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Originally Posted by Cindy_17  My heart honestly aches for you. I lost my Jingle January 15, 2015, the hardest day of my life I felt like my heart had been ripped out. Jingle and I had been through a lot together and he was my baby. I also have a poodle and she went into grieving as hard as I did, honestly it was a mess. It was a week after Jingle passed before I left the house and only then to the grocery store. Holly (poodle) did not cope while I was gone and she dug at her ears until they were bleeding. Even though I didn't think I was ready I knew Holly had to have the companionship, she howled, she cried etc. so I started looking for a new pup. I was scared to death I was doing the wrong thing, but I finally found the right one. It took a couple of weeks for holly to adjust but I instantly fell in love. Presley has brought back laughter in our home and noise as it was so quiet when Jingle died. Presley has also brought Holly out so much as well, she plays and runs like she is a puppy too! I miss Jingle everyday, tears are rolling as I am writing this, I cradle his ern before I go to bed and tell him how much he is missed and how much I love him every night. It is still hard but for me and for little Holly, Presley has been a God send. Babies keep you so busy and Presley is quite active, honestly I don't know if I would have made it through without him. I will pray for you, I do know that hurt in your heart so well. God bless you and without a doubt you are a wonderful mommy! |
Cindy, I am so sorry about losing Jingle in January. Believe me, now I can honestly say I know the excrutiating heartache and pain. I hardly slept the first three weeks and I lost 14 pounds. Had to resort to going to my doctor for anti anxiety meds for the severe heart palpations and anxiety. If you have the strength to tell me more about Jingle, how old was he and how did he "go home." My Baxter was only 10 1/2. It pains me to hear about Holly's reaction to Jingle being gone. The first 5 or 6 weeks Kaylee seemed "ok" - we kept her really busy and occupied playing a lot more with her with her toys. However, just this week she has not been eating well (very unusual because she was the chow hound!). But it might also be because last Saturday she had her teeth done and had to have an infected molar pulled. She also had some "cysts" type bumps on her hind side that the "original" vet told me were absolutely normal and akin to teenage large pimples/boils. But since I swtiched vets after Baxters passing, I didn't want to take any chances and had them removed surgically while she was having her teeth done. Waiting for confirmation of lab results which should be any day, although vet told him he is certain they are benign. I am glad that Presley is keeping you busy and hopefully has brought some comfort to Holly. I am sure she will still miss Jingle, but at least she will be distracted and hopefully like so many people on this site tell others, time does heal, no matter how you think for YOU YOURSELF it will never happen, because I feel that way too. Thank you again for your kind sincerity and taking the time to reach out to me in your time of such pain. Write as often as you like. I will always find the time to respond (although being relatively new to this site I have trouble figuring out how to reply to people one on one, etc.) Many sincere thank yous! Chrissy