Your tributes to Tiki are very beautiful. I can feel the love you had for your dear boy with every word you write. I am so sorry for your loss of your baby. I lost my last little one right before she would have turned seventeen about a year and a half ago. The pain is still very deep, but so is the love. Your baby will live on in your heart, and the love will last forever. We try our best with our little ones, always educating ourself about what would be best for them and giving them love, attention, and affection. In spite of all that, I know that I made some mistakes, too, even though my babies were my life. I have not gotten another Yorkie yet, but I'm sure that I will. I still come to this site to continue learning more (and I had Yorkies for over 30 years), and also there are so many wonderful people in this community that I've grown to care a great deal about. I hope you will be kind to yourself. You did what you could to care for your little Tiki. I don't think you'll know if it was the raisins that made him sick. Before I learned that raisins and grapes were bad for dogs, my first Yorkie ate them, and sometimes lots of them, and they never harmed her. I got very lucky. My next three never had them because I learned they were bad, and today information is so more readily available to us, so I know so much more. I hope you stay on this forum. You will learn so much about Yorkies, and it's wonderful reading about other dog-lovers who will do anything to help their babies. The people in this community keep drawing me back, even though I don't currently have a Yorkie in my life. I'm sorry you were hurt here, but there are so many kind people here and I hope we can help you cope with your loss. I understand how painful it is to lose someone who is loved so much, and I care. If you need my help, please PM me. I hope that the special memories that you have of Tiki warm your heart and replace the sadness that you are feeling in time. Please accept my deepest condolences. |