[AutomaticAshley]

After having him for 13 years...over half my life, I had to put my best friend down. He had liver failure and severe bone loss..so he was in alot of pain, not eating, and not going to the bathroom.
I thought lossing my young dog, Knuckles,..who was only 7 last summer was the hardest thing I ever had to do. But Pudge..he was my baby. I can't remember life with out him.
He was almost 14...his birthday is Dec. 26.
I hate being home without him here..just like now I look down from my desk and see his dog bed empty...it breaks my heart.
I just miss him so much already...I feel this pain in my chest and it makes it hard for me to even go to class or to work.

He was the best little nip nip in the world. I just don't know what to do.

[Dog_Shrink]

I totally feel your pain... I just lost my Dane unexectedly about 3 weeks ago. I expect to hear his deep sighs on the dog bed behind my computer chair, or his sloppy camel drinking or his nails clack on the hardwood floors and it's never there anymore.... the void is SOOOO great. He would have been 10 on the 5th of November. This is compounded even more by the fact that I still haven't been able to take up his feeding dish in the other room, NONE of the other dogs will lay on HIS bed for more than 5 minutes because they're waiting for him to come along and lay on them to get them to move, NO one will dare pee on his tree in the front yard, and no one ever goes near his empty bowl.

All I can say is give it time... I know... it seems like life will never be the same again... take your time to grieve, write a tribute to your fella (it was really theraputic for me). Ball your eyes out, curse the gods for taking him, and cherish the memories.

[AutomaticAshley]

Thanks...and I know what you mean about hearing his nails clink on the floor..just this morning I thought I heard him sneeze...he always did that...my parents already picked up all his stuff...but his bed in my room. My other dog...who is usally really loud and in the way..just lays around...which is weird too...

[Cracker]

I'm sorry to hear this Ashley.
It's hard, I know...but it does get easier with time..cry if you have to, be angry if you have to...but know that Pudge is young, pain free and happy over the bridge and he will be there when YOU arrive.

[jasminesmom]

I am so sorry for your loss Ashley. I can't tell you that it will get easier for I lost my Jasmine 09-04-09 and my heart is still broken, the void is still there, the tears still flow when I think of her. See Ashley, even though Jasmine was 13 she did not die from old age. She died from a prescription drug given to her by her vet, ProIn , for incontinence. But because of her slight heart murmur, the vet should never had prescribed this drug and Jasmine went into kidney failure and suffered for 57 days after that first dose I gave her. July 8, 2009 she was playful, eating and happy. July 9 she was lethargic and not eating.
But I do believe she is now at The Rainbow Bridge with your Pudge and the other beloved furbaby angels. They are all free of pain, discomfort and old age. Running, playing and waiting for us.
You are in my thoughts and prayers, as we all try to recover,

Hugs,

Cheryl and Angel Jasmine