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Post by featherduster on Jun 3, 2016 12:24:12 GMT -5
Since we have been discussing our dogs I want to ad this comment.
Today after 13 years of fetching my ducks,geese,pheasants,doves and everything I threw for her to fetch I put down my sweet BELLA.
Bella was a 13 year old female lab that I got as a puppy,she was a great retriever a defender of our home and the best companion my wife and I and our grand kids could ever have.
Bella's hips went out last fall so we had to go slow with her, I had to help her up the stairs with a belly sling but she never complained.
Two days ago she let me know it was time and so today I put Bella to sleep.
I buried her along a tree line next to our marsh a place her and I would would sit and watch for ducks in the fall.
RIP BELLA.
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Post by bullseye69 on Jun 3, 2016 12:34:57 GMT -5
Very sorry to hear. Always hard to hear that as it brings up memories of pets past.
Your memories of her and the fun you had together will last forever.
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Post by stevein on Jun 3, 2016 13:41:13 GMT -5
That is the biggest problem with dogs. They just are not around long enough. At least you can visit her.
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Post by dbd870 on Jun 3, 2016 14:30:06 GMT -5
That is the biggest problem with dogs. They just are not around long enough. At least you can visit her. Yes indeed. |
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Jun 3, 2016 16:21:41 GMT -5
Sorry for your loss. Never an easy thing.
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Post by throbak on Jun 3, 2016 17:15:45 GMT -5
So sorry I feel the Pain I have one goes every where with me I know the attachment you have RIP Bella
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jun 3, 2016 17:52:23 GMT -5
I know it was tough, and she'll be missed. They become part of the family.
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Post by esshup on Jun 3, 2016 18:09:02 GMT -5
Been there, done that and I still get wet eyes, 15 years later. My condolences.
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Post by swetz on Jun 3, 2016 18:28:14 GMT -5
Sorry
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Post by hornzilla on Jun 3, 2016 20:44:25 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your loss. But you did the last honorable thing for her. You made sure she didn't spend her last days, months or year in pain.
I understand your pain. In October we lost one of our trail horses.
R.I.P
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Post by featherduster on Jun 3, 2016 20:49:19 GMT -5
Thank you guys.
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Post by duff on Jun 3, 2016 21:06:42 GMT -5
I am preparing my kids for this exact topic for my chessie, Buster.
He is 11 and showing it. My daughter will be 12 and son will be 10 soon so they have known old boy their entire life....hard lessons in life that never get any easier.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 3, 2016 22:29:31 GMT -5
Sorry for your loss.
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Post by trapperdave on Jun 3, 2016 22:32:57 GMT -5
Sorry for your loss. RIP Bella.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jun 4, 2016 6:57:39 GMT -5
That is always a tough thing to do. Sorry for your loss.
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Post by featherduster on Jun 4, 2016 7:36:02 GMT -5
If I can offer some advise for those who will at some time in their life need to put down a long time family pet/hunting buddy that advise would be to be there when they pass and if at all possible bring them home and bury them there.
Digging a grave can help clear your mind.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 4, 2016 7:53:51 GMT -5
If I can offer some advise for those who will at some time in their life need to put down a long time family pet/hunting buddy that advise would be to be there when they pass and if at all possible bring them home and bury them there. Digging a grave can helps clear your mind. I agree with this. In the corner of our yard is a "pet cemetary". We have one dog and five cats buried there. We had our Lab Andy cremated and buried the urn. Every time I cut the grass and pass over their graves I say "Hi boys"... |
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 4, 2016 7:55:36 GMT -5
My sincerest condolences Featherduster ..
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Post by Sasquatch on Jun 4, 2016 7:58:05 GMT -5
It's hard when a dog is around so long you can't imagine them not being there. Sorry.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 4, 2016 7:58:16 GMT -5
A Dog's Prayer.
If it should be that I grow weak
And pain should keep me from my sleep
Then you must do what must be done,
For this last battle cannot be won.
You will be sad, I understand;
Don't let your grief then stay your hand
For this day more than all the rest
Your love for me must stand the test
We've had so many happy years
What is to come can hold no fears,
You'd not want me to suffer so,
The time has come please let me go.
Take me where my need they'll tend
And please stay with me until the end,
Hold me firm and speak to me
Until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time that you will see,
The kindness that you did for me
Although my tail its last has waved,
From pain and suffering I've been saved.
Please do not grieve, it must be you
Who has this painful thing to do,
We've been so close, we two, these years,
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.
Robin Hooper, Veterinary Surgeon.
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