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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,305
    StillHere wrote:
    Lost my Hankie this past summer to a sudden attack of bloat. He was just playing and then, 15 mins later, gone. Still hard to talk about. For 7 1/2 years, since he was 6 wks old, and we met him at the boxer rescue (Hank is half boxer and half chow) he was my best friend, my constant companion, and full of the most awesome wonderful unconditional love anyone could ever ask for. 85 pounds of pure joy .. a lap dog in a clown's body. Sometimes I think I still hear him in the back seat of the car, getting a little excited when we pull into the bank drive thru. heheee.. R.I.P. Hankie. I love you and miss you so.
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    wow....that's a pretty tough way to lose your best friend :cry: . even tho some people may not be able to fathom the depth of your loss and your sadness, we around here CAN :cry:. Thanks for letting us see your beautiful boy.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    PJaddicted wrote:
    Please share more pictures and stories. No matter how long they are gone, we never get over not having them physically in our lives, but we do learn to celebrate their lives, to honor them and to live with the pain. When you can...open your heart to another needy dog...there are so many out there that need YOU.
    I couldn't say this better. Everybody here knows the pain of losing our beloved friends. Whenever I think about the fur-kids who've gone from my life, this thread brings me a lot of comfort.

    I'll also second the encouragement to adopt another dog when you feel you can. At first I've sometimes felt that I was being disloyal to the one I'd lost, but having a new dog in my life becomes a celebration of all the love that dogs give us. You never "replace" the one you lost but the new dog gives you love and you give them a life and a purpose.

    RIP Hank. :cry:
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  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    whoprincess wrote:
    I'll also second the encouragement to adopt another dog when you feel you can. At first I've sometimes felt that I was being disloyal to the one I'd lost, but having a new dog in my life becomes a celebration of all the love that dogs give us. You never "replace" the one you lost but the new dog gives you love and you give them a life and a purpose.

    RIP Hank. :cry:

    Amen. Every day we enjoy our new puppy Brian he reminds us of our late but never forgotten Ernst, Keiko, and Astro - it's like the continuation of our fabulous dog family.

    Hank looks like he was a most excellent dog.
  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    StillHere wrote:
    Lost my Hankie this past summer to a sudden attack of bloat. He was just playing and then, 15 mins later, gone. Still hard to talk about. For 7 1/2 years, since he was 6 wks old, and we met him at the boxer rescue (Hank is half boxer and half chow) he was my best friend, my constant companion, and full of the most awesome wonderful unconditional love anyone could ever ask for. 85 pounds of pure joy .. a lap dog in a clown's body. Sometimes I think I still hear him in the back seat of the car, getting a little excited when we pull into the bank drive thru. heheee.. R.I.P. Hankie. I love you and miss you so.

    What a handsome boy... it's so hard to get used to a world without them, isn't it?

    If and when the time is right, I hope you're able to move on and bring another dog into your life. You certainly have a lot of love to give, and that will be a lucky dog indeed.
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  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    Thank you so much for your kind words everyone, and for your understanding.

    Those of you who already know me also know how very much i miss my hankie

    its so nice to have a safe place to go

    Its difficult to talk about with people who haven't experienced this kind of love in their lives.

    Thanks for inviting me a while back Sen

    I'm sorry that it took me so long

    and thanks so much to the rest of the kind hearts here.

    There are so many great stories to tell

    when the time is right.
    peace,
    jo

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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    StillHere wrote:
    Thank you so much for your kind words everyone, and for your understanding.

    Those of you who already know me also know how very much i miss my hankie

    its so nice to have a safe place to go

    Its difficult to talk about with people who haven't experienced this kind of love in their lives.

    Thanks for inviting me a while back Sen

    I'm sorry that it took me so long

    and thanks so much to the rest of the kind hearts here.

    There are so many great stories to tell

    when the time is right.
    one of the reasons this is my favourite thread...
    you just can't talk to people who don't understand what its like owning a doggie... or heaven forbid a cat person! ;);)

    e-hugs for everyone, and kisses from sammi <3
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  • Austicman
    Austicman Posts: 1,328
    StillHere wrote:
    Lost my Hankie this past summer to a sudden attack of bloat. He was just playing and then, 15 mins later, gone. Still hard to talk about. For 7 1/2 years, since he was 6 wks old, and we met him at the boxer rescue (Hank is half boxer and half chow) he was my best friend, my constant companion, and full of the most awesome wonderful unconditional love anyone could ever ask for. 85 pounds of pure joy .. a lap dog in a clown's body. Sometimes I think I still hear him in the back seat of the car, getting a little excited when we pull into the bank drive thru. heheee.. R.I.P. Hankie. I love you and miss you so.
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    RIP Hank. He's beautiful. He looks alot like My Girl Bubba. She's a Boxer/Sharpei Mix. I'm told that Chow's are the long haired version of a sharpei.

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  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    Austicman wrote:
    StillHere wrote:
    Lost my Hankie this past summer to a sudden attack of bloat. He was just playing and then, 15 mins later, gone. Still hard to talk about. For 7 1/2 years, since he was 6 wks old, and we met him at the boxer rescue (Hank is half boxer and half chow) he was my best friend, my constant companion, and full of the most awesome wonderful unconditional love anyone could ever ask for. 85 pounds of pure joy .. a lap dog in a clown's body. Sometimes I think I still hear him in the back seat of the car, getting a little excited when we pull into the bank drive thru. heheee.. R.I.P. Hankie. I love you and miss you so.
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    RIP Hank. He's beautiful. He looks alot like My Girl Bubba. She's a Boxer/Sharpei Mix. I'm told that Chow's are the long haired version of a sharpei.

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    always wondered about that. he did have a lot of wrinkles and folds..but then so do mastiffs, from which the boxer side of him originated, right? what a clown he was! :D
    bubba is adorable! she has the same folds and jowls. cutie pie!
    peace,
    jo

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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    For the first time last night all the inside pets cuddled up on the chair last night. Usually the lab and the cat or the lab and the chihuahua cuddle. The chihuahua and the cat usually just chase each other around the house. Had to take a pic.....l_7e1fb66d17ba42e59b92ec06abf8e611.jpg

    and no, the cat is NOT as big as the lab....hence his name has morphed over time: Trouble--->Trubby--->Tubby---->Chubby.
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    4and20 wrote:
    For the first time last night all the inside pets cuddled up on the chair last night. Usually the lab and the cat or the lab and the chihuahua cuddle. The chihuahua and the cat usually just chase each other around the house. Had to take a pic.....l_7e1fb66d17ba42e59b92ec06abf8e611.jpg

    and no, the cat is NOT as big as the lab....hence his name has morphed over time: Trouble--->Trubby--->Tubby---->Chubby.
    Toooooo cute!
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  • PJ_ROCKS
    PJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    whoprincess wrote:
    I couldn't say this better. Everybody here knows the pain of losing our beloved friends. Whenever I think about the fur-kids who've gone from my life, this thread brings me a lot of comfort.

    I'll also second the encouragement to adopt another dog when you feel you can. At first I've sometimes felt that I was being disloyal to the one I'd lost, but having a new dog in my life becomes a celebration of all the love that dogs give us. You never "replace" the one you lost but the new dog gives you love and you give them a life and a purpose.

    Thank You whoprincess, it really helped to read this.
    I have those same feelings, about being disloyal going on in my head these days. I have been looking at the dalmation rescue site and it still chokes me up, not sure if it means that i am not ready yet. The girls at the vets office assure me, that I will know when i am ready.

    Thanks you guys for listening to me and all the others in here, it is nice to know that we can share our good times as well as our bad times. PEACE

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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    4and20 wrote:
    For the first time last night all the inside pets cuddled up on the chair last night. Usually the lab and the cat or the lab and the chihuahua cuddle. The chihuahua and the cat usually just chase each other around the house. Had to take a pic.....l_7e1fb66d17ba42e59b92ec06abf8e611.jpg

    and no, the cat is NOT as big as the lab....hence his name has morphed over time: Trouble--->Trubby--->Tubby---->Chubby.

    Awwwwwwwwwww *melts*

    So either that's a micro Lab, or a very big cat. :shock:
    :lol:
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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    4and20 i LOVE that picture!!!!! :D You guys make me soooooooooo happy with all the pictures you share. I may sound like a broken record but it REALLY helps seeing everyones doggies!



    I just announced and some of you alreddie know, I am about to drop some "PEARL JAM 20" items for sale! One of the items will be DOGGIE SHIRTS!!! :lol: I will keep you all updated! :clap:

    I'm not sure WHEN is the "right" time because, I've wanted to share for a while but theres always one of us going thru a tough time. I want to post pictures of "memory quilts" my mom and I make. We make them for people that have lost loved ones (human) but I made a few for people that have lost their doggies. I will post a picture or 2 later incase any of you want to order one for yourself or as a gift. I wish my mom would have made ME one!!! :lol:
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  • chelsea48
    chelsea48 Posts: 594
    norm wrote:
    finally got a pic of norm with his ear doing a yoda thing :D
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    Our new bundle of trouble, Coco, 15 weeks. Yoda, Dobbie or a Gremlin? :D
  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    chelsea48 wrote:
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    Our new bundle of trouble, Coco, 15 weeks. Yoda, Dobbie or a Gremlin? :D

    Ooohhhh, Dobbie!!! How cute!!!
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    unlost dogs wrote:

    Awwwwwwwwwww *melts*

    So either that's a micro Lab, or a very big cat. :shock:
    :lol:

    Waldo is about 85#...English style lab... short and stout...he has a big square head like a Rottie. Chubby...is...well...22# He has a haircut right now so he doesn't look as fat as he usually does. :oops:

    Cocoa is soooo cute!

    Senrock...memory quilts are cool! At my last job, I made special cards for long time clients whose pets we had to put down... always so hard to watch people while their friends went to cross the rainbow bridge...
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    haffajappa wrote:
    StillHere wrote:
    Thank you so much for your kind words everyone, and for your understanding.

    Those of you who already know me also know how very much i miss my hankie

    its so nice to have a safe place to go

    Its difficult to talk about with people who haven't experienced this kind of love in their lives.

    Thanks for inviting me a while back Sen

    I'm sorry that it took me so long

    and thanks so much to the rest of the kind hearts here.

    There are so many great stories to tell

    when the time is right.
    one of the reasons this is my favourite thread...
    you just can't talk to people who don't understand what its like owning a doggie... or heaven forbid a cat person! ;);)

    e-hugs for everyone, and kisses from sammi <3
    Hey!! My cats are cool!!! One goes camping!! He's a freak, and when I was living in my van, he lived there with me. And cat people are great tooo!!LOL But this is my favorite thread too. I miss myboys too Still Here, everyday, and your doggie was soo cute!! It's weird looking in favorite spots, and not seeing them there. Still hard.
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    StillHere wrote:
    Thank you so much for your kind words everyone, and for your understanding.

    Those of you who already know me also know how very much i miss my hankie

    its so nice to have a safe place to go

    Its difficult to talk about with people who haven't experienced this kind of love in their lives.

    Thanks for inviting me a while back Sen

    I'm sorry that it took me so long

    and thanks so much to the rest of the kind hearts here.

    There are so many great stories to tell

    when the time is right.

    (((hugs)))
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    chelsea48 wrote:
    norm wrote:
    finally got a pic of norm with his ear doing a yoda thing :D
    IMG_4956.JPG
    DSC00003-1.jpg
    Our new bundle of trouble, Coco, 15 weeks. Yoda, Dobbie or a Gremlin? :D

    Awww, both of them are sooooo cute. I'm melting here :mrgreen:
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  • PJaddicted
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    For those of you struggling with when and if to get another dog after the loss of your best friend, I can tell you that with out a doubt it would heal your heart to have another to love. No it won't replace your baby that has passed on, but it will give you reason to smile again, a purpose to get up and get out in the world again. I thought when my two Weims passed on, back when Sen started this thread, that I would never again have a dog as attuned to me, one that I loved as much as the Weim boys, well I was wrong...Petey is hands down the best dog I've ever had in my life. Imagine if I didn't go and get him only 10 short days after my Mason passed away? I never would have known him. I would have missed out on that once in a lifetime soul dog. There is no reason for guilt, so many dogs need good homes, the kind that everyone on this thread can offer. You never get the dog you want....but you always get the dog you NEED. Hugs to ALL of YOU! ox
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