Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire i loss my little buddy today

I was going to say exactly the same thing. A dog loves fully, 100%, and there are no strings attached.

We had to have our dog put to sleep several years ago when a cancerous tumor got so large that she could no longer exist comfortably. We have to remember that the best decision for the dog is sometimes to permanently end the pain and suffering. Of course, it's never what we want.

You have my heartfelt sympathy and condolences on your loss...

B'sW

There is one best place to bury a dog.
"If you bury him in this spot, he will
come to you when you call - come to you
over the grim, dim frontier of death,
and down the well-remembered path,
and to your side again.

"And though you call a dozen living
dogs to heel, they shall not growl at
him, nor resent his coming,
for he belongs there.

"People may scoff at you, who see
no lightest blade of grass bent by his
footfall, who hear no whimper, people
who may never really have had a dog.
Smile at them, for you shall know
something that is hidden from them,
and which is well worth the knowing.

"The one best place to bury a good
dog is in the heart of his master."

--- Ben Hur Lampman ---
from the Portland Oregonian Sept. 11, 1925


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My condolences as well!!


Mike

Sorry for your losses rockchucker & JPro

My deepest sympathy to you & your wife. I'm still grieving the loss of my 12+ yr. old retriever/sheperd mix, put to sleep on June 7th. She had what the vet calls an "anal sac tumor". Gave her maybe 2 months to live. But she lasted 13 months without too much pain. Had her on a special diet but eventually the time came. My son & his wife & I were with her at the end. She went peacefully. Had her creamated and will spread the ashes in a place she loved. It really is like losing a family member. I agree with those postings on "unconditional love". I figure if there really is a heaven and if I ever get there, she'll be there too, 'cause it just wouldn't be heaven without her....

thank you everyone.

my wife and i do not have children, but BJ and our other corgi DOBIE are our children.

dogs love you no matter who or what you are.

again gwendolyn and myself thank you for your support

I'm very sorry for your loss. Our doggie friends are with us for such a short while, and we know that losing them is inevitable. Our dog is now 11 and, although she is healthy, we know that her time will come before long. A good dog teaches us something about love, and anyone whose character isn't improved by such a relationship lacks something fundamental to begin with.

Paul

New at the campfire but no so new with the loss of a good dog friend.. Know that many of us know exactly how you feel.
Wait awhile then get one that is so different that its a new friend not a replacement.
St. Francis Assisi will care for your buddy now.
Sympathy for your loss

ADKbueford

'chucker, JPro and others,
My deepest sympathy goes out to you. The only time I ever saw my dad cry was when his best hound, a beagle/blue tick cross finally died of old age. It's a unique relationship we share with our dogs, and it was quite humbling to see this battle hardened vetern of WWII reduced to tears by the passing of such a dear and trusted pet. Belle was the best beagle I ever had the chance to hunt with. When our veternarian, an old bird dog man himself, heard about Belle's death, he came over with a gift for my father. It was a 7 week old beagle pup. Danny was never half the dog Belle was. He was so slow at bringing a rabbit around, we joked that you could have hunted with a slingshot over him. He had big shoes to fill. But he got Dad back to life again, and although they never got too many chances to go to field together ( Danny outlived my father) he rekindled that special bond that only dog owners and especially hunting dog owners share with their best hunting partners. Once again my condolences.

Reading your thread literally brings tears to my eyes. I immediately thought of "Smokey", "Rufus" and "Beau". Pure love. I'm sorry.

I too am sorry for your sadness.

Reading the different responses I find it amazing how we have all missed dogs that have passed away.

I coached for 15 years and my golden retreiver never asked who won...he was always glad to see me! I miss him.

Rockchucker,
My condolences. We had to put down our Ozzie about a year and half ago...hardest thing I have ever had to do. I found solace in this quote...maybe you will too.

"Heaven is a place, that when you get there, every dog you have ever loved runs up to greet you".

Justin

I am very sorry to hear that. We lost our dog in the last week. It hurts like heck. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

My malamute is here on the couch next to me as I type.

We are lucky to have them while we have them. Actually I think they have us...

Try to live up to what they deserve.

I'm sorry. It's hard. My partner of many years died 12 July 2003, and I still miss him. I may be like the BoJangles guy ... "... after 20 years he still grieved".

They enrich our lives. Remember them. Think about The Rainbow Bridge.

The boon companion of my youth was an old English sheepdog. In college I drove home one day to take him to the vet, it was time. Always happy to see me, he shuffled after me willingly into the vet's office, and I was holding his head in my hands as he died. One of the saddest occasions I have ever experienced.

Didn't own a dog for another twenty years. This past weekend the missus and I were in New Mexico, and took the occasion to sleep out in a high meadow of the White Mountain Wilderness.

About a two-hour hike in from the car, most of that in the dark by the light of a half-moon, in country inhabited by elk, bear, coyotes and mountain lion. It is our practice not to use flashlights when not absolutely necessary, and the eyes, nose and ears of our little blue heeler mutt were much appreciated.

On one occasion she uncharacteristically bristled up and began growling and barking at something in the dark just up the trail, whatever it might have been moved off silently, and was already out of sight before a flashlight could be brought to bear.

It was with some small amount of apprehension that we bedded down under the stars, sleeping out in a wilderness after all not being our norm. The little heeler sat up most of the night close by, every time I looked up I could see the silhouette of her crooked ears against the stars, pivoting to and fro as she stared into the dark, sometimes growling softly. Towards dawn as the night grew colder, she curled up into a tight ball right by our heads, frequently looking up and about.

We were in a meadow that reeked of elk, with sign everywhere, and doubtless it was these she was responding to. Still we could sleep sound, knowing that no critter, two or four legged, could approach unheralded.

Hard to put a price on what a gift dogs are.

Birdwatcher

sorry to hear of your loss. you'll have a lot of good memories.

hate the day when i loose my mut who is the loyalest, best dog ever! had to put the dogs i grem up with down in less than 6 months apart from one another.

when we my rottweiler died ( i found him dead on my first trip home from college died) we got our chocolate lab Snickers... when she was 2 months old, i sat her down and explained to her how she will never replace farsier (the rott) but how she was my baby girl. after the cionversation she gave me a sad face and gave me a kiss. its like she knew exactly what i was saying! during the conversation she never took her eyes off of me! dogs are amazing and i am sorry to hear about your loss!
Casey

Sorry for your loss. Hope you decide on a new pup soon.