Not a good day today...
My dog Kaelah(aka Baby girl)(golden retriever) was sick and lost alot of weight in a short period.
Took her to the vet this morning about 8:30. She had lost 20lbs in a little over a week.
They did some tests and found she had a uterin infection and did surgery to remove everything shortly after.
All was well and she was looking better at about 3:30 when i stopped in to check on her but still a bit lethargic from the surgery. Held her and pet her for a bit.
They said she would still need to stay and recuperate away from my other dog until tomorrow.Gave her a hug and told her I'd see her tomorrow.
About 5:00 the vet called and told me she had just gone into shock and died.They tried everything they could to no availe. And asked me to come down.
I took my other dog (Yeller) with.
We both went in to see her. Not a good thing for me or yeller (Kaelah had basically been with yeller since a pup).
Yeller walked up and sniffed her nose a couple of times and nudged her and new immediatly.I sat down and held Kaelahs head for a bit and pet her with yeller occasionally nudging her.
We buried her tonight on my farmland near the creek and some small trees. Yeller played a bit while i dug, then sat solemnly by as i buried her.
Yeller, who's 10 yrs old, still searches for her in the yard, looking around corners and such. It's a really sad sight.
I really miss my baby girl. I've had her for 9 years. Always the lover. She loved to snuggle and lay her head in your lap. Always the puppy and full of piss and vinager.
Goodbye my baby girl... Rest in peace and happy hunting.
You'll always be missed...
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Sorry for your loss. A lot of people don't understand how it is to lose a loved pet. I takes a special person to treat their pets like member of the family. And when a pet is treated like a member of the family you can always tell they are the happiest animals. Posts like this always make me sad and make me hope my pets are around for many more years. There is another dog out there that needs a loving owner like you.
I lost the love of my life, Rajah, back in March of 2004 and it haunts me every day.
You have some very understanding ppl. here in TeamFocus when it comes to dogs or pets in general. I've seen an outpouring of love each time someone here has lost a pet. My TFNE members actually chipped in and bought me a lovely bouquet of flowers when I lost my boy.
Hang in there. I know it hurts - hurts worse than most things I can compare it to. If I could have my Rajah back I'd give up my health and go back on dialysis to do so, but I can't.
Remember all of the wonderful times you, Yeller and your Kaelah had together. Yeller will be fine. He'll be sad for a while, just remember to give him loads of love and attention. Take him to his favorite places - and do his favorite things. He still has you and you still have him.
Dan and I have Mack now. He's quite the character, but makes life so much more with him in it. It dulls the pain of missing Rajah, but it will never go away.
Im sorry There is nothing worse than losing a pet. I lost my Sebastian a year ago sunday and it still kills me.
Like chelly said though, remember the good times you had together. Nothing will ever replace but times change and new companions come in. I have Franklin now. Good guy he is, no Sebastian, but with time im sure i will learn to have the same love for him.
Hang in there!!!
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Thanks all for everything.
And thanks for the link Chelly. She's been added.
Broke my heart today when i got home and yeller came running to see me after spending the day alone without Kaelah. Think she was expecting her to be following me. After she realised it was not to be she started crying and i spent quite a bit of time with her.
Will just take some getting used to for me and yeller.
