> On 2008-05-08, DR <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 8 May, 23:56, Pip <gingerblokeNOS...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 8 May 2008 12:15:39 -0700 (PDT), DR
> >> <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >Nice. I just lost mine on Tuesday; diabetes (somewhat ironic) leading > >> >to kidney failure. 15 y/o Jack Russell, IIRC Eddie met him once. I > >> >still keep thinking I can hear the old dog padding about.
> >> That's a fucker, mate - the dog-shaped space, innit. It'll be with > >> you for a while, unless you fill it with another one.
> > Not entirely up to me; the parental units were the de facto keepers. > > As I've said elsewhere, to a very dear friend, I can get another dog. > > I can't get another Freebee (as such was his name, due to having been > > one). He may have been "just a dog", but he was just _my_ dog, and > > for all he wasn't human, he was as much a person as any I've met, and > > more intelligent than some... Rest well, old friend.
> I hear that. I've been there and I still think about ours every day. > It's amazing how much it actually hurts. But it sounds like you have good > memories, and I'm sure the little git appreciated your obvious love and > affection.
> >On 8 May, 14:14, Big Dave <dave.benjafi...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> This week we have mostly been hearing the patter of tiny feet. > >> Four of them...
> >Nice. I just lost mine on Tuesday; diabetes (somewhat ironic) leading > >to kidney failure. 15 y/o Jack Russell, IIRC Eddie met him once. I > >still keep thinking I can hear the old dog padding about.
Yup, they're fantastic little monsters and it's tragic that they can't go on forever, so very sad and so very, very unfair.
Before we had Poppy & Rosie (our two labs) there was a break of a few years but before we had them we had Lucy, a Welsh Springer who I grew up with. We had her put down when she was 14 due to her mounting health problems which meant she couldn't walk properly anymore.
One morning when I came down to let her out she just couldn't stand up and there was a sudden realisation that was obviously going to be her last day. After carrying her back to the car from the vet in a blanket she joined the many pets who have been buried at different locations in the garden.
For weeks afterwards while walking around the house I noticed the lack of a dog wandering around behind me, following me and getting under my feet. No need to close doors or anything. A real emptiness, it does of course fade over time like many things but for such little critters they do leave a huge gap. -- -- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickmoo...@spamcop.net -- Triumph Tiger 955i -- http://www.bgn.me.uk -- Touch - -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11
TD <topper.dog...@googlemail.com> wrote: >On 2008-05-08, DR <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> He may have been "just a dog", but he was just _my_ dog, and >> for all he wasn't human, he was as much a person as any I've met, and >> more intelligent than some... Rest well, old friend.
>I hear that. I've been there and I still think about ours every day. >It's amazing how much it actually hurts. But it sounds like you have good >memories, and I'm sure the little git appreciated your obvious love and >affection.
On 9 May, 21:03, vulgarandmischevious <vulgarandmischevi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> TD <topper.dog...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >On 2008-05-08, DR <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> He may have been "just a dog", but he was just _my_ dog, and > >> for all he wasn't human, he was as much a person as any I've met, and > >> more intelligent than some... Rest well, old friend.
> >I hear that. I've been there and I still think about ours every day. > >It's amazing how much it actually hurts. But it sounds like you have good > >memories, and I'm sure the little git appreciated your obvious love and > >affection.
> <fx: kills thread>
You obviously won't see this, but that's no less than I expected from you. You should apply for citizenship, you deserve America.
DR wrote: > On 9 May, 21:03, vulgarandmischevious <vulgarandmischevi...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> TD <topper.dog...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> On 2008-05-08, DR <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> He may have been "just a dog", but he was just _my_ dog, and >>>> for all he wasn't human, he was as much a person as any I've met, and >>>> more intelligent than some... Rest well, old friend. >>> I hear that. I've been there and I still think about ours every day. >>> It's amazing how much it actually hurts. But it sounds like you have good >>> memories, and I'm sure the little git appreciated your obvious love and >>> affection. >> <fx: kills thread>
> You obviously won't see this, but that's no less than I expected from > you. You should apply for citizenship, you deserve America.
> <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >On 9 May, 21:03, vulgarandmischevious <vulgarandmischevi...@gmail.com> > >wrote: > >> TD <topper.dog...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >On 2008-05-08, DR <darren.blueban...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >> He may have been "just a dog", but he was just _my_ dog, and > >> >> for all he wasn't human, he was as much a person as any I've met, and > >> >> more intelligent than some... Rest well, old friend.
> >> >I hear that. I've been there and I still think about ours every day. > >> >It's amazing how much it actually hurts. But it sounds like you have good > >> >memories, and I'm sure the little git appreciated your obvious love and > >> >affection.
> >> <fx: kills thread>
> >You obviously won't see this, but that's no less than I expected from > >you. You should apply for citizenship, you deserve America.
> What, 'cos he doesn't want to talk about ex-dogs? Fuck, I never had > you down as quite so stupidly over-sentimental and sensitive.
Yeah, well, I never thought I was either. Guess we were both wrong.
