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03-25-2017, 08:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Cedar Creek Lake, TX
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RIP Sadie
I know to some it is silly, but we lost a family member today. Sadie, our Lasha mix, had a seizure and is gone. We have been preparing for a camping trip today and she was so excited to be going. She loved camping as much as we do and it will be lonely without her.
We called her our Katrina pooch. Her previous owner tied her to a pole in downtown New Orleans during the storm and we adopted her soon after. Her next 12 years were much better, as was ours. She is missed.
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03-25-2017, 08:17 PM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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Sorry....They are family..
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03-25-2017, 08:20 PM
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Senior Member
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Thanks Bob. Indeed they are.
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03-25-2017, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member
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She was lucky to have you and a second change. they become such a big part of our lives it is never easy.
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03-25-2017, 08:22 PM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
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I swear Everytime that happens....No more.....but........
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03-25-2017, 08:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bob caldwell
Sorry....They are family..
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Ditto. They always leave a hole in our hearts.
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03-25-2017, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Not at all silly. Hardest thing I ever had to do was put down our Golden Retriever.
My prayers are with you and your family. So very sorry for your loss.
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03-25-2017, 08:24 PM
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DW's 401(k) Plan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bob caldwell
I swear Everytime that happens....No more.....but........
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I said that back in October. But.....
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"Sunny" the 2017 Sunseeker 3010DS
2006 Jeep Liberty Toad
.... and lovin' life........MOST of the time.
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03-25-2017, 08:27 PM
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Left Coast
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03-25-2017, 08:29 PM
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Member
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So sorry for your loss.
We have 2 dogs that really like to go camping. They are fun to have around.
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03-25-2017, 09:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Cedar Creek Lake, TX
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Really missing her tonight. We are still going on our camping trip is Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma tomorrow, but it won't be the same without her. She was so excited as we loaded up the trailer today. At least she did get one last romp in the Texas bluebonnets on our trip last week.
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03-25-2017, 09:08 PM
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Left Coast
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Wish I knew what to say....
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03-25-2017, 09:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Cedar Creek Lake, TX
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You said plenty Bob, thanks.
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03-25-2017, 09:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Stromsburg, Nebraska
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Very sorry for your loss. I had to have my Shepard/husky, Zeus, put down after a bad seizure several years back. Never easy to lose a family member, even when they are a pet.
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03-25-2017, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Texas
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They are more noble than 99% of the people I've ever met. Not silly at all to grieve for the loss of a dog. They are truly family members.
Been through this many times, and always so hard.
My condolences.
Tuckerdog1
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03-25-2017, 09:25 PM
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Senior Member
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Thanks Tucker, you are so right. Totally noble, and forgiving for all of MY faults!
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03-25-2017, 09:39 PM
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Scoundrel
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Montrose, Colorado
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Those of us who surround ourselves with lives more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle that is easily shattered. Still, we would not live our lives any other way.
I know all to well what you're going through. Very sorry for your loss.
Rich J.
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03-25-2017, 09:45 PM
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Losing a fur child is never easy. I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for giving her a loving home when she needed it. She is at the rainbow bridge playing in the blue bonnets waiting for you to come join her at the campfire.
This was sent to me when I lost my Maddie and I think it is appropriate for you too. They were right, You will cry when you read this
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Originally Posted by Dog Folks
Sorry for your loss. This may make you cry at this point but it also may help you with your grief:
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF AN EXTREMELY DISTINGUISHED DOG
I, Chelsea, because of the burden of my illness and realizing the end of my life is near, do hereby bury my Last Will and Testament in the mind of my Master. She will not know it is there until after I am dead. Then, remembering me in her loneliness, she will suddenly know of this testament, and I ask her to inscribe it as a memorial to me.
I have little in the way of material things to leave. Dogs are wiser than men. They do not set great store upon things. They do not waste their days hoarding property. They do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have not. There is nothing of value I have to bequeath except my love and my faith. These I leave to all those who have loved me, to my Master, Vicky, who I know will mourn me the most, to my companion, Will, but if I should list all those who have loved me, it would force my Master to write a book. Perhaps it is vain of me to boast when I am so near death, which returns all beasts and vanities to dust, but I have always been an extremely exceptional dog.
I ask my Master to remember me always but not to grieve for me too long. In my life I have tried to be a comfort to her in time of sorrow and a reason for added joy in her happiness. It is painful for me to think that even in death I should cause her pain. Let her remember that, while no dog ever had a happier life, I have now grown ill and pained. I should not want my pride to sink to a bewildered humiliation. It is time for me to say "good-bye". It will sorrow me to leave her but not sorrow me to die. Dogs do not fear death as men do. We accept it as part of life, not as something alien and terrible which destroys life. What will come to me after death? I will be in a place where one is always young; where I will someday be joined by companions I have known in life; where I will romp in lovely fields with those that have gone before me; where every hour is mealtime; where in long evenings there are fireplaces with logs forever burning, and one curls oneself up and remembers the old brave days on earth and the love of one's Master.
This is much to expect but peace, at least, is certain, and a long rest for these weakened limbs. And eternal sleep is perhaps, after all, the best.
One last request I earnestly make. I ask her, for love of me to have another. It would be a poor tribute to my memory never to have another Lab. What I would like to feel is that, having once had me, she cannot live without one! I have never had a narrow spirit. I have always held that most dogs are good. Some dogs are better than others--like me--and so I suggest a Black Lab as my successor. She can hardly be as well bred or as mannered or as distinguished and beautiful as I, but my Master must not ask the impossible. She will do her best, I am sure, and even her inevitable defects will help keep my memory green. To her I bequeath my collar and leash. I leave her my place in the car which I loved so much and wish for her long rides with open windows.
One last word of farewell, dear Master. Whenever you think of me, say to yourself with regret but also with happiness in your heart at the remembrance of my happy life with you, "She is the one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep, I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.
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03-25-2017, 10:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Texas
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The last time we lost a dog ( Scooter ), a friend gave us a framed picture of Scooter. On the frame it read: Thanks for everything. I had a wonderful time.
I'm sure Sadie would tell you the same.
Tuckerdog1
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03-25-2017, 10:40 PM
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Site Team
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I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Sadie will always be with you in your heart.
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