Sorry for the depressive post...

[Spudlet]

...but in a couple of days it will have been a year since Barney was PTS and I still miss him so much

He was a such a great dog and such a good friend. He saw the whole family through some terrible times - for a while in my teens he was the only close friend I really had. Even when things got better, he was still always there, I would go home from uni all the time and look forward to seeing him all the way there.

He took all the mad things my family did in his stride - all the shouting, banging, to-ing and fro-ing, visitors, late nights, early mornings - the lot. He even bit Dad after he left - his finest hour. When my step-dad came along he loved him too, despite him being a total dog novice and saying everything to Barney in a huge deep booming voice (we don't know why

). He just looked at me and Mum as though to say 'he's a bit odd this one, isn't he?' and then humoured him

He also gave us all a supply of bad-dog stories to last a lifetime, from pulling a dog trainer over and hauling him along the ground, to carrying a very small old lady off on his back!

I love Henry and I wouldn't ever swap him. But I want Barney back too

I'm sorry, I know I'm being really self-pitying and self-indulgent. But I need to get it off my chest.

 

[FestiveSpirit]

Big (((hugs))) for you hun, I can identify just how you feel - it will be a year on 4th December since I lost Talisker and I still miss him desperately despite loving Islay and Flick a lot.

In particular I think a dog you grew up with and who went through such a lot with you will always be special, so no wonder you miss Barney so much

 

[MurphysMinder]

(((hugs))). I don't know if it will help you to know this but it was 3 years in August that I lost my old girl (Buffy's mum) and I still miss her

She arrived just before my ex left (no link honestly) and she was friend and protector to myself and my 2 children through some tough times. As TT says, if you go through things like that with a dog it makes the bond even stronger. Get out pics of Barney and spend some time looking at them, you might have a weep but it will help you remember all the good times, and what a great dog he was.

 

[kirstyhen]

My Squidgey Dog was PTS 4 years ago in November, I still get choked up thinking about him but I have so many fond memories I more often than not end up laughing!

Big Hugs

 

[Spudlet]

Thank you both. We have a whole album at home, I will have a look through this weekend.

In the meantime, here he is - although this was when he was an old boy, I only have paper photos of him in his heyday.

He had just been viciously bathed, and was not too impressed

 

[GinaB]

*Big hugs* hun, he was a lovely looking boy

My Windsor was PTS two and a half years ago now and I still miss him loads

I have lots of fab memories of him and they keep me smiling about him. No dog will ever come close to him, but it does get easier.

 

[Spudlet]

Thank you all

He was a Lawnwoods dog, and therefore gorgeous if I do say so myself

This is the Lawnwoods type - not Barney but a similar looking dog and from the same kennel

 

[MurphysMinder]

Love his expression in the second photo

 

[Bearsmum]

Barney's just gorgeous, not surprised you miss him so much. Treasure the happy memories and the fact you gave him such a wonderful life.
I had my Lab PTS last week and can't look at a black Lab yet without bursting into tears - must be my age!

JDx

 

[Spudlet]

I'm so sorry to hear that

I saw someone walking a yellow lab a couple of days after we lost Barney and I nearly crashed the car.

I was also getting all snivelly on the way into work this morning just thinking about it

(((((hugs))))))

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Barney was a babe!!

I lost my old spangle nearly 12 years ago and I still miss her

- she was about as different from Sweep as its possible to be.

Still you can have Max on loan - especially as he has just ripped apart his toy duck......

 

[Spudlet]

Henry has the same amount of personality that Barney had but is still totally different. He is too small to actually carry people away for example, and has to make do with pawprinting them all over instead

Naughty Max! Barney chewed up all our water guns because Mum was using them to squirt him when he chewed and he worked it out and hunted them all down

 

[Daffodil]

Sounds (and looked) like a great chap to have around.
Never a dull moment! So sorry that he's no longer with you.
(((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))

 

[Spudlet]

Thank you

He lives on though - we used to have a really silly habit of talking for him in a funny voice

and now Henry has a voice too

An old schoolfriend I recently got back in touch with on Facebook says that she does the same for her dog too!

Never a dull moment is about right - the student he chased up a tree (he was playing!)

the little old lday he took for a ride

the lady he bowled over outside the butchers (she was warned, she ignored, she ended up on her bum)

the hiker he had jumping around waving his arms going 'get him off!' because Barney sniffed his knees

the time he was walking in the park and someone was trying to practice their golf swings, and he kept nicking the ball

......