crying but at the time we went to the vet, I had cried a lot over the weekend when she would not eat or drink unless we put the food and drink right up to her nose. I myself can't think about another pet at this point because it has been too hard for me.  My mother-in-law asked me the other day what I would do if my husband "surprised" me with another cat.  I said he better not because I am not ready for it.  We gave my mother-in-law about 6 cans of cat food and a big bag of kitty litter because I don't think she uses multiple cat litter for her cats (she has 2-one of which I don't believe is litter trained or has issues with another cat using the same box).  I have to think about it for a while.

My sympathy for your loss and Baxter will establish his own special place in your heart.

Sylvia

 

I love cats, but Gary is very allergic and Baxter does NOT like cats. There is a neighborhood cat that sits on top of the fence and pesters him to no end.

No matter what type of critter we have in our lives they do bring us so much joy, which make the sorrow that much harder.

Thanks for your kind story. I know I'm not alone with all of my OFF friends here.

I am so sorry.  Prayers for you.

That is the only bad thing about pets.  We normally outlast them.  Several of them. 

The last one we lost died in our car on the way to the vet.  He was a rescued greyhound.  We got another with 4 days.  It is so hard, but then you remember all the wonderful moments he provided.  And you move on.  Knowing he is better off now.  He has two good eyes and can hear perfectly.

I would consider rescuing a greyhound. Not for quite some time, but I have thought about it. Baxter is a rescue. Some nimrod dumped three puppies in our neighborhood three years ago and he is the one we kept, the other two we found homes for. I'm a believer in saving these guys from an ill fate. Sherlock was a pure bread German Shorthaired Pointer who we paid lots of money for. He had many, many quirks and was just plain difficult at times (like when we got kicked out of obedience school!), but Baxter is just pure love. He makes this so much easier.

Thank you George. You're a sweet man