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My dog just died =( any advice?
I posted here about 1.5 years ago when we first deciding to keep our dog
Back story: he just ran into our yard one day. We found the owners, and they said we could keep him bc he had behavior issues linked to the new puppy and baby in their lives. He was an awesome rock star (senior) dog, so we were only too happy to keep him.
Current story:
This past weekend he stopped eating and vomited about 15 times over the night. He was lethargic, so the first thing in the morning we made a vet appt. Something wasn't right, but we figured we could just give him meds, hydrate him and work on getting him healthy. Wrong. Long story short he had severe pancreatitis and a tumor in his belly (he was a schnauzer). We had to put him down because he was in so much pain and the amount of medicine he would be on was too much for everyone involved.
It was by far the hardest decision I have made, an the hubs and I can NOT stop crying over this. He was my first dog and the best , perfectly-for-us trained dog.
So the reason why I am posting, what (if anything) did you do to remember your dog? What made it easier on you? I'm still grieving, but we were so stinkin attached to him that I don't want to go along life and act like he never impacted our lives in such a huge way.
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I'm so sorry for your loss.
When we lost our Tillie a year and a half ago, we had quite a while to get used to the idea before it happened. She was 16.
We bought a beautiful blown glass urn for her ashes off of Esty that I asked them to hold shipment until we had put her down since I didn't want the urn here while she was still living. I saw it and knew it was her. I didn't want it to look like an urn. A fellow pestie sent me a necklace that she found on Esty as well that say "My angel dog Tillie" with a paw print handstamped. I wear it all the time and I love it. I love that people will ask me about her when they see my necklace.
I'd suggest looking on Etsy for something that remind you of her. We also found a local artist to paint her portrait from a favorite photograph. We did that before she passed as well and we plan to get the other two dogs done as well.
Again, I'm sorry for your loss. They leave such a hole in our hearts.
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I am so sorry for your loss.
When I was a kid and we had lost our beagle, my dad buried her in the back yard. Before the dog had died, we had a sign on our fence that said 'Beagle Xing'. Just a cute little yellow sign. He moved it from the fence to where he buried her. Then even years later, when we lost another beagle, we buried her in the same spot.
Our neighbor had gotten us an angel statue, but the head was a beagle head. My parents still have it on the mantel to this day and that was 15 years ago.
Last year, we lost our 16 yr old yorkie. My dad buried her in the backyard (a new yard by this point) and her picture is up on the fridge with the rainbow bridge poem.
Just some ideas. Eventually, your tears will turn into happy memories. I promise. I've lost 3 dogs, and I still miss them and think about them every single day, but now it's the happy memories we talk about.
I'm so sorry for your loss. :-(
We lost a cat in November and buried him in the back garden. I ordered this for a headstone:
http://gifts.personalcreations.com/gifts/Memorial-Heart-Cutout-Stepping-Stone-30021578?ref=PCRorganicgglgeneric_&prid=pcseogg&q=memorial&viewpos=3&trackingpgroup=psymbsl
I look out the window all the time and take some comfort in seeing that and thinking about him.
My first pet was a senior and died two years after we adopted her. We buried her in the back yard under a rosebush. Since your question seems to be a personal one I will say that what we do to remember her is to rescue other dogs and cats. She was one of the best things that ever happened to me and I think the best tribute to her memory is that we save the lives of others like her. We adopted another cat two weeks after she died and for us it wasn't replacing her, it was saving another life in her honor. If I hadn't loved her so darn much I wouldn't be so passionate about rescue.
I am very sorry for your loss. It takes time to grieve and you should give yourself the freedom to do that however you need.
I'm so sorry fro your loss! I still miss my older dogs - Sallie's been gone for 2 yrs & Zero for about 6mo. It takes time - esp if your lose them so unexpectedly.
It might not be much, but aside from tons of photos & video I have of them (and our current puppies!) , I have Sallie & Zero's pictures as screen savers & wall paper on all my electronic gear. I have a family portrait I had taken with them years ago hanging in my office and yes, I've even had a custom tattoo designed with their names entwined. I had oil painting of the 2 of them done as well, that hangs in the family room.
I keep telling the current pups they have big doggy shoes to fill! LOL But thankfully, they're growing up into pretty darn good dogs too. (They're just not tattoo worthy just yet!)
Good Luck & I hope you find peace.
I am so sorry for your loss. Lots of hugs to you.
We lost one of dogs last year. It is tough but it does get easier with time. I still miss her a lot but my husband really was crushed. We have a box with her ashes in it on the mantal (it is a carved wooden box that they returned her ashes in) with her collar on it.
For Christmas, I bought my husband a custom portrait of her from Etsy seller The Dog Lover. He loved it.
This sounds just like our situation. He was a senior dog that we had for about 1.5 years. I like the idea of saving other dogs in his honor- thanky ou!