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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,540
    soph189 said:
    So sorry Jose 🥺 That photo brought tears to my eyes. Reminded me of my own pups I’ve lost and also my 16 yr old Percy who’s slowed down so much this year. Sounds like Twinkie was so loved and you gave her a great life. Run free sweet girl 🌈🐾🤍
    Thanks 🙏 this community really helps in times like these 
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,061
    soph189 said:
    So sorry Jose 🥺 That photo brought tears to my eyes. Reminded me of my own pups I’ve lost and also my 16 yr old Percy who’s slowed down so much this year. Sounds like Twinkie was so loved and you gave her a great life. Run free sweet girl 🌈🐾🤍
    Thanks 🙏 this community really helps in times like these 
    How are you doing today? Just checking in. 
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Wobbie said:
    We’re getting ready to put our Twinkie to rest it’s been a tough time for her these last two weeks she’s got no control of her back legs and today she’s been having diarrhea since early this morning! She’s close to 15 years old and needs to rest my daughter has decided to have the service done here at home she wants her body cremated to keep her ashes, I don’t have anything else I can say we’ve been getting ready for this decision it’s the correct thing to do I can’t have my Twinkie suffering! Be well everyone hug your pooches 🐕 😔
    terrible news but you can’t do much better than 15 years. a tough decision for sure but we all kind of know when “it’s time” 
    The problem is that even when they're ready,  we're not. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,540
    GlowGirl said:
    soph189 said:
    So sorry Jose 🥺 That photo brought tears to my eyes. Reminded me of my own pups I’ve lost and also my 16 yr old Percy who’s slowed down so much this year. Sounds like Twinkie was so loved and you gave her a great life. Run free sweet girl 🌈🐾🤍
    Thanks 🙏 this community really helps in times like these 
    How are you doing today? Just checking in. 
    mrussel1 said:
    Wobbie said:
    We’re getting ready to put our Twinkie to rest it’s been a tough time for her these last two weeks she’s got no control of her back legs and today she’s been having diarrhea since early this morning! She’s close to 15 years old and needs to rest my daughter has decided to have the service done here at home she wants her body cremated to keep her ashes, I don’t have anything else I can say we’ve been getting ready for this decision it’s the correct thing to do I can’t have my Twinkie suffering! Be well everyone hug your pooches 🐕 😔
    terrible news but you can’t do much better than 15 years. a tough decision for sure but we all kind of know when “it’s time” 
    The problem is that even when they're ready,  we're not. 
    Thanks GG hanging in there pretty good last night was tough! My daughter is having a really tough time! And yes I agree we knew it was coming but still devastating when it’s right in front you to make that decision! Day by day I say 
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Sending hugs to the whole family @josevolution.  

    “Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big.” — Erica Jong
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,540
    Sending hugs to the whole family @josevolution.  

    “Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big.” — Erica Jong
    Thanks and yes totally agree! 
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    Ah, I'm sorry to hear this Jose. 15 years is a hell of a life for pooch. Sounds like you made the right decision for Twinkie and your family.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,868


    This what “walks” at the harbor look like for 15 year old, visually impaired Willow these days.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,816
    Poncier said:


    This what “walks” at the harbor look like for 15 year old, visually impaired Willow these days.
    AWWWWWW!!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,237
    Poncier said:


    This what “walks” at the harbor look like for 15 year old, visually impaired Willow these days.
    she’s like my age! :tired_face:

    glad she’s hanging in, poncier.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,165
    We took her last night to the emergency vet to put to rest we had appointment for this morning for home service but she was suffering and that was the last thing we wanted for her! Now she’s pain free resting in doggie heaven playing with her best friends 🥲🥲 will love you and never forget you Twinkie 

    sorry man
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    Barkley....indulging in my wife's cafe mocha latte iced coffee nonsense....



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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,540
    Ah, I'm sorry to hear this Jose. 15 years is a hell of a life for pooch. Sounds like you made the right decision for Twinkie and your family.
    Poncier said:


    This what “walks” at the harbor look like for 15 year old, visually impaired Willow these days.
    Barkley....indulging in my wife's cafe mocha latte iced coffee nonsense....



    Oh man Poncier how cute she is and Juggs what a beauty and eerie thanks vet called me today I’m picking up her ashes 😔 enjoy your pets they are heaven sent! 
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,237
    for jose:

    I post this every time someone loses a dog and I've found it to be very true.

    Living Love

     

    If you’ve ever loved an animal, there are three days in your life you will always remember.  The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your new friend.  You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed.  You may have asked opinions of many friends or done research finding a breeder.  Or, in a fleeting moment, you may have chosen that silly looking mutt at the shelter, simply because something in its eyes reached your heart.  But when you bring that chosen pet home, and watch it explore…when you feel it brush against you for the first time, it instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through many years to come.

     

    The second day will occur years later.  It will be a day like any other.  Routine and unexceptional.  But, for a surprising instant, you will look at your longtime friend and see age where you once saw youth.  You will see slow deliberate steps where you once saw energy.  You will see sleep where you once saw activity.  You will begin to adjust your friend’s diet and you may add a pill to her food.  And, you may feel a growing uneasy feeling until the third day arrives.

     

    On this day, if your friend or your higher being has not decided for you, then you will be faced with making a decision of your own on behalf of your lifelong friend.  Whichever way your friend leaves you, you will feel as alone as a single star in the dark night.

     

    If you are wise, you will let the tears flow freely as they must.  If you are typical, you will find that not many family and friends will be able to understand your grief.  But, if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through many joy-filled years, you may find that a soul, smaller in size than your own, seems to walk with you at times, during the lonely days to come.  At those moments when you least expect anything out of the ordinary, you may feel something brush against your leg.  And, looking down at the place where your dear friend used to lie… you will remember those three significant days.  The memory will be painful.  As time passes, the ache will come and go.  You will reject it and embrace it and it may confuse you.  If you reject it, it will depress you.  If you embrace it, it will deepen you.  Either way, it will still be an ache.

     

    But, there will be a fourth day when, along with the memory of your pet, and piercing through the heaviness in your heart, there will come a realization that belongs only to you.  It will be as unique and strong as our relationship with the pet we have loved and lost.  This realization takes the form of a Living Love, like the heavenly scent of a rose.  This Love will remain and grow, and will be there for us to remember.  It is a love we have earned.  It’s the legacy our pets leave us when they go… and it’s a gift we keep with us as long as we live.  And until we leave, perhaps to join our beloved pets, it is a Love we will always possess.


    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,540
    Wobbie said:
    for jose:

    I post this every time someone loses a dog and I've found it to be very true.

    Living Love

     

    If you’ve ever loved an animal, there are three days in your life you will always remember.  The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your new friend.  You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed.  You may have asked opinions of many friends or done research finding a breeder.  Or, in a fleeting moment, you may have chosen that silly looking mutt at the shelter, simply because something in its eyes reached your heart.  But when you bring that chosen pet home, and watch it explore…when you feel it brush against you for the first time, it instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through many years to come.

     

    The second day will occur years later.  It will be a day like any other.  Routine and unexceptional.  But, for a surprising instant, you will look at your longtime friend and see age where you once saw youth.  You will see slow deliberate steps where you once saw energy.  You will see sleep where you once saw activity.  You will begin to adjust your friend’s diet and you may add a pill to her food.  And, you may feel a growing uneasy feeling until the third day arrives.

     

    On this day, if your friend or your higher being has not decided for you, then you will be faced with making a decision of your own on behalf of your lifelong friend.  Whichever way your friend leaves you, you will feel as alone as a single star in the dark night.

     

    If you are wise, you will let the tears flow freely as they must.  If you are typical, you will find that not many family and friends will be able to understand your grief.  But, if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through many joy-filled years, you may find that a soul, smaller in size than your own, seems to walk with you at times, during the lonely days to come.  At those moments when you least expect anything out of the ordinary, you may feel something brush against your leg.  And, looking down at the place where your dear friend used to lie… you will remember those three significant days.  The memory will be painful.  As time passes, the ache will come and go.  You will reject it and embrace it and it may confuse you.  If you reject it, it will depress you.  If you embrace it, it will deepen you.  Either way, it will still be an ache.

     

    But, there will be a fourth day when, along with the memory of your pet, and piercing through the heaviness in your heart, there will come a realization that belongs only to you.  It will be as unique and strong as our relationship with the pet we have loved and lost.  This realization takes the form of a Living Love, like the heavenly scent of a rose.  This Love will remain and grow, and will be there for us to remember.  It is a love we have earned.  It’s the legacy our pets leave us when they go… and it’s a gift we keep with us as long as we live.  And until we leave, perhaps to join our beloved pets, it is a Love we will always possess.


    Whoa how poignant it really makes total sense! Oh man 😔 Thanks for posting this I’ll share it with my family 🙏
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,237
    Wobbie said:
    for jose:

    I post this every time someone loses a dog and I've found it to be very true.

    Living Love

     

    If you’ve ever loved an animal, there are three days in your life you will always remember.  The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your new friend.  You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed.  You may have asked opinions of many friends or done research finding a breeder.  Or, in a fleeting moment, you may have chosen that silly looking mutt at the shelter, simply because something in its eyes reached your heart.  But when you bring that chosen pet home, and watch it explore…when you feel it brush against you for the first time, it instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through many years to come.

     

    The second day will occur years later.  It will be a day like any other.  Routine and unexceptional.  But, for a surprising instant, you will look at your longtime friend and see age where you once saw youth.  You will see slow deliberate steps where you once saw energy.  You will see sleep where you once saw activity.  You will begin to adjust your friend’s diet and you may add a pill to her food.  And, you may feel a growing uneasy feeling until the third day arrives.

     

    On this day, if your friend or your higher being has not decided for you, then you will be faced with making a decision of your own on behalf of your lifelong friend.  Whichever way your friend leaves you, you will feel as alone as a single star in the dark night.

     

    If you are wise, you will let the tears flow freely as they must.  If you are typical, you will find that not many family and friends will be able to understand your grief.  But, if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through many joy-filled years, you may find that a soul, smaller in size than your own, seems to walk with you at times, during the lonely days to come.  At those moments when you least expect anything out of the ordinary, you may feel something brush against your leg.  And, looking down at the place where your dear friend used to lie… you will remember those three significant days.  The memory will be painful.  As time passes, the ache will come and go.  You will reject it and embrace it and it may confuse you.  If you reject it, it will depress you.  If you embrace it, it will deepen you.  Either way, it will still be an ache.

     

    But, there will be a fourth day when, along with the memory of your pet, and piercing through the heaviness in your heart, there will come a realization that belongs only to you.  It will be as unique and strong as our relationship with the pet we have loved and lost.  This realization takes the form of a Living Love, like the heavenly scent of a rose.  This Love will remain and grow, and will be there for us to remember.  It is a love we have earned.  It’s the legacy our pets leave us when they go… and it’s a gift we keep with us as long as we live.  And until we leave, perhaps to join our beloved pets, it is a Love we will always possess.


    Whoa how poignant it really makes total sense! Oh man 😔 Thanks for posting this I’ll share it with my family 🙏
    💯 true, in my experience.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,237
    Piper likes to keep an eye on things while draped over the back of the couch…but it can be tiring.


    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,061
    edited June 2024

    My friend is fostering this sweet 4 month old little girl. She is so cute. Just thought I would see if any of you are looking to adopt a puppy. 


    She also has this almost 1 year old male that she is fostering as well. These two are siblings but from different litters. She rescued them from the same irresponsible backyard breeder. Both are so sweet. If you are in the New York tri-state area and are interested or know someone who may be interested let me know. She has a few other dogs as well. Thanks. 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,237
    Barkley....indulging in my wife's cafe mocha latte iced coffee nonsense....



    great looking pooch, juggler! aren’t you glad you got back in the saddle?
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    Wobbie said:
    Barkley....indulging in my wife's cafe mocha latte iced coffee nonsense....



    great looking pooch, juggler! aren’t you glad you got back in the saddle?
    Absolutely. We love this dog so much.

    And, yeah, your post earlier to Jose is right on point. It meant a lot when you posted it after Kasey passed too. Appreciate it bud. 
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