Originally Posted by LAD (Post 2127057)

I know how you feel, I did the same thing = rush out to get a new pup to ease the pain. It will take time. It has been over two years that I lost my best friend April's Bean at 13 1/2 years old. She was 2.5 lbs and was "fearless' and travelled everywhere with me.
STAR is now 2years old and I LOVE her, but sometimes (rarely) call her April and I am soooo sad now thinking of April (I try to avoid thinking of her).
STAR is "fearful" = hates to go of her home! I feel bad that I took her away from her sibling. We "pet sit" for friend's dogs and STAR loves the company, as April also did.

Originally Posted by Beabble (Post 2125421)

I am so sorry for your loss of Keelyn, my heart and prayers go out to you. As for the new pup, I think it's different for everyone as for the amount of time they give themselves before they get a new furkid. When we had to help our Appollo to heaven, I waited 3 months. For 3 months I grieved so hard, tears everyday, but finally, not hearing the pitter patter of a furkids paws on our floors just drove me nuts. I'm an animal lover through and through and as long as I live and am able to care for a furkid, I know we'll have them. When we finally got another furkid, at first I felt guilty, like I was being unfaithful to Appollo, then one day the peace finally set in and I was able to give my heart to this new furkid. I knew the love we gave Appollo was special and he adored us, he wouldn't have wanted us to deprive another furkid of that kind of love. I came to love Isaiah, but not as a replacement for Apollo, just as another angel that God blessed us with and sent into our lives to help our hearts heal and love again. Keelyn wouldn't want you to deprive a furkid of the special love you gave to her, she'd want you to give that love freely and make this new furkid feel as special and loved as you made her feel. It's gonna take time, but it is ok to love another furkid again.

Originally Posted by littlelady (Post 2125629)

My Buddy was hit by a car on May 5th, it killed him instantly, I thank God he did not suffer long. I wish he hadn't had to suffer at all and was still here. I wish we had put him in his cage when the kids started going toward the door, after he had eliminated on the peepads on the front porch, but we didn't and he squeezed through the front door it was open a jar and he wiggled until he got out and chased a gorund squirrel into the street and into a car. The car didn't stop either.

I have worked in Emergency rooms were similar accidents have happened to children.
The underlying issue is accidents are accidents and we can't kick our selves for what we did or did not do. The loss of a loved one the pain of our loss is punishment enough. I think it would be a great idea to use tragic stories to help us be more aware of safety and maybe we can be more diligent in the future ourselves and pray for those who have lossed loved ones to heal.