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Border Collie Discussions & Pictures / Re: Grieving Collie - Any suggestions, please!
« on: April 16, 2005, 09:34:41 am »
I am so sorry to hear about your losses. I know that this is after the fact but maybe it will help you or another person reading this.
Our Great Pyernees, died of a stomach mass in the fall and we were heartbroken, he was only 7 and had been in great health. We watched him die over about 6 weeks. His best friend was our Rottie who immediately began grieving for him and we feared losing her as well. A friend advised us to look on Petfinder.com and see if we could locate a new companion for her right away. At first we thought that this was disrespectful of Bear and realized that he would not want her to suffer.
My husband took her down with him to meet the one that we selected and they sniffed and checked each other out and she climbed into the van, looked over her shoulder at him as if to say "well are you coming with me?" and he hopped in. My husband had to go do the paperwork and make the journey home. It pulled her out of it and this has really helped us all.
We still miss Bear, and our first dog, and know that they are together and looking down on us. We rescued our Walker Coonhound, nothing like my Bear. He had been in the shelter for 28 days after he and his sister, both 2.5, were given away due to family health issues. Our Rottie had lost her best friend. They are very good for each other and a new bond has developed between them.
The pain lessend but never goes totally away, at least for us. Every time I open up a book or a box and find a Bear hear, my heart smiles.
Our Great Pyernees, died of a stomach mass in the fall and we were heartbroken, he was only 7 and had been in great health. We watched him die over about 6 weeks. His best friend was our Rottie who immediately began grieving for him and we feared losing her as well. A friend advised us to look on Petfinder.com and see if we could locate a new companion for her right away. At first we thought that this was disrespectful of Bear and realized that he would not want her to suffer.
My husband took her down with him to meet the one that we selected and they sniffed and checked each other out and she climbed into the van, looked over her shoulder at him as if to say "well are you coming with me?" and he hopped in. My husband had to go do the paperwork and make the journey home. It pulled her out of it and this has really helped us all.
We still miss Bear, and our first dog, and know that they are together and looking down on us. We rescued our Walker Coonhound, nothing like my Bear. He had been in the shelter for 28 days after he and his sister, both 2.5, were given away due to family health issues. Our Rottie had lost her best friend. They are very good for each other and a new bond has developed between them.
The pain lessend but never goes totally away, at least for us. Every time I open up a book or a box and find a Bear hear, my heart smiles.