Doggies, Doggos and Doggeroos!

[Gary Mitchell]

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Very sorry @Steven P Bastien My girl cat went 2 years ago after 15 years, 14 of those with me. I still miss that little girly lap cat.

Whadda ya mean we're not goin' to get ice cream?

 

[Steven P Bastien]

What? I'm not important enough for a seat belt? You know, that airbag is going to shoot me out the back window if you screw up.

 

[Redfern]

What? I'm not important enough for a seat belt? You know, that airbag is going to shoot me out the back window if you screw up.

Wow! You are a remarkably strong person, able to joke so soon after...well, you know...

I guess it's as they say, "laughter is the best medicine."

 

[think]

 

[KimMH]

I thank you all for your kind words. I appreciate it very much and it helps for sure.

It takes time to get over these losses in our lives, but we sign up for this pain the moment we adopt a pet. I'm lucky in every sense possible given the age and manner of my dog's death. So, I may be hurting, but also happy at the same time because there were so many worse ways this could have ended. I've lost pets in much worse ways, and I know many other people here have too.

Something interesting happened the night Phenix died. According to my ex-wife, her dog (I call him Phenix's brother from a different mother), who spent his first 7 years with Phenix (and many pet visits) started barking like crazy in the nighttime, which has never happened before to that degree. It wasn't the normal bark, but a crazy spinning barking in the middle of a deep sleep. Whether you enjoy coincidences or believe in doggie spirits, that should give you pause for thought.

 

[Nakita Akita]

Awwwww...

Those sad eyebrows!

Groucho Marx!

 

[Nakita Akita]

I have the duty to report the sad news that my dog Phenix died peacefully while sleeping Sunday night. Although, I'm obviously heartbroken, I got my most important wish that she would die in this way. She really was (literally) on her last legs, and I knew this was coming. Her back legs were totally dead and her normally strong front legs, were starting to stumble from time to time. I thought it strange when I woke up and realized that she did not wake me up in the night for a drink of water and a walk. And, when I didn't see the usual subtle rise and fall of the stack of blankets, I knew.

This is a picture of her on Sunday morning. She is waking me up and saying (in dog speak), "get up daddy and feed me!". Fifteen and a half years is a good life for a dog, but still too short for her human friend. Her last day was happy and normal. We sat outside together. We ate and she napped from time to time. I smoked a cigar and played guitar for her. What more can I ask for? That's as good as in gets in this rough and tumble world.

She was a cute doggy.
You're lucky to have had her in your live as we all are lucky to have pets that love us, pass through our lives.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

Family photos tonight.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Family photos tonight.
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Maybe you can get a poker game started.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

I would but teddy is a big time cheater.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I would but teddy is a big time cheater.

I thought he looked a little shifty.

 

[SPCTRE]

 

[Steven P Bastien]

What I really love about this is the "Welcome" sign. It's almost like a trap.

 

[KimMH]

I would but teddy is a big time cheater.

What I really love about this is the "Welcome" sign. It's almost like a trap.

also

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Awww.

 

[Sibyl]

Awww.

One of these things is not like the other.

But...awwwwww...

 

[Gary Mitchell]

One of these things is not like the other.

But...awwwwww...

A brother from another mother.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

Awww.

Humanity could learn so much from this.

 

[Sibyl]

Humanity could learn so much from this.