Grieving

[scrapindee]

The grieving unfortunately continues. I feel your pain. Sometimes when you start looking for your next baby it helps with the grief. A new baby won't replace your Freado but may add some joy into your lives.

[sandy simpson]

Barbara oh what pain we go through when our little friends go back to their creator. So much love is inside our dogs truly they are family. Where do they go. I believe in heaven and the Lord calls all His precious creatures home there. There is happiness and joy. Freado will be waiting for you. God knows our needs and will send great comfort to you. Seek Him in prayer i am sending lover and prayers .

[Freado]

As I have previously mentioned, several years ago, when we had a health scare with Freado, I had his paw print cast in bronze, brass, and aluminum. I highly recommend doing this with your beloved fur-member, it is not expensive, and an awesome memento. In searching for a way to memorialize my sweet little boy, I had decided to get that paw print tattooed on my ankle, in his birthstone color, March-Aquamarine. I am no stranger to tattoo memorials, I have a Gerber Daisy on my back that represents my regal cat, of 13 years, Godiva. I use the words "finally" and "had decided" because I would have done this sooner, the day he was taken from me, but appointments don't come that easy, I guess unless you know someone in the business. I am lucky that my Husband is good with me doing these things to never forget my fur-babies, as he knows how much they mean to me...

[scrapindee]

The mold is a terrific idea.

[Mreich]

I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my dear yorkie Rocky 3 weeks ago. He was only 10 and had been healthy his whole life. He was sick less than 24 hours. I left to go to work ( a new job ) for 4 hours and he looked ok with the intention to take him to the vet when I came home. When I came home, he was gone! He was like my right arm. I couldn't stop crying for days. I couldn't stand my house. I was so unhappy.
The solution FOR ME was Duncan. I am getting better. I am happy again. Even though I call Duncan Rocky ALOT! luckily he doesn't mind

[Freado]

Everyone who knows me, knows that Halloween is my favorite holiday. Yes I know most don't consider it a holiday, but I do. Actually, it’s the only holiday I really enjoy. I can sum it up in one word, creative. My Husband recently pointed out to me that, in a Wall Street Journal article, people like me are called "Haunters". Most Halloweens we have done something, whether it was turning our side yard into a haunted maze, blacking out the garage and making my Husband aka "Dracula" lay in a coffin (which was very popular, so we did that for many years), until now, when a year ago we bought T.E.D. T.E.D. Is a 21' Necromancer. He's over the top, but very cool. Because of T.E.D., my Husband no longer has to lay in a coffin (that was the agreement when Husband allowed me to purchase him). There have been very few exceptions for us not to put on our fright-night, but now, one in particular stands out in my mind… Several years ago, we had to go to Ft. Lauderdale for one of my Husband’s work conferences. Can you guess what week-end it fell on, yep, Halloween. As per usual, Freado came with us. I just love pet friendly hotels, in particular, because of their consistency, The W Hotel, The Rits, and The Four Season, just to name a few. We had friends at the conference and since it was over Halloween and I couldn’t be doing my usual fright fest at the house, they brought a few surprise items along to ease my pain. They even brought a little costume for Freado. So sweet of them, right? That year, he was a pumpkin dog! He was really sweet to let me put it on him, although I don't think he felt orange was quite his color. This will be the first year in 14 years that I won’t have my special pumpkin dog by my side.

[Freado]

Plain and simple...I just miss him 😓

[Lizchloe]

My heart breaks for you, I'm so so sorry, I know how you feel, when my Didi went to heaven I was devistated, just remember you will see your beautiful boy again and he is happy and well, I know the memories are very painful, but that just says how much you loved him and gave him a great life. My prayers go out to you.

[sandy simpson]

Oh freado was the cutest little friend. Why must we go through such sorrow. You loved him so much and it's a huge loss not having him. I am crying while writing this. My comfort is knowing that little freado spirit is still with you. He will never leave your heart. All life ends on this earth but there's a place for us and freado is there waiting for you. How God loves His creatures. They are with Him. I believe this. My friends dog Cappy went there. Kim was devastated. She rescued a Yorkie Grandpa. Sure helped her grief. Captain is with her in spirit she tells me. My prayers for you. You are one special lady the way you love your yorkie. Yes freado was a wonderful friend and companion. With you always

[missmybabygirl]

I'm a brand new member here. I realized I am not alone with the deep pain and sadness of losing a pet. My baby died 5 days ago and I cry all day. Her name was Teddi and she was 10. Im so sorry for your loss and I feel your pain.

[Cindy_17]

Originally Posted by missmybabygirl

I'm a brand new member here. I realized I am not alone with the deep pain and sadness of losing a pet. My baby died 5 days ago and I cry all day. Her name was Teddi and she was 10. Im so sorry for your loss and I feel your pain.

I am so sorry for your loss, I can empathize as I lost Jingle in January. I too cried all day/night for awhile. At times I still do. I pray your pain will ease as the good memories of Teddi come to your mind. (Hugs)

[Kerryn915]

Your pain really hits home with me... My oldest precious baby is 14 and I have just recently made imprints of his paws and plan to get a tattoo like yours! Everyday I'm so worried about if or when he's going to leave me... I don't know what to say but that I feel your heartache and I hope that as the days pass you will feel a little less sorrow. It will I'm sure take quite some time. What happened to freado? How did he pass away? I hope you don't mind me asking but my boy is seemingly healthy but anything could happen.

[Freado]

This is one of the most difficult post to write, but I would like to thank you all for caring and sharing your thoughts with me. Mostly, you all have helped me to realize that there are other people in this world who love their little fur-kids deeply, like myself. Yesterday was a tough day for me. Husband and I had a boat built. Freado always liked to go boating with us. He liked to be with us, and I'm hoping it wasn't just for the treat factor, Freado was a true chow hound, he'd do anything for a scrap. It took roughly two years and during that time Freado was right by our side, just like when we built the house, he went from show-room to show-room with us picking out everything from plumbing fixtures, fabrics, to door hardware. We had countless meetings, with him sitting right next to me. During those two years I never pictured him not being right there by our side, on this new boat with us. It just wasn't a thought. It was just assumed he'd be sharing in this next journey with Husband and I. At the age of 14 he started to really show signs of deterioration. At first it was the typical stuff, cloudy eyes, a little hearing loss, which we labeled as "selective hearing". I started to notice that when we would come home, if gone for 5 minutes or 5 hours, he'd be sleeping on a rug in the furthest part of our closet. Then he started to have liver and kidney issues. But what really took him, was arthritis. He had arthritis for several years, but was managed with occasional medication. When Freado was young, his right knee blew-out. We had it fixed, but almost a year to the day later, his left one blew-out as well. We had it fixed and sometimes he would walk a little sideways, made my little "radar ear" dog even cuter. As with most everything, we learn from our mistakes. Our mistake was allowing Freado to jump off and on furniture, something we won't let our next fur-child do. Yes, we do plan to have another fur-child in the near future, but that will be a separate post. I started carrying him down the stairs to go potty, because he wasn't able to make that trip anymore. What really amazed us, was how quickly the arthritis took over his little body. It seemed as though one day we turned around and bam, he was no longer our happy little boy. The arthritis got so bad that after he would lay down and go to sleep, he would jump up yelping in such great pain, that he no longer wanted to sleep in bed with us, which really made me extremely sad, he would rather roam the house than lay down and get so stiff that it hurt him that bad to get back up. This all happened in less than two weeks. It killed us to see him in such pain and that is when we knew. Everyone said we'd know when the right time would be. I didn't understand how we were supposed to know, but they were right, it's just something that happens. We made arrangements for our most wonderful vet in the world to come to the house. This past week, as we brought our new boat home, a helicopter was taking pictures of us while we were underway and my Husband turned to me and said, "I wish Freado was here, he's been in every one of our boat pictures."...

[Kerryn915]

That must have been such a difficult decision to make but just know that you made the right choice for your little precious Freado. He is not suffering in pain any longer. It's so great that there is at home euthenasia available. To know that your little boy wasn't afraid or scared when you helped him pass on. Thank you so much for sharing your story and it will forever remain in my heart. I'm so sorry for the pain you and your husband are experiencing, I hope that you will open your heart to another special pup in the future as I'm sure it will help heal the void that sweet Freado has left behind. Another little soul to go along with you on your boat rides and adventures. Not to replace Freado but to be able to love and share new memories with. Sounds like Freado had a wonderful full life.

[scrapindee]

I am so sorry for all of you that have lost your best friends. I hope you all can open your hearts in the future to adding another puppy to your lives. Grief can take over and harden your hearts. Hope you can move forward soon.