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by Nans gsd on 11 April 2016 - 17:04

So very very sorry for your loss; I do really understand what these service dogs mean to us; RIP beautiful boy...

ggturner

by ggturner on 11 April 2016 - 22:04

So very sorry sunsilver! I went through almost the exact same thing just two months ago with my 8 yr old female gsd. She was paralyzed and in pain so we took her to our vet to be euthanized. I sat on the floor and held her until the end.....so heart broken over her. I miss her so much!

Sunsilver

by Sunsilver on 12 April 2016 - 04:04

only 8, gg! What happened?

I had to put my very first GSD down at the age of 9 due to ankylosing spondylitis in her spine (fusion of the vertebrae that prevented nerve signals from getting through.)

by LynOD on 13 April 2016 - 13:04

I just went through this with my handsome boy soooo hard. Thinking of you.. My condolences. they are never with us long enough.

Lyn

Jenni78

by Jenni78 on 13 April 2016 - 14:04

There is never anything anyone can say, really. I'm sorry, SS.

by Centurian on 13 April 2016 - 18:04

Hi Sunsilver

My condolences ... I also empathize . Having had 30 GS in my home as companions , this never gets any easier and I feel your sorrow , emptiness and pain of your loss. The only words that perhaps will be comforting is what I am mindful of .. i end this post with those truths **

Yes a good dog is a good dog !! I am glad that you and your dog had a heart for each other. Often i get very upset with people unlike you - a loving hearted person. ... I have seen countless breeders, people in showing , high end competitors etc ... whom absolutely lose the true meaning of what it is to have a dog : the love share between human and canine in life. And that is very sadening. In reality , dogs are one , if not the only truly domesticated animal. Cats are too independent and if they were 30 lbs heavier they wouldn't need us . Horses , cows - sheep - goats etc don't live in the house or sacrifice their life knowingly for us. Dogs are our 1 true companion that keep loving us unconditionally.
** So i sign off saying this : "That may have been your last day here on earth with him , but be assured , hopeful and cheerful for it is indicated and referenced that without any doubt , you absolutely will be reunited again ... " . For the way things once began... is how they shall be forevermore again !!.

Franki

by Franki on 13 April 2016 - 20:04

I am so sorry to read of your loss of your beautiful boy.
I had to let my best bud go in early December.
Even with a new youngster I feel the loss of that steady, competent companion.

“We who choose to surround ourselves
with lives even more temporary than our
own, live within a fragile circle;
easily and often breached.
Unable to accept its awful gaps,
we would still live no other way.
We cherish memory as the only
certain immortality, never fully
understanding the necessary plan.”


― Irving Townsend

Sunsilver

by Sunsilver on 24 July 2016 - 14:07

There's one more piece I need to add to this tribute. Ranger was afraid of water. I thought it was because his former owner had thrown him off the end of the dock when he was a pup. A couple of weeks ago, I found out I was wrong about that.

His former owner is a neighbour and friend of my birth mom. They both live on the same lake in Quebec. My opinion of this guy - let's call him 'Dick' - has mellowed a bit over the years, because every time I went there to visit, he would want to come and see how Ranger was doing. And when my mom came to visit me, he'd tell her to take lots of pictures. And no, it wasn't ME he was wanting to see pictures of!

Anyway, I was there visiting a couple of weeks ago, and he dropped by. Of course, I had to share a few stories about Ranger, and how much he'd meant to me. I told him how frightened he was of water. "Yes," Dick replied, "that was because Candy (their other dog) pushed him off the end of the dock when he was a pup."

Oops. I had some apologizing to do!

I explained how I'd tried to get him used to the water, by taking him out into the lake on a leash, just far enough that he had to swim a couple of strokes. I only did it twice, because he would go into panic mode, thrashing the water with his front paws. After each attempt, I took him back into shore, and praised him and gave him a treat. When we were done, I left him on the shore, and went for a swim myself.

Well, I was about to get proof of how very bonded my dog was to me. Ranger must have been afraid I was going to drown, because he swam out to me!  Omg Smile  As soon as I saw him coming, I swam over to him, and the two of us swam back to shore together!  No panic this time - he was doing a normal, strong dog-paddle! Needless to say, once we got back to the shore, I praised him to the skies, and took him up to the house so I could give him some special treats.

He never did completely get over his fear of water, but the few times I had them at the lake together, he and Star enjoyed playing in the water, chasing balls and Frisbees. Ranger would dunk his whole head in the water to retrieve a toy off the bottom, but if it went far enough out that he'd have to swim after it, he'd back off and let Star get it.


by hexe on 25 July 2016 - 05:07

SS, I'm glad you found out that the neighbor wasn't the one who pushed Ranger off the dock...it's one less thing a person did to him, y'know?

I also loved that you shared how Ranger put aside his fear of the water to swim out into the lake to get to you. Those are the sweet memories that help get us through the rough days when missing them threatens to overwhelm us.





 


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