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Ironman433 · 05-02-2009, 08:44 PM

I can totally relate to the way you are feeling as my wife and I are both beside ourself with greif over the loss of our little Yorkie Poo, Spike. Other people may not understand the way you are feeling because they aren't going through the emotional trauma that you are, but that doesn't lessen the validity of your pain. Everyone deals with their greif differently so I wouldn't worry for a second what others think about how you are feeling...

Our Spike was the sweetest little boy who melted your heart and kept a smile on your face! I have owned many dogs in my 48 years, but none have ever been as close to me as my little Spikie... I love him and miss him more than words can express...

Yesterday morning I woke up and laid in bed for over an hour thinking about my day ahead and how it was going to be a great day with friends and a concert to go to, etc... When I got out of bed and walked past the doors to our pool, I noticed our little female Yorkie Poo, Gypsy, was running around the pool in a panic so I went to the door to see why when I saw my best friend floating in the pool by the stairs right by our room... I was paralyzed in horror for a minute before I could cry out to my wife, "Our dog is dead! Oh, my God... Our dog is dead..."

We have taught both of them where to get out of our pool and have watched them do it many, many times, so we never worried about them around it after we were sure they knew the drill... the water where we picked him out of the water was only 5" deep at the top step. The guilt of knowing that I was probably laying in bed awake as he died 10 feet away from me is overwhelming and the visual of his terrified panic in his last moments of life as he was counting on his daddy to rescue him has kept me in gut wrenching pain and dispair for two days straight and will haunt me until the day I die...

If losing my best friend isn't bad enough, seeing the effect it has taken on our Gypsy is hearbreaking. She had to watch helplessly as he drowned and is still looking in the pool for him. She won't eat and just lays on their blanket and waits for him...

These little guys take up a lot of space in our hearts and when they are taken from us long before their time it is devestating beyond anyone's wildest dreams. So be assured that you are in no way alone on this bumpy road and you have a valid reason to feel the way you do! ...and no one has the right to suggest the way you should or should not feel...

05-02-2009, 08:44 PM	#20
Ironman433 BANNED! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 29	Feeling Your Pain I can totally relate to the way you are feeling as my wife and I are both beside ourself with greif over the loss of our little Yorkie Poo, Spike. Other people may not understand the way you are feeling because they aren't going through the emotional trauma that you are, but that doesn't lessen the validity of your pain. Everyone deals with their greif differently so I wouldn't worry for a second what others think about how you are feeling... Our Spike was the sweetest little boy who melted your heart and kept a smile on your face! I have owned many dogs in my 48 years, but none have ever been as close to me as my little Spikie... I love him and miss him more than words can express... Yesterday morning I woke up and laid in bed for over an hour thinking about my day ahead and how it was going to be a great day with friends and a concert to go to, etc... When I got out of bed and walked past the doors to our pool, I noticed our little female Yorkie Poo, Gypsy, was running around the pool in a panic so I went to the door to see why when I saw my best friend floating in the pool by the stairs right by our room... I was paralyzed in horror for a minute before I could cry out to my wife, "Our dog is dead! Oh, my God... Our dog is dead..." We have taught both of them where to get out of our pool and have watched them do it many, many times, so we never worried about them around it after we were sure they knew the drill... the water where we picked him out of the water was only 5" deep at the top step. The guilt of knowing that I was probably laying in bed awake as he died 10 feet away from me is overwhelming and the visual of his terrified panic in his last moments of life as he was counting on his daddy to rescue him has kept me in gut wrenching pain and dispair for two days straight and will haunt me until the day I die... If losing my best friend isn't bad enough, seeing the effect it has taken on our Gypsy is hearbreaking. She had to watch helplessly as he drowned and is still looking in the pool for him. She won't eat and just lays on their blanket and waits for him... These little guys take up a lot of space in our hearts and when they are taken from us long before their time it is devestating beyond anyone's wildest dreams. So be assured that you are in no way alone on this bumpy road and you have a valid reason to feel the way you do! ...and no one has the right to suggest the way you should or should not feel...