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Posted : 5/6/2006 9:59:59 AM

You do whatever feels RIGHT to you to grieve. If it's getting mad, if it's throwing things, whatever it takes to let the pain out. Not one of us can tell you HOW to grieve. There is no right and no wrong. Right now you're taking care of the stuff that needs doing and probably on auto pilot. But, it'll come...the tears, the anger, the disbelief, it'll all come in its own time and it's own way. And we'll be here for you. Here you can say whatever you're feeling, and WE get it. She wasn't "just a dog"....we know that here.

Hugs to you and your family.

ron2

Posted : 5/6/2006 10:17:02 AM

We're sorry to hear of this and wish you hugs.

dyan

Posted : 5/6/2006 10:58:16 AM

I'm so sorry! She was beautiful!
I don't know what to think either except for poison of some sort...even wonder if possible someone "slipped" something to her,,,,could she have been outside behind a fence for a while when no one could see her.. I mean thats "far out" but sometimes there are weirdos that do aweful things. Had she been to a vet and been put on medications or have shots that might not have ageed with her? Whatever--it is terrible, and I'm so sorry. I do believe with all my heart that she knew you loved her, and she felt that all the way to the end. She IS in a happy place right now, not feeling anymore sickness or pain, at least you know that now. It will be hard for you for days,,,,even weeks and months but always think of how cute she was and how happy you were with her...because she was that same happy with you!
Glenda is right, HERE she wasn't just a dog.

Sandra TH

Posted : 5/6/2006 11:05:53 AM

Thats so sad. My thoughts are with you and your family.

Sofy Gil

Posted : 5/6/2006 12:05:53 PM

Thank you everyone for understanding. Thank you, Thank you. Right now we're trying to figure out if we should bury her or cremate her. We just can't seem to make a decision. I'm glad that you guys understand that this just isn't a dog...she was our daughter. Just like your dogs are your kids. Thank you sooooo much once again for all the support.
This her at 6 weeks old.

Kim White

Posted : 5/6/2006 12:23:49 PM

Oh Im sooooooooooooooooo sorry for you loss.... PLEASE keep us updated on what the clinic finds out .... It sounds like poison to me.[

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Life can be so unfair... and this little girls life was taken to soon ........

Prayers coming your way.....

pofi_pasquale

Posted : 5/6/2006 7:13:35 PM

Sofy - my heart is just breaking for you with this very painful and sudden loss of your dear girl. She was so pretty and pert and cute. I wish you and your family comfort in the memory that she was adored and loved in her too short life.

Cremation vs burial is certainly a very personal choice -we have opted for cremation for our fur kids and it was remarkably comforting to have those ashes returned to us - our girls were home and with us again. If I move, I take them with me. They are in these pretty maple boxes with a name plaque and a plexi frame for a favorite photo. It just seemed right for us.

Run free, little one.

willowchow

Posted : 5/6/2006 8:40:18 PM

Dog On Loan

I'll lend you for a little time, a dog of mine God said.
For you to love while she lives and mourn when she is dead.
The years they may be six or ten or even as few as three.
But will you, 'til I call her back, take care of her for me?

She'll bring her charms to gladden you, and shall her stay be brief,
You'll have her lovely memories as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise she will stay, since all from Earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there I want this dog to learn.

I've looked the wide world over, in my search for masters true,
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes, I have selected you.
Now will you give her your love, nor think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call to take her back again?

We answered in sincerity, Dear Lord, Thy will be done.
For all the joy this dog shall bring, the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter her with tenderness, and love her while we may,
And for the happiness we will know, we'll ever grateful stay.
But shall the angels call for her much sooner than we planned,
We'll know the bitter grief that comes and try to understand.

-- Author Unknown

jennie_c_d

Posted : 5/6/2006 10:28:45 PM

I'm SO sorry for your loss. Daisy was a beautiful girl. She knows she was loved, and she's waiting for you with her little tail wiggling and wagging at the Rainbow Bridge.

You can't buy loyalty they say,
I bought it though the other day;
You can't buy friendship tried and true,
Well just the same I bought that too.
I made my bid and on the spot
Bought love and faith and quite a lot
Of happiness,
So all in all the purchase price was pretty small.
I bought a single trusting heart,
That gave devotion from the start. If you thing these things are not for sale,
Buy a brown-eyed puppy with a stump for a tail.
Author Unknown.

Patt

Posted : 5/6/2006 10:31:43 PM

Please accept my sympathy in your loss. I am so very
sorry. I will light a candle in memory of your sweet Daisy.

forpaws

Posted : 5/7/2006 8:37:14 AM

We are sorry to hear of your loss. Know we truely understand your pain. All of us here on I-Dog do not think of our fur children as just animals or pets but just that, Children, family members.

You will get all the support you will ever need here. Most of us have lost a fur child or two since we've been on this forum and have found great comfort knowing there are people out there like us who share the same pain over the loss of a fur child.

Thinking of you and your DH at your time of need and sending the Angels to surround you, to guide you, to comfort your aching hearts, to help pick up the peices.

((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))
Angel and Crew.

ron2

Posted : 5/7/2006 8:42:33 AM

Thanks for sharing that, Lori.

I often think of a verse from the Bible.

"When you have done so unto the least of these, you have done so unto Me."

spiritdogs

Posted : 5/7/2006 10:06:15 AM

Mitakuye Oyasin. We are all related. Here, we know that. Sorry about your little one:-((

bluelighting

Posted : 5/7/2006 8:30:17 PM

I'm so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful girl she was and I hope you find answers soon. She enjoyed every mintue of her time with you while it lasted.

Sofy Gil

Posted : 5/7/2006 9:39:31 PM

Thank you all for the kind words, i can't even begin to Thank ALL OF YOU enough. It helps us out so much, thank you. We are still grieving and at times we just wait for her to come out from.......wherever and jump on us, we know that won't happen but i guess it's normal. We're so glad we found a place that understands and we won't be leaving this forum ever! Once again thank you so much! The poems were a great and very helpful

We need serious help.....