[misty073]

My dog died on Sat and I am completely heartbroken over it. I am also feeling tremendous guilt . My daughter recently moved into her own appartment (from home because we were moving to another city) and could not take her dog, she was going to rehome him and I stopped it. I loved him and the thought of someone else taking him upset me. We moved into our new place 3 weeks ago and have been very careful with our pets. The cat is now an indoor cat and the dogs were only out on leashes because of coyotes. People kept telling me not to worry during the day so we started to let the dogs run and play (only supervised by us never out alone).

My poor dog was taken by a coyote right in front of my husband and I am so upset. He loved me so much and followed me everywhere, if I went upstairs he went upstairs, he was always at my feet or on my lap and now he is gone. I feel like he trusted me and I let him down by not protecting him enough. I also feel like if I had just left things alone and let him get rehomed he would still be ok.

I miss him so much and my heart aches

[SunnyPaw]

Originally Posted by misty073

My dog died on Sat and I am completely heartbroken over it. I am also feeling tremendous guilt . My daughter recently moved into her own appartment (from home because we were moving to another city) and could not take her dog, she was going to rehome him and I stopped it. I loved him and the thought of someone else taking him upset me. We moved into our new place 3 weeks ago and have been very careful with our pets. The cat is now an indoor cat and the dogs were only out on leashes because of coyotes. People kept telling me not to worry during the day so we started to let the dogs run and play (only supervised by us never out alone).

My poor dog was taken by a coyote right in front of my husband and I am so upset. He loved me so much and followed me everywhere, if I went upstairs he went upstairs, he was always at my feet or on my lap and now he is gone. I feel like he trusted me and I let him down by not protecting him enough. I also feel like if I had just left things alone and let him get rehomed he would still be ok.

I miss him so much and my heart aches

I am so sorry to hear about your situation - - we, too, have coyotes here (yes, even in the suburbs of Philadelphia). One ran through our field just the other day, and they have been killing off area sheep, etc. They were apparently surreptitiously introduced into our area by someone who thought they would help control the deer population.

Don't second-guess keeping him, he would have been devastated to have lost you a few weeks ago. My thoughts are with you, Misty.

[misty073]

Thank you Sunny Paw for your kind words. That is what my husband says too. His home was with us and this was a very unfortunate thing that we could not have known was going to happen.

It still breaks my heart and I would give anything to just go back to sat morn and not let him out.

It also makes me angry that my pets have to live like prisioners to stay safe. Our jack russell loves to play fetch and can not do so with out being on a long rope. I am now terrified to have her off leash anywhere. And although we have only had her for 6 months she seems to understand my pain. She has never been much of a lap dog (like he was) she would rather chase the cat or follow the kids around, now she follows me around the house and jumps into my lap every time I sit down.


And thank you for giving me this place to talk about it, my husband knows I am sad but doesnt really understand my grief.

[jasminesmom]

I am so sorry for your loss. "They" say time heals all things. Well I've been trying to heal since 9-04-09 when I lost Jasmine. I still cry everyday since she was such a 'constant' in my life. There are so many memories that whatever I'm trying to do during the day, she should be there with me like before! But she is not. I feel I will never 'get over' this saddness this time.

[Pickleisaminidaschi]

I'm so very sorry for your loss.
There are millions of coyotes where I live. Right in my yard. It must have been terrible for your husband to watch that. It's not your fault though. Who knows what worser things would have happened to that dog if someone else got it? What if it ended up in the hands of a Backyard breeder? Or a dog fighter? You did what you could.

Originally Posted by misty073

It also makes me angry that my pets have to live like prisioners to stay safe. Our jack russell loves to play fetch and can not do so with out being on a long rope.

If I where you I'd consider getting a fenced in place. Pickle loves running in the fenced in yard. Put chicken wire or chain lenth fence around the inside and out. Extra protection against those nasty coyotes!

[Mama2BellaGrace]

I'm sorry for your loss