To Bill

[Ruby]

I just want to say how sorry I am for the loss of your pet.  You didn't say whether it was a dog or cat (I'm assuming cat?)  It's so hard to loose a part of the family, and I think only pet lovers really understand the unconditional love that our pets give us.  

Thinking of you.

Ruby

[shabba34]

My condolances Bill..  Put to sleep my dog of 17 years last year.  They really are a major part of the family.

[wmccall]

Thanks, it was our cat Nikki, my first cat, I use to be a cat hater ,because of neighborhood cats, but she changed me . She would have been 21 in July, just a few months younger than our daughter.



Oh, before somebody asks, this was a picture when she was alive!    She frequently covered her eyes when she slept.   This was my first time going through this, my parents got a dog when I moved out, so I wasn't there when they put him to sleep at 17.

[Lori]

I, too, am sorry for your loss!  It is never easy to lose a loved one, and to me, pets are loved ones!

My Mother has a Yorkie who is going on 13 (this September) and I dread the day anything happens to him.  She will be inconsolable (sp?)!!!

[wmccall]

I have a picture of Melinda and Nikki at less than a year, I'll have to find that and post it.

[Chas]

 

[wmccall]

Looking back 20 years, that is Hottubwoman in the background, my recent college grad, and Nikki

[spaman--]

Ahh you are killing me!

[stuart]

Funny, many of us when we were kids lived under the rule of thumb our fathers taught us that if it cost very much to have a vet help an animal out just euthanize it and get another...

Now I would spend thousands on my pets to keep them alive...they are a viable part of our family.  

[Lori]

Thanks for sharing the picture!  That is just too sweet!!!

[wmccall]

Funny, many of us when we were kids lived under the rule of thumb our fathers taught us that if it cost very much to have a vet help an animal out just euthanize it and get another...

Now I would spend thousands on my pets to keep them alive...they are a viable part of our family.  

It helps having a Vet tech in the family who gets a discount where she works.


Cat in mall pet store in 1984 - $19
Cancer surgery for those without a discount $850
Having the employee Discount - Priceless.

[Chas]

We haven't gotten a replacement for our last pet - the loss was tough.

I think if we ever do get a pet, we'll get two of them, several years apart so that when one goes we'll still have the other to ease the pain.

One of our 'adopted kids' has a dog she brings over on a regular basis. Behaves better than her kids sometimes... It seems to get it out of my system that way...

[Lori]

Chas, I have to babysit my little brother and sister (a yorkie and a blue healer mix) when my parents go out of town.

That helps get the "puppy fever" out of my system!

I love pets, but I don't think it is fair that we have to lose them, too!!!

Oh well...no one ever said life was fair!!!

[georgiapeach]

Bill,

I just wanted to send you my condolances on the loss of you cat.  I know how hard that is.  We lost our Schnauzer a couple of years ago after having her for 11 years and it was the hardest thing we had to go through.  People that don't have pets don't understand they are a part of the family and losing them is very difficult.  

Peachy

[stuart]

Chas, I have to babysit my little brother and sister (a yorkie and a blue healer mix) when my parents go out of town.

That helps get the "puppy fever" out of my system!

I love pets, but I don't think it is fair that we have to lose them, too!!!

Oh well...no one ever said life was fair!!!

A yorkie and a blue healer mix!?!?

How the heck does that work?