My sad start to the day. (page 3)

Bubbamar

I am so sorry for your loss. My dog recently unzipped my suitcase and ate a ton of chocolate covered raisins and coffee beans. He was sooo sick - I have no idea how he opened the suitcase!

I know its just like losing a family member and so many people just don't get it.

Hugs to you - Time will heal - hang in till then!

Double Edge

I feel real bad for you and sorry you have to go through this. Don't blame yourself, animals getting into snail bait is very common....they said the stuff is very sweet. Take care...

{{{{Lehaa and Family }}}}
When I was younger, my family got a beautiful little pomeranian puppy. I loved him to bits, carried him all around like a little baby. About a month after we got him, my mother put him in his crate before she went to work. When she came home, she found him dead. His collar had somehow gotten caught on the door edge and he strangled. She felt so guilty for leaving that collar on him! When we got home from school, she told all of us kids. We cried and hugged and had a popcorn and grape juice wake for him, then buried him in the back yard. Later, we adopted another dog from an animal shelter. It made us feel that somehow, Pancho's death could be accepted if we adopted a little guy who might be euthanized if we didn't give him a home.A life for a life kind of thing.

If you aren't in a position to adopt a dog, maybe you could give a donation to an animal shelter in memory of your dog.Any little ritual like that really can help.

Descender

That's horrible, I'm so sorry to hear that your dog died, they do quickly become part of the family and it's hard to see them in bad shape especially when you don't know how to help them. I'm experiencing something similar, and it almost brings me to tears thinking about it. One of my little pug dogs got into the trash while I was gone last Thursday and must have eaten something bad. Since then, she hasn't eaten at all, has lost 1/3 of her body weight, and this morning she just stood there shivering, she wouldn't drink and I noticed some red lumps appearing on her stomach. I've had her in and out of the vets over the past 5 days and I took her back today. I'm really hoping that they figure out what exactly is wrong and can help her.

TrailBlazer04

((((((((Lehaa and family))))))))))

It hurts to lose our 4 legged family members...my heart goes out to all of you

TB

Flash

He dug out of the back yard and got into my gardening stuff. He ate half a box of snail bait.
...It was high on a shelf and he climbed up to get it

I am sorry to hear you lost your pet. It was an unfortunate ACCIDENT, don't blame yourself. Dogs do stupid things...Thank God they don't have opposable thumbs!