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Well that’s another f&£king awful day!

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After burying our 12 year old pooch, Biscuit, in November her 13 year old big sister has passed away in her sleep over night, of a broken heart!

Just 48 hours after Biscuit went Molly started becoming lethargic and panting a lot. Vet’s diagnosed a heart condition and she’s been on medication for a few weeks but slowed down from Saturday morning onwards and went in her sleep last night.

I’m unwaveringly convinced her heart broke when her companion went. We got her a new friend at Christmas but the damage was already done.

Devastated! 😢
 
So sad Mark, the most horrible thing that inevitably happens with dogs. 😪 You have my sympathy.

Our 11 1/2 year old Lab is getting to that age and my wife tells her every day that she has to live forever.
 
We are new to dog owning but even after 5 years, Pedro is 8, I can foresee the heartbreak when the inevitable happens.

It is a cliche but very true, grief is the price we pay for love.

Thoughts are with you all.
 
So sorry to hear that Mark. They are part of the family and (as you know) it really hurts.

Although it may sound hollow today the only consolation is that she obviously had a happy and long life, It’s the happy memories which eventually pervade.
 
That's really sad to hear. It's heartbreaking when they go. We lost one of our two cats a year or so ago and that was tough; I'm dreading the day when her (nearly 21-years old) sister passes as she really is a part of the family (even having several walks a day as she's deaf and too nervous to go out on her own now).

Thoughts are with you Mark; I'm sure you gave them a wonderful life and I hope you manage to focus your mind on all the good times you had together.
 
I felt sadness losing my parents but secretly sobbed like a baby losing the last pet.
Psychological disorder maybe but the grief was still painful
Hope the newbie can heal things a bit for you
 
The loss of a pet suddenly is a very sad times, our cat Otis collapsed and we had to have him put down in the space of an afternoon.

I feel your loss.

Pete
 
Some years ago we lot two cats, British Blues, mum and daughter. The mum went first of all and the smaller daughter pined for her so much she lost pretty much all her body weight, so the vet had to the merciful thing. My daughter was then at home and asked to come to the vets each time to say goodbye.

We've never had any animals since - Rob
 
SamQ aka Ah! Q! said:
Dunno what we'll do when it's Hagrid's turn. He's already arthritic at 9.
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We had a little Jack Russell which started carrying a back leg with arthritis when she was 7.

The vet put her on a medication called Meta-cam. Bit traumatic since they want to do a blood test first so they shave the neck and scratch to get the blood sample. But it gave her a new lease of life. She's 16 in May and is still more active than our younger dog (a beagle cross).
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What sad news. It is sooo hard to miss your dear friends after many years of loyal friendship. Let alone two in such a short time. We have had many dogs by now (we often adopt older rescues), but you never get used to that feeling. It sounds like she had a full and enjoyable life that you have been able to give her. That's worth a lot. Try to think of all the happy memories.
 
Sorry to hear your news, Mark. One of the hard things about the entire process is that you see it coming for a long time. It sort of drags out the pain for us.
 
So, so, so sorry for you and your family 😪. Have suffered the losses of a number of family pets (companions) over the years... to many.

I... we (family) where in that position about 11½ years ago when I had to take the decision to have my Hungarian Wire haired Vizsla, Otis, put to sleep because he collapsed and couldn't use his back legs. He'd suffered from bad hip dysplasia as a youngster. Still upsets me to this day - as does memories of Pip, *my* first dog I had for almost 19 years.

Come Mother's Day it will be the 11 years since my wife's (but family) Border Terrier, Archie, died during the night. He suffered from colitis. We got another two (only meant to be one) as soon as we could as Archie and Otis we're great together. They (Bertie and Brodie) were 11 last month...

You can never "replace", only take the decision - or not - to give another bit of your heart and a good home to another.

Sorry for your loss 😪

Omissions on the right and Brodie, my present BT on the left in November 2015.
 

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One of our dogs is 15 and my wife gets quite upset and the mere thought of losing him. She had a piece of jewelery commisioned by an artist called penny davies who does enamel work. Its only 30mm.

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Remember the good times, they had lots of fun with you and the kids. Our Skye (10 this month) has just had biopsies to try and find what is troubling him.
 
I'm not sure if I ever updated on this, but after Biscuit passed in November we got a puppy friend for Molly in between Christmas/NY, but sadly Molly's heart broke and she died in March. The new pup, Patch (below) missed her sister and it was obvious so we agreed she needed a pal of her own to play with.

We found one in Wales and it all panned out nicely as Barney was away with his friend at their caravan in Pwllheli so we'd drive over Saturday morning, spend the day on the beach with them and Patch, eat/drink etc, then collect the pup from Conwy on the way home. Life however had a slightly different plan in store for us when I clipped a rock sticking out of a bank on a tight country lane on the way to the beach, ripping the sidewall out of the front nearside tyre on SWMBO's Disco!

Recovery only covered 10 miles, which was no good as no garages open on Saturday, so we called a mobile tyre guy (at 13:00) who said he could be there around 18:00-19:00. He finally rocked up at 23:45 having travelled from Feltham!!! If you believe him, they are a franchise and the northern based van broke down in the morning so the London chap was covering all his jobs. £350 for a new tyre and a 10+ hours round trip for him! I have no clue how he made anything from the job! I'm convinced he was later because he was doing other jobs en route...

Anyway, tyre changed and thankfully the caravan could accommodate us all so we stayed over and collected the new pup at 13:00 Sunday. So, meet Patch and Connie (named after Conwy).


Baby Patch.

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Patch with Molly.
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Little Connie only 9 weeks old.
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Nap time in her new home with new big sister looking after her.
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That's a great picture.
Skye our boy is 10 and his little sister, Staffa is 7
When we brought her home he was over the moon, thought she was great, looked after her let her eat some of his dinner.
Now she bullies him on a regular basis. If anything is a problem it's Skyes fault and he gets shouted at.
I hope that doesn't happen with your two.
 
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