My leukemia's back.

[LittleLakePhil]

Sorry..really as me and Chris got older our dogs replaced our children that left home. And when our little Pepper dog died in a car crash last year I grieved as if he was one of my kids.
Take care...Phil

 

[N F C]

Blooie, I'm so sorry you lost Molly yesterday. When you lose a well loved dog, it's a member of the family you can never replace. She was beautiful, both in looks and temperament. You were so fortunate to have her (and I'm sure she was lucky to have all of you).

 

[Outpost JWB]

@Blooie , So sorry to hear that. DH lost his English Setter "Pepper" last week as well. She was just old. Even though that fart had tore up and killed many of my chickens, I still cried when she died.

 

[sourland]

to Blooie. I hate it when dogs die.

Blooie, words can not express my sympathy.

 

[Blooie]

Thanks, my friends. I am dreading Kendra coming over today. It would be foolish to hope that she doesn't notice - she'll notice immediately. I can't even get by with telling her that "Lally" is outside. Little stinker stands at the door, opens it as far as she can without tipping over, and waits. As soon as Molly would hear the door open she'd be standing right there while I moved Kendra to the side and opened the door the rest of the way to let her in.

Ah, well. It is what it is, as people say. Every morning when I went out to do chicken chores she came out with me and made her circuit around the coop and run checking for signs of trouble. She was such a coward I'm not sure what she'd have done if she ever found it!

Hope this morning finds everyone feeling fit and spry! I'll get back there too - just gonna take a couple of days.

 

[N F C]

@Blooie , So sorry to hear that. DH lost his English Setter "Pepper" last week as well. She was just old. Even though that fart had tore up and killed many of my chickens, I still cried when she died.

JWB, I'm sorry for your loss as well.

 

[FridayYet]

So sorry you lost Molly, Blooie. What a heartbreak to lose a beloved pet.

 

[N F C]

Blooie, all kids are more aware than what most adults give them credit for. She may as well get the sad news from you as anyone what happened (in terms a kid can understand), she's entitled to her time to mourn. Kids also have amazing "bounce back"...she'll probably move on faster than you or the other grown ups.

 

[3goodeggs]

How terribly sad.
I hate having to lose a dog. We have never had to go through having a dog die before us though. We always anguished over putting them down... The fine line between too soon and too late.
It is just sad and awful and a space is there that wasn't there before.
I always thought the advice of going and getting a replacement was callous advice, but for the last two we did just that.
I miss the ones we lost just as much but it wasn't as sad because we rescued someone who needed us.

Hugs to you all and hugs and sympathy to Katie.

 

[Blooie]

Quote:Well, I could buy that with Evan and Katie. They were really upset last night because they "get it". But we can't communicate with Kendra yet. She doesn't understand even the simplest things. She knows some words, but those are mostly nouns. She's 4 and that "conversation" she had with Molly yesterday was the first time she's ever put words together, and even then she wasn't forming a thought and then carrying it out - she was just mimicking what she's always heard us do. If we start to put her jacket on and say, "Kendra, let's put on your jacket." she gets that and holds her arms out for the sleeves. But if we ask her where her jacket is, she has no idea what we're talking about. We can't tell her what we are going to do or want her to do. She simply doesn't get it. Unlike most 4 year olds, she has no concept of anything abstract. If she can't touch it, smell it, taste it, hear it or see it, it simply isn't. So I can tell her, but she won't have any idea what I'm talking about. She'll still be looking for Molly no matter what or how she's told because Molly was. I know that doesn't make much sense but she's so hard to explain. If people crouch down in front of her and talk to her, asking her name or how old she is, she just flaps her arms and giggles. So I'm afraid that we're just going to have to let her keep looking and distracting her until her memories fade a bit.