Doggies, Doggos and Doggeroos!
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I don't think I've ever posted in this thread, but today I felt like I needed to, for myself at least. Be warned, its a downer post.
This is Twinky
She's the family dog. A bit of a brat to some people, but fairly sweet and she loved my Dad, we called her his shadow. Last night she died in her sleep, of old age basically (she was 10). Its been really rough, she's the first dog my family had when I was an adult (the last time we had a dog before her was for a few years when I was 7-8 years old, we got Twinky when I was 18-19), so it feels worse for me then when we lost a dog when I was a little kid.
I'm not posting to be a downer or anything, I just kind of wanted to memorialize a sweet, bratty member of the family. It seems almost silly to be as upset as I am, but I'll admit that I'm crying as I'm posting this and thinking about her. My Dad was her favorite, but we all loved the dog (even if she thought it was a bit of a game to try to nip at my fingers at weird times, and was 100% a spoiled princess of a dog).
so, yeah, sorry to post something like this in the middle of all the gifs and happy dog stuff, but it felt like something I needed to do, just to get my thoughts out about this today.
This is Twinky
She's the family dog. A bit of a brat to some people, but fairly sweet and she loved my Dad, we called her his shadow. Last night she died in her sleep, of old age basically (she was 10). Its been really rough, she's the first dog my family had when I was an adult (the last time we had a dog before her was for a few years when I was 7-8 years old, we got Twinky when I was 18-19), so it feels worse for me then when we lost a dog when I was a little kid.
I'm not posting to be a downer or anything, I just kind of wanted to memorialize a sweet, bratty member of the family. It seems almost silly to be as upset as I am, but I'll admit that I'm crying as I'm posting this and thinking about her. My Dad was her favorite, but we all loved the dog (even if she thought it was a bit of a game to try to nip at my fingers at weird times, and was 100% a spoiled princess of a dog).
so, yeah, sorry to post something like this in the middle of all the gifs and happy dog stuff, but it felt like something I needed to do, just to get my thoughts out about this today.
So sorry for your loss. Twinky was a cutie.
And, don't be sorry for posting. It helped me a lot when I posted about my dog dying a while back. Also, reading all the posts here is helping me as I continue to grieve.
I'll mention something else that is helping me. My neighbor gave me perhaps the most thoughtful gift I've ever received which is a memory stone with my dog's name. I put it in a bird bath with sand, and placed it where she used to sit outside. Every day when I leave for work, and when I come home, I go look at it and think of her. Consider doing something like this for yourself, and also for your friends when they lose a pet.
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Thanks for the kind posts. One of my Dad's friends has a large forest-y property, and my Dad buried Twinky there. She wasn't really an outdoor dog, but its a good place and its a nicer thing to do just having her cremated or something like that. The spot is going to be marked somehow, probably not too intricately but it is nice to know she has something. I'm sure it will get easier, I'm distracting myself but it feels so weird and distressing when I think about how she was just here yesterday.
Still, I'm just glad she went the way she did if she had to go, and didn't seem in any pain (she had been more lethargic then normal the last few days, but besides that we were all shocked that she had passed). My grandmother had a dog die about five years ago and it was really bad (an aggressive cancer), so I just take comfort in knowing that Twinky probably just fell asleep peacefully.
Anyway, its still pretty raw right now. Pets really are part of the family, but it will be alright eventually.
Still, I'm just glad she went the way she did if she had to go, and didn't seem in any pain (she had been more lethargic then normal the last few days, but besides that we were all shocked that she had passed). My grandmother had a dog die about five years ago and it was really bad (an aggressive cancer), so I just take comfort in knowing that Twinky probably just fell asleep peacefully.
Anyway, its still pretty raw right now. Pets really are part of the family, but it will be alright eventually.
Sorry for your loss and it's in no way silly for it to upset you.
Dreaming
My cat does it sometimes. If I start talking to her while she's doing it, she really goes to town.
Some cats do - they'll start twitching eyes and ears and sometimes whiskers as well. Smokey rarely does but, the late (fun - aka wacko) Bandit did that a fair bit.
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