[Lemans64]

Why does it seem worse to lose a pet than a family member?? Had to do the dirty deed of putting my Family pet Dog down last week, not easy. She was 16 1/2 years old and I knew this was coming, But this seems to be worse than loosing my Brother a few years ago. Been a few days now but still struggling with this. Had a new granddaughter
a week before so maybe she was making space for new member. Been a good week then **** goes sideways.

[sdbob]

Sorry for your loss. Always they have a special place in our hearts. If the love they show was instilled by the creator which I believe it was,the creator has everything planned through love.

[6869GTO]

Pets are family members, sorry for your loss.
Congratulations
on your new granddaughter !

[b-man]

I have a little dog that’ll turn 17 in July.

I know I’m gonna lose it when he goes.

My most sincere condolences.

[433lemans]

So sorry. They have a huge impact on your life. Having to bring them in to have the procedure is one of the toughest things in life to do, at least it was for me. A year and a half ago for me. Still have moments of grief. It gets better, but everyone is different as far as how long it takes. I haven't had the will to replace my buddy, and at my age probably won't have another. Shadow was the best. Go ahead and grieve. It's natural and okay.
Congrats on the new granddaughter! She's beautiful!

[PAUL K]

I'm so sorry to hear this. God bless you and your family. RIP

I read an article once that said losing a pet sometimes seems harder than a family member because they rely on the owner so much more.... My theory is God gives them shorter lives so we get to love more of them.

Congratulations on the new granddaughter

[RFCOLEMAN]

So sorry for the loss of your precious little girl. A little more than 2 years ago we lost our precious little boy Harley. I think about him and the other 3 dogs we have lost often. They were all great guys. It really is a hard thing to loose a great friend. Our Harley and your sweet little girl look so much alike they could be brother and sister. Remember the good times. She will always be in your heart.

[400 4spd.]

In 2007 I had to have our 17 year old Border Collie put down due to health problems. One morning in 2010 I found my other Border Collie dead on the shoulder of the road in front my house. A thunderstorm the night before must have spooked it and it went over our back yard fence and into the road. A vehicle took her out.
In 2017 I found our 15 year old yellow Lab dead in her dog house. 2018 I found my father dead in his home.
Losing my dogs was tough, losing my Dad was no comparison. YMMV. Sorry for your loss.

[tempest1964]

If you look up the definition of unconditional love in the dictionary, there is a picture of someone’s dog. Sorry for your loss buddy. I know your pain.

[Held for Ransom]

One of the "family" members was buried a little over a week ago. It's a lot tougher on me when you go thru the "putting them down". RIP to all the "family" members who've passed.

[Mr_GTO]

They are family. They love unconditionally. It's never easy to let them go.

[chuckies76ta]

So sorry for you loss of your pet. And congrats on your Grand Daughter.

[MarkS57]

Sorry for your loss. Back in mid February, we had to put down our 17 1/2 yr old cat Carley. Why is it, that chore seems to fall on guys, that just sucks.. 2015 I put down our Border Collie Max (aren't they all Max?). Carley & Max were both 2007 models, she way out lived him; both were the best pets you could have.

[jhein]

Very sorry to hear about that. It's never easy.

[4dblnkldude]

Yep it sucks I'm very sorry. I lost my female pit bull on 12-31-24. I knew it would be bad but I still think about her every day.

[SRR]

So sorry for your loss.

[Hikin Mike]

Sorry for your loss.

We had to put down our Black Chihuahua, 'Ninja', two months ago. Still miss her.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Congratulations on the granddaughter! Before you know it she’ll be wearing makeup and rolling her eyes at everything you say. Had to put my Abbey Girl down in 1994; inflammatory arthritis. It hasn’t gotten any easier over the last thirty-one years putting another five dogs down ( Tygger, Bumpus, Maggie, Clement and Sota) nor will it be any less torturous when our latest four have to be put down. I was once asked as question :” If you could have a superpower what would it be?” My answer: make my dogs live as long as I do.

[dataway]

So sorry!
I had a psychologist tell me that the pain you feel at the loss of someone is proportional to the amount of time you spent with them on a daily basis. Applies to pets too. The brain is wired that way, you miss the most, whatever played the bigger part in your life on day to day basis.

I'm terrible about it, I start worrying the first day I get a new dog about the inevitable end.

Always reminds me of Mr. Bojangles.

He spoke with tears
Of fifteen years
How his dog and him
They traveled about

His dog up and died
He up and died
After twenty years he still grieves


JohnnyB

[Lemans64]

Thanks for all the Kind words, and support. Trying to clean up her beds and toys and such, gets to me but I know She was worth it.
Won't be getting another Pet for a while. Maybe in the future once we settled down more. Retired so want to do some traveling
and don't want to be tied down with another Pet yet. No babysitter close by. Again Thanks for all the support and kind words. Summer is coming so
gonna be on the road soon.