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Re: Lost a good friend

Eric,
I can sure relate. We lost our Golden, Chamois, a year ago the day after Thanksgiving. We enjoyed her for almost 12 years. We now have Bailey, 1 year old today. She is great, but I still miss my Chamois. They are truly mans best friend.

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Eric,
sorry to hear about Bonnie, anyone who has had a terrific pet knows just how you feel, they are every bit a member of the family. God bless

ilucas

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Eric,
Very sorry for your loss,we get realy attached and it is painfull at times like these. You will find another but it will never take this ones place in your heart.
Good Luck
Ernie.

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Hi Eric, My condolences on the loss of your dog, for anyone who has never owned a pet, imagine losing your child that is how attached you become to your pet's they are loving members of your family and no matter how bad a day you may have had they always greet you with a wagging tale and love you regardless. 4 years ago i lost my beloved Skippy (My first dog of my own) she was a beagle and the best dog i could have ever asked for. I had to have her put down on new years day. (Crapiest New Years I've ever had in my life) After 2 weeks of being a basket case my wife told me to get another dog LOL She'll never be as good or witty as my first girl, but i still love her regardless and my old girl is still with us in spirit. Take Care God Bless and Don't worry Eric the pain gets a little easier with time. I made a scrapbook of my old girl so that anytime I'm depressed or sad I pull it out and it makes me smile like she was sitting right there next to me. Take Care of Yourself LOL Dave From up North

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Eric, I am sorry to read about your loss. We had to put down our 12 year old Golden (Molly)this past Easter weekend. The worst Easter ever. The pain does fade with time, but you never forget. Swore I would never get another dog but we did get a Brittany named Daisy in September. Glad we got a different breed as we are not so apt to compare her to Molly and so far we have enjoye her completely. Not sure who said it but I agree that "if there are no dogs in heaven, I'm not sure I want to go there"...
Take care.

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Eric, very sorry to hear of your sudden loss.
we all know how tough this is. Thinking of you. Doc

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Sorry to hear about Bonnie. Hannah was also 12 when she left us to hunt birds forever. No need for anyone to worry about dogs in heaven. We may not get in but, God gives all of them a free pass.

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Sorry to hear the news. I have been thru that same thing at least 6 times thru out my life and getting ready to do it agian in 3 mabie 4 years from now my german shepard is 11 years old and her hips are starting to fall apart but she is still doing good.
Take that picture you posted and frame it I have all mine together and puts a smile on my face when ever I look at them. Sorry to hear I know the feeling....

Charlies charters

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Thanks guys for the all the kind words. My wife is already talking about another doog. I'm kind going through "withdrawal" from the constant affection. Hard to quit that cold turkey, eh? Interesting idea about getting another breed, but I love the labs and they are so good with young kids and aside from our own 2 rug rats the neighborhood has lots of young kids. Maybe I'll just get a different color lab, I dunno. Cold and loney without my old girl around.

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Sounds like a good idea, "another color" Lab.

With tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat, I write this, we have a daughter of my Bart that comes here every week day for "doggy day care". Actually she's my son's dog, comes to work every day and stay with me.. She's a Black Lab, Bart was a Chocolate, it does help to have another dog around. But I'm not sure how it would be if she was also a Chocolate, maybe not good.. As it is I call her Bart now and then.

Like a grandchild this one goes home at night, well not every night, she stays over now and then.

That reminds me all my photos of Bart were on my "dead" computer, I do have a few office my office.

Hang in there, if another dog is right, it will happen, especially for the kids it may be a good idea..

John S.

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Thanks guys for the all the kind words. My wife is already talking about another doog. I'm kind going through "withdrawal" from the constant affection. Hard to quit that cold turkey, eh? Interesting idea about getting another breed, but I love the labs and they are so good with young kids and aside from our own 2 rug rats the neighborhood has lots of young kids. Maybe I'll just get a different color lab, I dunno. Cold and loney without my old girl around.

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Sorry to hear about Bonnie, I'd like to say time heals all wounds and it probably does eventualy. But it will be 2 years this February since Bart my Chocolate Lab left us, bone cancer in his shoulder, he was 15 years old.

I still get a lump in my throat thinking about him, just two nights ago I was woke by what I thought was his bark to go out, happens every now and then.

We had him cremated, I put 1/2 his ashes in Squam where he learnt to swim as a pup and 1/2 in a nice wooden urn with is photo on it that I keep in my office.

No new dog for me, I couldn't go through it again.

Again, sorry about your loss, they are truly mans best friend.

John S.

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hey eric

the conway area humane society has an 8 yr old lab named jasmine. saw her in the conway news on thursday.
their phone no. is 603-447-5955

so sorry you lost your dog. I'm sitting on the couch with my buddy, a 5 yr old yellow/white lab. such great dogs. i can't imagine.

floyd

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Thanks Floydo but we're not quite ready yet. Still numb to the loss. We might get another dog fairly soon but I don't know. Like John S. we got her cremated. I got her ashes and have to figure out what I'm going to do with them... Thinking of putting some in Winni where she loved to swim and where she once saved (literally) my niece from drowning. (A great dog story). Some on my property on Moosehead where she only got to visit this summer but still got a snootful of sniffs (very exciting to labs as you know). Some her with her picture.

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I keep my dear old girl in a beautiful box that my vet bought for me made out of cherry, she is in my living room under her picture on the wall and always watching over me and my family. Take CAre God Bless, LOL Dave FRom up North

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Guess I'm not the only softy, best thing I ever did was cremate Bart, a part of him will allways be with me, the rest at his favorite places..

Eric, pretty much what I did, some in Sqaum on the same beach he learned to swim, some in the yard on his favorite places to lie and the rest here with me in my office. They put the ashes in two unrs, one really nice wooden one and the rest in a tin can. We then took one last ride to the lake, Bart and me, with the can of ashes on the passenger seat, his seat.

I feel bad for people that have never had the oppertunity to bond with a good dog.

Oh and Eric, time does heal all wounds, Bart was not my first and only dog, we had two others over the years, they all lived long lives, 3 dogs, about 40 years. The other two are only a good memory now, but Bart, after two years, still hurts.

Get another one as soon as it feels right, do it for the kids, it's amazing how much Labs love kids.

John S.

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Sorry for your loss, because they are our best freinds, the loss's are real and painfull. Which only makes the time with them all that much more important. If u can, celebrate what you had, not what you don't.