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Originally Posted by Judge
Sorry to hear about this Gritz....
We take our miniature pincher with us and she is a big part of our lives. She turns 11 this summer and hoping we can get retired by January and have her with us for a few years while we travel more.
I’m dreading the day when we have to go through what you are right now.
I almost don’t want another pet because they become a part of the family and hurts just like when you lose any family member.... but they also being a lot of joy and companionship.
Hopefully remembering the good times will help ease some of the pain.
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Agree...at our age, our pets are our replacement for our grown kids and often take precedent over them. I often though my daughter was a bit jealous of Little Blondie because Blondie could do no wrong by me. I'm at the point in life I don't want to have to leave a mature pet behind myself so we will not be getting another. We still have Bugsie, our 10 year old Lab. As you could imagine...Bugsie is grieving in ways we can only guess at but we will never know her pain as they can't just express it like we can. My son adopted a sweet little Pitt puppy 4 years ago. She totally changed my opinion about that breed...she's abut as sweet a dog as you could have. He reminded my last Friday of some "some words of wisdom" I spoke to him just before he got her..."Just know Brian, at your age, part of owning a pet and assuming the responsibility for them is know you will watch them die some day...start this relationship with that understanding and prepare yourself for it throughout her life". In reality...there is no preparation.
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