Dealing with grief

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Ani2013

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I lost my beautiful black lab last year. Her anniversary is this Saturday. I keep bursting into tears, I miss her so much. Will it ever get easier?
 
I think certain dates or times of year will always trigger strong emotions. I have two other dogs now, but I still always feel more upset, over 2 years later, when I think of my German shepherd I lost, especially the day we got him, and lost him

I would just accept it. its ok to cry, its worse not talking about it and trying to ignore it.
 
It does get better over time. I always find it helps to get another dog/cat/horse as appropriate.

Do you get the opportunity to talk about your dog with other family members, in a 'do remember when....' type of way? I find that helps as does having photos of the animals on the wall - usually put there in their lifetime but wonderful reminders when they are no longer with us.
 
probably about 4years before i stopped welling up over my old girly.
it really is a terrible thing to lose a pet.
try to think that is is better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all.XX
 
i lost my lurcher 2 years and and half years ago and thought i was now ok but driving home today i suddenly thought of her and had to stop the car as i couldnt see through the tears, i think you will find that sort of thing happens out of the blue... its still early days for you and as i have proved it can still catch you unawares at odd times....
 
Honest answer is no, sorry, you just learn to cope. I will still cry when I think about our beautiful girl we lost 18 months ago. She was 15 and beginning to struggle, we knew it was coming but it was still the most horrible time. I love that we still talk about her everyday and have pictures of her framed. I'm so sorry for your loss but you are not alone. I like to tell myself that they are still out there having fun chasing balls and destroying rubber chickens but just with somebody else now.
 
Nope it doesn’t get any easier at all :( I lost a greyhound and a lurcher in 2008, another greyhound in 2017, a greyhound in in 2018 and another greyhound (my profile pic) in April this year - I still think about them all very often, and miss them so much it hurts :(

I made the mistake of having 4 dogs of roughly the same age, hence losing 3 quite close together, and when I lost Flick (in my profile pic) I thought for the first time ever that I really wasn't sure I could face getting another dog and going through that total heartache again. But there is always some poor rescue out there needing a good home.....
 
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