My dog's not eating

[samshane]

I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[agnes!]

I am so sorry.

agnes!

 

[Patricia721]

I'm so sorry for your loss. We love our pets so much and losing them is so very, very hard.

 

[Deb in IA]

I'm very sorry to hear about Honey.

I know how hard it is, but you did everything you could and it was just Honey's time to go. She's not suffering anymore, and she lived a happy life with you and your family.

 

[RUDisney]

What sad news. I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[Jockaroo]

I'm crying with you. Honey's problems bring back so many memories for me. I'm so sorry for your family's loss. It hurts in a way that is indescribably. I do believe that we will see them again some day. It wouldn't be Heaven without these beautiful, loving, gentle souls. Know that she went from your loving arms into the hands of our Lord--and that is a good place.

I know it hurts. She still lives in your heart. Run free in the world without leashes sweet little Honey.

 

[TexasErin]

Thanks everybody. I just got home from taking the kids to school late. I felt like we all needed the morning to stay home together. My eyes were all red and teary and I look like crap, so of course, I would see somebody in the school office that I haven't seen since high school 20 YEARS AGO!

I know she's in Heaven. I've been praying about that all night and all morning. I keep trying to console myself imagining her being all frisky running all over green pastures and hills (which is how I imagine Heaven).

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I am so sorry for your loss. It's so hard to let them go. You did the right thing, as hard as it was. Honey (the name we called one of our dogs as well) was very fortunate to have such a great life with you. I'm sure she knew she was much loved.

If Honey could talk

from petloss.com:

Your Pets In Heaven
by Ken D. Conover

To have loved and then said farewell, is better than to have never loved at all.
For all of the times that you have stooped and touched my head, fed me my favorite treat and returned the love that I so unconditionally gave to you.
For the care that you gave to me so unselfishly.
For all of these things I am grateful and thankful.

I ask that you not grieve for the loss, but rejoice in the fact that we lived, loved and touched each others lives. My life was fuller because you were there, not as a master/owner, but as my FRIEND.

Today I am as I was in my youth. The grass is always green, butterflies flit among the flowers and the Sun shines gently down upon all of God's creatures.
I can run, jump, play and do all of the things that I did in my youth. There is no sickness, no aching joints and no regrets and no aging.

We await the arrival of our lifelong companions and know that togetherness is forever.
You live in our hearts as we do in yours. Companions such as you are so rare and unique.
Don't hold the love that you have within yourself. Give it to another like me and then I will live forever. For love never really dies, and you are loved and missed as surely as we are.

Your Pets In Heaven

 

[TexasErin]

Thank you. I'm glad I kissed her goodbye yesterday. DS8 told me this morning that he wishes we could all die so we could be with her again. I told the school office that if he is upset in class to send him to the school counselor. He was okay before we left playing his PlayStation 2. I think he'll be okay, but his comment did make me worry.

I'll show the thing from Petloss to DD13 and that will probably make her feel better....thanks for posting it.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

You're welcome. There is a book called Dog Heaven sold in bookstores. That would probably be helpful, too. It was to us. Even just knowing others have felt the same type of sadness is helpful.

http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Heaven-Cynthia-Rylant/dp/0590417010

 

[TexasErin]

Thank you. The reviews on Amazon look great. I'll check out our local Barnes and Noble.

An image that has always stuck with me is from the movie What Dreams May Come where Robin Williams goes to Heaven and sees a beloved pet.

 

[sweetpea29488]

I'm so sorry for your loss. They become such a part of our lives, it's like losing a family member. I always call mine my furbaby. to you and your family.

 

[nancycg56]

Sad Update....

She's gone. The vet opened her up to remove her spleen and found little white tumors all over her liver. He called me to see what we wanted. The vet told me that we could try to manager her pain and do everything possible to get her to eat. I told him that I had already tried everything and she hadn't eaten in several days. He told me that the other option of not letting her wake up was probably the most humane, so that is what we did.

Its just so hard to think about her beautiful little face and her sweet personality, and know that I'm not going to see her again for a long time (I believe that we will see her again up in Heaven.) DD13 was saying that she can't believe that Honey was just lying on her bed on Sunday afternoon and now she is gone. I'm glad I kissed Honey goodbye after the vet took her- I teared up and the vet did, too. Our vets are really good, kind vets, so I know they did everything that they could to help her.

We're all just really gonna miss her. Her hair was strawberry-blonde and she looked like a mix of Benji, Andrew from Mary Poppins, and Freeway from Hart to Hart. She was so cute. And she would always do this playful snapping at us when we came home. She was so sweet and funny. I think our Great Pyrenees Molly is missing her and wondering where she is- Molly was a puppy when we got her and Honey took her in as her baby.

Thanks to all for your kind words and advice.

I'm so sorry!

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

im starting to tear up so much after reading the sad update many prayers to you and your family and I hope things get better (well as much as they can as this is a hard loss)

 

[Octoberbride03]

I am so very sorry. Just reading this is breaking my heart. Our Onslow is also young and I'd be just devestated if this happened. I just went and smothered him in kisses and for once he smothered me back. I know how lucky i am to have him.

 

[walden]

I am so very sorry. I had a very bad feeling about Honey because it was clear that something was very, very wrong when she refused to eat. It sounds like hemagiosarcoma. We went through that too, see my post above. The "silent killer."

You are a such good dog owner. I think you were right to let her go as painlessly as possible, but that does not ease the heartbreak right now. My heart breaks for you.

Take some time, all the time you need, but when the time is right please open your hearts to another dog. Adopting another rescue has always helped me heal. I see it as a tribute to the dog I loved to adopt and care for another.

My thoughts are with you.

 

[tammymacb]

I'm very sorry for your loss.

 

[TexasErin]

Thanks everybody. I know we will get another dog real soon, but for right now, the only dog that I WANT is Honey. I just can't imagine finding another dog as special as her.........but my other dog Molly needs a buddy and the kids have already asked, so I know we will get another one soon.

You guys are the greatest........

 

[castmemberb4]

Hello Erin

I just found your thread today, I'm so sorry to hear about Honey, know that all of the pet lovers here are feeling your pain and grieve with you.
Let yourself your family and especially Molly get through the grief process before you chose another pet, you'll know when you are ready.

Last year when we lost the second of our two 16 year old cats in less than a year and a half I said we'd never have another they had been our babies throughtout our marriage (we don't have children) and I could never replace them. Your "I only want Honey back" statement was me exactly.
Four months later an adorable orange and white kitten from the Pet Rescue that out niece works for stole my heart. Through various turns of events, including losing him to sudden death, we now foster for the rescue and have three cats of our own !

No other pet will ever take the place Honey held in your heart but I hope you find peace with whatever comes to your family.

In the mean time this is what I loved the most after losing ours.
Hope it helps you.


Just this side of heaven is a place called the Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals that had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.......

Author unknown

 

[nancyjvanwyk]

So very sorry for your loss. It is hard to lose a member of your family. I have had this happen over the years, and sometimes say I am not getting another pet as it is too painful----but it is too joyful to have them in our lives and so I give myself some time and then get another smiling furry face.