Sad day for this Cowboys fan

[Concord]

One of these days I'm going to be getting one of these.

I want to roll around in the middle of them.

 

[Doomsday101]

One of these days I'm going to be getting one of these.

I want to roll around in the middle of them.

That is what I got a little over 1 year ago. Golden Retriever puppy

 

[Concord]

That is what I got a little over 1 year ago. Golden Retriever puppy

Nice.

Boy or Girl?

 

[JustDezIt]

rest in peace mac.

 

[Doomsday101]

Nice.

Boy or Girl?

Girl, Name is Bailey. Right now she gets into allot of trouble but getting better. Warning shoes must be picked up at all times. :laugh2:

I have another dog a lovable mutt that my folks found in the middle of nowhere New Mexico he is very well behaved and loves playing with the golden. After my other golden passed away he seemed more bummed out than I was he kept looking for her but now he once again has a play mate

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

I'm sorry to hear about your losses, WV. I've known you for a long time, my friend. I hope you grieve appropriately and don't let it get you down too much. Such is life; such is death. May your dog, Mac Cowboy, rest in peace. My condolences.

 

[WV Cowboy]

rest in peace mac.

Thanks sm0kie13 !

I'm sorry to hear about your losses, WV. I've known you for a long time, my friend. I hope you grieve appropriately and don't let it get you down too much. Such is life; such is death. May your dog, Mac Cowboy, rest in peace. My condolences.

Mac is at peace, and we will be just fine eventually.

Such is life; such is death.

My wife and I have made it through a lot during our 38 1/2 years together.

We have had 4 dogs during that time, ... O.J., Barker, BlackJack & Mac.

We will grieve appropriately together, and we will move on through this together.

Thanks CowboyMcCoy for your thoughts.

 

[Concord]

Girl, Name is Bailey. Right now she gets into allot of trouble but getting better. Warning shoes must be picked up at all times. :laugh2:

I have another dog a lovable mutt that my folks found in the middle of nowhere New Mexico he is very well behaved and loves playing with the golden. After my other golden passed away he seemed more bummed out than I was he kept looking for her but now he once again has a play mate

I've always wanted a girl Golden puppy.

I've always had boy dogs.

Two Beagles and a Cairn Terrier...they were all great dogs...especially the Cairn.

I had him the longest, 15 years and in line with this thread, I was there with him when we put him to sleep.

Awful day.

That outside of my mothers death...was the worst day of my life.

Here's to you Freeway!

 

[Doomsday101]

I've always wanted a girl Golden puppy.

I've always had boy dogs.

Two Beagles and a Cairn Terrier...they were all great dogs...especially the Cairn.

I had him the longest, 15 years and in line with this thread, I was there with him when we put him to sleep.

Awful day.

That outside of my mothers death...was the worst day of my life.

Here's to you Freeway!

The one I have now is the 3rd one I have owned each female. I feel in love with the breed, they are very smart which explains why they are used in some many different areas such as people who are disabled because they are easy to train and have a great disposition

 

[Concord]

The one I have now is the 3rd one I have owned each female. I feel in love with the breed, they are very smart which explains why they are used in some many different areas such as people who are disabled because they are easy to train and have a great disposition

That's one of the reasons why I want one.

Plus they are so sweet and beautiful...just a great dog.

 

[silverbear]

One of these days I'm going to be getting one of these.

I want to roll around in the middle of them.

Me too...

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Very sorry to hear this. I know losing a family pet hurts. Friends of ours just had to put theirs to sleep because she was no longer able to go to the bathroom. She was in a lot of pain and now their daughter is almost inconsolable over it. She is 10 years old and it was older than her.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Very sorry to hear this. I know losing a family pet hurts. Friends of ours just had to put theirs to sleep because she was no longer able to go to the bathroom. She was in a lot of pain and now their daughter is almost inconsolable over it. She is 10 years old and it was older than her.

Thanks Cajun, .. that is sort of what happened with our dog Mac.

Long story short, one day two years ago he couldn't urinate. So he had surgery to remove bladder stones, with one lodged in the uretha. . The surgery was tough on a 12 yr old dog.

Over the past two years he slowed down a lot, lost most of his hearing, most of his sight, and was pretty grumpy most of the time. Which was unlike him.

Then this past Sunday he couldn't pee again, so we took him to the vet and they x-rayed and found more stones in the bladder and one in the uretha. They put in a catheter and flushed the stone back up into his bladder along with the other stones that showed up on the x-rays.

They said that might work for a day, a month or a year. The only alternative was to do surgery again, and we decided when we came home from the vet on Sunday not to put him through that again at 14 yrs old.

Wednesday morning he couldn't pee again, so we knew this was it.

It has been two days now, .. thank goodness I have to go to work because it is tough to be in the house without him. It is very hard for my wife because she was with him all day, every day, .. and now he in not there.

It is still hard but we are putting it into perspective and we are getting through it.

What I mean by perspective, we lost our dog of 14 yrs on Wednesday, .. but somebody lost their spouse on Wed, somebody lost their child on Wed.

Doesn't make our pain go away, but it could be worse.

Many in this thread have mentioned losing a pet, so you all know what I'm trying to say.

Thanks again.

 

[Concord]

Thanks Cajun, .. that is sort of what happened with our dog Mac.

Long story short, one day two years ago he couldn't urinate. So he had surgery to remove bladder stones, with one lodged in the uretha. . The surgery was tough on a 12 yr old dog.

Over the past two years he slowed down a lot, lost most of his hearing, most of his sight, and was pretty grumpy most of the time. Which was unlike him.

Then this past Sunday he couldn't pee again, so we took him to the vet and they x-rayed and found more stones in the bladder and one in the uretha. They put in a catheter and flushed the stone back up into his bladder along with the other stones that showed up on the x-rays.

They said that might work for a day, a month or a year. The only alternative was to do surgery again, and we decided when we came home from the vet on Sunday not to put him through that again at 14 yrs old.

Wednesday morning he couldn't pee again, so we knew this was it.

It has been two days now, .. thank goodness I have to go to work because it is tough to be in the house without him. It is very hard for my wife because she was with him all day, every day, .. and now he in not there.

It is still hard but we are putting it into perspective and we are getting through it.

What I mean by perspective, we lost our dog of 14 yrs on Wednesday, .. but somebody lost their spouse on Wed, somebody lost their child on Wed.

Doesn't make our pain go away, but it could be worse.

Many in this thread have mentioned losing a pet, so you all know what I'm trying to say.

Thanks again.

Three months ago I had to put to sleep our cat Sammy that my wife and I got only 6 months after getting married.

He was there for basically everything we have done for 16 years.

One day he was fine...then the next he was very sick...took him to the vet and short story...his Gallbladder ruptured and on the x-rays you could see all of his gallstones all through his abdomen.

Makes me cry just thinking about it now...I didn't go to work for two days...he was all I could think about...I thought I was going crazy.

He LOVED going outside and the woods in our back yard.

I buried him there in his favorite blanket.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Thanks sm0kie13 !



Mac is at peace, and we will be just fine eventually.

Such is life; such is death.

My wife and I have made it through a lot during our 38 1/2 years together.

We have had 4 dogs during that time, ... O.J., Barker, BlackJack & Mac.

We will grieve appropriately together, and we will move on through this together.

Thanks CowboyMcCoy for your thoughts.

You're welcome, WV. I know it's a hard thing to go through losing a pet you love. God bless y'all.

BTW, I never knew you were that old. LOL I don't mean that in a bad way.

 

[WV Cowboy]

You're welcome, WV. I know it's a hard thing to go through losing a pet you love. God bless y'all.

BTW, I never knew you were that old. LOL I don't mean that in a bad way.

I'll be 56 in a week or so.

I was 17 and she was 16 when we started dating, .. we have been married for 34 1/2 years, but together for 38 1/2.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Three months ago I had to put to sleep our cat Sammy that my wife and I got only 6 months after getting married.

He was there for basically everything we have done for 16 years.

Makes me cry just thinking about it now...I didn't go to work for two days...he was all I could think about...I thought I was going crazy.

This is about where I am now.

But being at work has been a blessing, .. it is hard being in the house without him.

16 yrs is a long time!

I lost a dog that had been with us the first 13 yrs of our marriage. He was there for the birth of both of our boys and when we bought our first house. Losing him was tough too.

Congratulations on 16 yrs of marriage too CC. That is awesome!

 

[WV Cowboy]

Ol' Mac has been gone a week, it is getting better, but it is slow.

The weekend was tough.

"Time" heals all wounds, .. I just wish he would speed it up.

Dogs are awesome.

I will be better as my wife gets to feeling better. I hate to see her sad.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Have kind of avoided this thread.

Really hurts when you lose a pet.

A few years ago we lost our Pit named brandy that we had for about 14 years.

Tough enough on me but it was really hard on the wife.

We later got another pit who was the same color and in some ways does some really odd ball things that remind us of brandy.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Have kind of avoided this thread.

Really hurts when you lose a pet.

A few years ago we lost our Pit named brandy that we had for about 14 years.

Tough enough on me but it was really hard on the wife.

We later got another pit who was the same color and in some ways does some really odd ball things that remind us of brandy.

Thanks BP, .. everyone has been very kind and supportive in this thread.

It has helped me in some way to share this here. I wouldn't have thought that it would, but it has.