Comments on: Grieving the Death of My Dog http://www.k9journal.com/feelings_and_pets/grieving-the-death-of-my-dog A Blog About Dogs Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: sandrar http://www.k9journal.com/feelings_and_pets/grieving-the-death-of-my-dog#comment-8465 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:06:06 +0000 http://www.k9journal.com/feelings_and_pets/grieving-the-death-of-my-dog#comment-8465 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: ioni http://www.k9journal.com/feelings_and_pets/grieving-the-death-of-my-dog#comment-8434 ioni Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:36:20 +0000 http://www.k9journal.com/feelings_and_pets/grieving-the-death-of-my-dog#comment-8434 I'm so sorry that you had to undergo all this pain. I just had my beloved dog "pioneer" euthanized yesterday. She had chronic kidney failure and and we kept treating her, hoping against hope and praying for a miracle for 3 weeks. She was 10+. However when she kept off food for 3 weeks and then started vomiting and having bloody stools, I could not bear the sight of her suffering like that. She would still hold her head up, and wag her tail at my mother and I. She would still try to run out to throw up or do her jobs, but was like a reed blowing in the wind. I made the decision to let her go, and I hurt so much to remember how the disease would have hurt her. The vet told me that she had a very strong heart, but since her kidneys were gone her body was filling up with toxic waste and harming her inside. It was horrible last night and even now as we miss her presence under the chair in the lounge room. She was the spunkiest dog I have ever had. I don't think my heart will ever heal. I will miss her until my life here ends. I'm a Christian and I believe that God will give all my pets back to me in Heaven one day. This is the only hope that helps me to cope with the grief. I know the reality of life is that we all are mortal and this body will decay and die. But, how it hurts to lose a beloved pet. You can try reading some of the near death experiences of kids documented by Dr. Melvin Morse. He says that some of the kids have met their former pets while having a NDE. May Gods' peace be with you and me too. I’m so sorry that you had to undergo all this pain. I just had my beloved dog “pioneer” euthanized yesterday. She had chronic kidney failure and and we kept treating her, hoping against hope and praying for a miracle for 3 weeks. She was 10+. However when she kept off food for 3 weeks and then started vomiting and having bloody stools, I could not bear the sight of her suffering like that. She would still hold her head up, and wag her tail at my mother and I. She would still try to run out to throw up or do her jobs, but was like a reed blowing in the wind.
I made the decision to let her go, and I hurt so much to remember how the disease would have hurt her. The vet told me that she had a very strong heart, but since her kidneys were gone her body was filling up with toxic waste and harming her inside. It was horrible last night and even now as we miss her presence under the chair in the lounge room. She was the spunkiest dog I have ever had.
I don’t think my heart will ever heal. I will miss her until my life here ends. I’m a Christian and I believe that God will give all my pets back to me in Heaven one day. This is the only hope that helps me to cope with the grief. I know the reality of life is that we all are mortal and this body will decay and die. But, how it hurts to lose a beloved pet.
You can try reading some of the near death experiences of kids documented by Dr. Melvin Morse. He says that some of the kids have met their former pets while having a NDE.
May Gods’ peace be with you and me too.

]]> By: Lee-anne http://www.k9journal.com/feelings_and_pets/grieving-the-death-of-my-dog#comment-83 Lee-anne Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:33:38 +0000 http://www.k9journal.com/feelings_and_pets/grieving-the-death-of-my-dog#comment-83 We never had children together but after yrs of begging my husband brought home a 4wk old staffie cross his name was Jock. On 13 July we had him euthanised he went to sleep with my husband holding him in his arms. I have been through family deaths yet nothing prepared us for this. I don't even know how to grasp the reality of it all. I wish someone would tell me how to survive this loss. I'm relying on pure faith now. We never had children together but after yrs of begging my husband brought home a 4wk old staffie cross his name was Jock. On 13 July we had him euthanised he went to sleep with my husband holding him in his arms. I have been through family deaths yet nothing prepared us for this. I don’t even know how to grasp the reality of it all. I wish someone would tell me how to survive this loss. I’m relying on pure faith now.

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