A week on

[Cas1979]

Hi my darling boy.

A week has gone passed since you left me. I've missed you everyday.

I talk to you all the time because I know you are around.

I hope you are a good boy and behaving yourself with other dogs.

Don't forget this will always be your home.

Love you so much baby boy,
Mummy

Keep smiling sweety...

Will always love you

 

[Cas1979]

... if he wakes in Your arms...

I can hardly see through my tears... today I sent my best friend of years
and years somewhere he had to go, where pain and sickness he won't have to know.
He's been with me ever since he was a pup... today I've had to give him up.
He was sick, we both knew it and I wouldn't put him through it.

How did one like me deserve a friend who wanted just to serve?
What was there that made him love me, with nobody else above me?
When I looked into his eyes, never did he criticize,
never did he hold a grudge, never did he try to judge

Recently, an anxious day. "How come you don't want to play?"
Took him to the vet to see what might be wrong with my "puppy".
Worse by far than I expected, fatal illness was detected.
Nothing much that we could do but keep him comfy til he's through.

Back at home I tried to tell him of the bad luck that befell him
All I could see in his eyes was wondering why his master cries.
I don't think he understood - his eyes just asked "Wasn't I good?"
"How come now I make you sad? Let me kiss and hug you, mum.

Two last weeks I had to try to find a way to say goodbye.
In that time I told him more than I ever had before
just how much I loved my pup, how it hurt to give him up.
How though gone, he'd always be inside my heart, a part of me.


Then today was no mistaking, I made the decision, my heart was breaking.
I called and asked the vet to come by - I didn't have to tell him why.
He arrived in awhile and asked "Are you ready?" I sighed, I nodded, I felt so unsteady.
Got down on the floor by my boy who was dying, and I just didn't care if the vet saw me crying.

As my pup slipped away, the last things he felt were the kisses and hugs of his master who knelt
On that "blankie" beside him to bid him goodbye, who had just one more minute to tell him, to try
to say thanks to his boy for a lifetime of love.... "Dear God, let me see him in heaven above!
But for now Lord, please hold him, watch over his rest... if he wakes in Your arms tell him I love him best."

Joey's last hour with me!

 

[Nettle123]

Beautiful boy and lovely tribute. It probably doesn't feel like it at the moment but the pain does ease and you will be able to remember him with a smile although it can take a long time. Its the kindest and hardest thing we can do for our pets even though it breaks our hearts.

Have you thought about helping a new dog to have the happy time that your boy had with you?. Some might say its too soon but I have never found that to be the case. It would be a good distraction for you and be wonderful for an unloved dog to share even part of the love that Joey had. Maybe even fostering dogs for a breed rescue.

 

[Cas1979]

Beautiful boy and lovely tribute. It probably doesn't feel like it at the moment but the pain does ease and you will be able to remember him with a smile although it can take a long time. Its the kindest and hardest thing we can do for our pets even though it breaks our hearts.

Have you thought about helping a new dog to have the happy time that your boy had with you?. Some might say its too soon but I have never found that to be the case. It would be a good distraction for you and be wonderful for an unloved dog to share even part of the love that Joey had. Maybe even fostering dogs for a breed rescue.

Thanks Nettle, yes I have been thinking about that.

What Im planning to do next week is go back to work and try to restore my life, once I do this can think about what Im going to do. I defo want to have another boy/girl to bring happiness back to my life :O(

 

[Nettle123]

That sounds like a really good plan. A new dog will never ever replace your boy but I am sure will help you move forward. Actually, how about two dogs?, that will keep you busy, lol