Departed pets;

i'm very sad tonight, had to bring my beloved Pipa in to be put asleep tonight. she was a beautiful german shepard, 13yrs of age. i'm going to really miss her. we brought her to the vets two weeks ago as she couldn't walk, so we discovered that all her muscles were deteriorating so he gave her tablets saying they might work and that she could be around for a longer time if they do she was also loosing alot of weight, so my hopes were really up this week and she was back to her normal self full of joy unfortunately the weight wasn't going up tho.

sadly i came home this evening and she couldn't move again so i rang the vet straight away. i explained the situation to him and she actually didn't put on weight, but i thought as she was just getting better it might take a little longer for the weight to be right. so he examined her and discovered that she'd two large cancer masts near her kidneys and the reason for her weight lose was that her kidneys had failed. i was so upset thinking how did the other vet not spot these cancer mast as he showed me where they were and i felt them. visibly you wouldn't notice at all but by touch examining you would. so in the end he said the best thing is to put her asleep she's in too much pain and with the cancer so larger and because of her age. i was so devastated, really going to miss her, but i'm happy in that she's not in pain anymore.

I'm very sad to have to say that Molly our Basset Hound passed away during the night.She was nearly 12 and I suppose thinking about she has been getting 'old' for the last while.It's almost exactly a year after Zoe died.
She had a happy life taking it easy as Bassets do...was as stubborn as a mule when she wanted to be,but a loveable slob !

Bye Bye Moll,off to meet up with Zoe at Rainbow Bridge.

3 of my russian dwarf hamsters have died in the last week, and 4 have died in the last month.

I didn't mind it too much when the first one died as he was old, but the 3 recent deaths were all due to some kind of illness that must have passed between them. I've only one hamster left and the poor little guy has been sanitised up to his gills. If I lose him and have all my hamsters wiped out, I'll be gutted.

Penny took her final trip to Vet last week, for 18 years she was a joy to me and the rest of the family, so sad she's gone.

I've been meaning to post this picture for ages. Here are two pics of our old dog Benji who went missing last december and we think he fell into the flooded quarry behind us. poor Benji - we miss you and hope you didn't suffer. Just wish we knew what happened to him.

I remember when I was around 9, my best friends cat died and their whole family was gutted for days. I never really understood it, why people could have such emotions just for an animal, but I truely believe why now, and I feel for everyone here that's lost their beloved pet.
Our family cat died last night... We've had him 18 years (a very good innings, thats for sure), and he only really came ill the past month or so. Old age got the better of the little fella.
I'm sad, but it won't really hit in until the house is quiet... thats usually when he'd seek you out, or I'd seek him out for company. To be honest, I'm more sad for my parents, as they really loved and cared for him in the later years when all us kids flew from the nest.
Have a lovely long sleep Ginger. You were the most amazing pet any family could wish for.

Heres a website i made for our Harry. We had him cremated and have his ashes in a nice little casket

http://www.bacardicat.com/

Susie, my little marmalade/ginger cat, died suddenly, right in front of me, on Jan 9th, last. I have no problem admitting, that I spent 4 sad days grieving over her demise. Yeah, she was 11 years old, but she was never sick, and she totally ruled over this house. As well as having tons of "Cat-itude" she was originally brought here from France, so she also had that certain French , cavalier haughtiness about her too. She only ever ate Kit-E-Kat salmon or chicken, anything else was just so beneath her. I once offered her some Lidl cat grub...eh...no way would she touch it!!! But, admittedly, she was also a bould' little divil for the chocolate and crisps!!! She had a built-in Radar that could detect a Milk Tray sweet, or the rustle of a sneaky Tayto bag, from a mile off!!!

The day Susie died, started like any other. She had her breakfast of Chicken in jelly, but she could'nt seem to settle into her mid-morning routine after it. Then at 11.10 am, she sorta' did a long spitty thing, and she tried to run under the TV table. Then, she lay in front of the fire, really happily, and fell asleep. Or, so I thought. She was actually about 10mins dead, before it dawned on me, she had'nt moved a whisker in ages. My neighbour very kindly buried Susie for me, as I just was'nt up to it, what between all the sobs and the tears and the snots. She now resposes peacefully, right beside the Wild birdie food table.

I still hear the sound of the bell around her neck, I still check that I'm not sitting on top of her on the couch, and I still feel her head butting me, in the bed.
Seriously, the sense of grief and loss after the death of a much-loved pet, is HUGE!!!

I grieved so much, that I actually got told about "Pet Bereavement Councellors", from friends and family, trying to console me, after Susie.

Next week, I am going to officially adopt, two little abandoned, very young Ginger kitties, called Harry and Doris, a brother and sister, from the local animal rescue. They'll NEVER replace Susie, but, they can help with the healing process. They come neutered, de-flea-ed, wormed, and Micro-chipped, toilet (well...kitty litter) trained, and they cost about E300 between them, as a well-earned Donation to the people who have looked after them.

Can't wait.