Subdeacon Joe Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Or...Why is doing the right thing so hard? We just had our Toy Poodle, April sent over the Rainbow bridge. She had been coughing a lot for the past month. Today she was wheezing, gasping, and stretching her neck up to breathe. At 13 1/2 she was about in the middle of the range of lifespan for Toy Poodles. She was such a joy, and such a joyful and joyous dog for the past nine years. Thanks for all the good times, Little Miss. You will be greatly missed. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 My deepest condolences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Mine as well! I remember and cherish every one of my boys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 This is what I came home to almost every day since late 2012: 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I am so sorry for your loss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 So sorry Joe. I have enjoyed your videos of your little dog that you have posted here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 so sorry for your loss Joe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Damn, Joe. That is heartbreaking news, and we share your loss. Your mentions of the li'l pup over the years have made her a part of our Saloon family. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 My sincerest condolences Joe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Joe, hardest thing is always doing the right thing when it has to be done. My deepest condolences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 41 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: So sorry Joe. I have enjoyed your videos of your little dog that you have posted here. 13 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Damn, Joe. That is heartbreaking news, and we share your loss. Your mentions of the li'l pup over the years have made her a part of our Saloon family. She was a hoot and a half. Since she came with the mobile home when we sort of inherited it this is the first night here without her. But she had three years of learning that it was okay for her to be a dog and learning to be a dog, then six years of really enjoying being a dog... learning to play with other dogs, going into water (sort of, never quite got the hang of it), climbing rocks in the park, and ALWAYS chasing tennis balls. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Joe the loss of a dog is almost unbearable. They are truly a mans (and a lady's) best friend. Honestly loving and loyal creatures. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Sorry for your loss. The memories will overtake the sadness in a little while. You will catch yourself laughing at some happy episode long after the pain subsides!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 6 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Sorry for your loss. The memories will overtake the sadness in a little while. You will catch yourself laughing at some happy episode long after the pain subsides!! Fortunately we have a dozen or so videos on YouTube that we can enjoy. Knowing that it was time and we did the right thing...and having the veterinarian confirm it ...helps. So does the support from the fine people here in the Saloon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Sorry for your loss Subdeacon. I know what it's like lose your fur buddies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 My Deepest condolences to you and your wife. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) 11 hours ago, Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 said: Joe, hardest thing is always doing the right thing when it has to be done. My deepest condolences. Amen. Some of my hardest challenges over the years was helping my dogs cross over. Edited May 3 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Truly sorry for your loss. April looks like she was a special pup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 So sorry to hear this, SDJ. You have many memories to keep you going, and your pards here for support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Wyatt Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I am very sorry Joe. It is a hard thing to deal with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Our sincere condolences Joe, I find as well that it's the hardest thing we do. She will wait for you at the bridge. Eyesa & Ellie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Ozark Huckleberry said: Truly sorry for your loss. April looks like she was a special pup. Thanks. She was special. Her first owner, an elderly lady, wanted a "purse dog." So for four years or so she was carried, not allowed to socialize with people or other dogs. When the lady passed and we inherited April she still had "puppy paws," so soft that running ten feet on the sidewalk caused her feet to bleed. No muscle tone to speak of, shaking, running around the house. We spent time teaching her that it was OK for her to be a dog...make that DAWG...and she blossomed. That video of me using a cane to snag tennis balls - she had been afraid of canes and such, but after about six months of me using one to snag and hit tennis balls she would hold the crook with one paw and snag the ball out of it with another. In all the time that we had her, though, she was never brave enough to come right up to me if I was sitting in a chair or standing. She wanted to, her body language said that, but she could never quite make it. If I Lay down on the floor and pat my chest and she came right up to me. Crawl onto me when I was stretched out on the couch. Curl up to me in bed. But not when I was upright. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Graybeard Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 My condolences. Always hard to go through 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun-Gibbs Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 My thoughts and prayers go out to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I'm very sorry for your loss, Joe. I've had to send too many over the rainbow bridge and they all hurt terribly. They are all unique creatures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 SDJ, Tough loss. You have my condolences. Hopefully, those 6 yrs of her "being" a dog created some terrific memories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 So very sorry. Fur babies are special. Prayers offered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangler Bob Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 My condolences. I say this is the hardest part of having pets. In the last six years I've lost a horse, a cat, and a dog. I expect to see all of the others from my 83 years around here at the Rainbow Bridge. This is a picture of my current companion. Wrangler Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Ann and I send our sincerest condolences on the loss of April. Like many here in the SALOON, we too have had to bear the loss of a beloved pet. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: Ann and I send our sincerest condolences on the loss of April. Like many here in the SALOON, we too have had to bear the loss of a beloved pet. WOW! Edited May 3 by Subdeacon Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) We lost a furry family member last week. While thats devastating, watching our 9 year old granddaughter deal with loosing her friend was the worst. It was he first experience with grief. Rainbow Bridge Edited May 4 by irish ike, SASS #43615 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 I am so sorry for your loss. This thread reminded me of the many special canine & feline companions I have had over the last 55 years. Remembering them has brought tears to my eyes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subdeacon Joe Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Please indulge me. Over the next few days I'll be posting several videos of April. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 A little French Poodle, expressing pure joie de vivre.... Dangit, now I have a bit o' dust in my eyes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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