It's just a dog.

[Norseman]

Bye, Shitface. Dogspeed.

[powdrhound]

I just hugged Finnegan again.

[riser4]

RIP Willy.

[::: :::]

RIP shitface

[Mazderati]

Tough couple of days. RIP, good boys and girls.

[GimpToo]

Oh my!

[Gepeto]

I look in doggie stoke most days to see the happy fir kids with their loving maggots. Shitface always brought special grins because you had shared that he was on the spectrum Booner. I rarely stop here because it makes me miss family members of my own, and there is little I can offer via the web to soothe an aching heart.

Kobi, profoundly affected; a 1yr old rescue.

Look for him Willie! He will welcome you to your new oasis with a kind and gentle demeanor.

Always with you Booner. May Willie's appreciation for the life he got to share with your family soon bring smiles and warmth to your hearts.

[altachic]

We don't deserve dogs. They are just the best.
I've only been a dog owner for just about three years now and my heart aches for your loss of this good boy. It's incredibly hard for me to think about this time that will come for Trigger.
Somehow I'm tearing up for you and your dog and I don't even know you. Lots of love and peace to you guys.
Rest in Peace Shitface.

[booner]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. Today has been tough. I felt so good last night but looking at pics today I started crying at my desk in the office. Came home tonight and he's not running up to me like he always did...I go in the bathroom and I'm waiting for the idiot to be in there cause he was constantly locking himself in there and wouid be chillin on the bed he made out of the bathmat

I miss him

[BobMc]

This is one of my favorite memes…

[skiJ]

my Condolences, booner !

grief can ease... but until it does,

it ( grief ) can knock one to the ground .

hang in !
With love

tj

(( it feels selfish - and I try not to be in these posts -
the last lesson m' Blue taught me is the great dogs go before we cannot live without them.
And
Blue remains a Guardian spirit in my life ))

[barkcity]

Felt like I knew ol Shitface personally from seeing him around TGR Forums. RIP friend. I know he'll be missed, but he'll always be with you.

[Buzzworthy]

Ah fuck, dog dammit. So so sorry to hear Booner. I hate when people go through this and we all do it for the fur kids. They are just so damn special. But I hate all the hurt in this thread. To better days in the future after it doesn’t hurt so hard….

[Jax]

Oh man, just checking in here to see the sad news. RIP Shitface, I'll miss you in the doggie stoke thread. Vibes to Booner and all who lost their pups in the past few weeks. It's so freaking hard.

[BmillsSkier]

A friend shared this with me over the holidays about a secret pet memorial Christmas Tree in Central Park and I didn't think about again until today when I saw someone talking about it in connection with their recently lost dog. I thought I'd share it here along with a poem they had that really struck a chord with me as I'm still finding little reminders all the time of my BC Connor that I lost last spring - it still stings a lot when I think about him.

https://abc7ny.com/nyc-central-park-...cret/14207701/

[booner]

That's good

[garyfromterrace]

Yes it was. Sorry man.

[shroom]

lost a good one this weekend. she spent about 8 years with a breeder in Elk, and has bunch of kids and relatives around spokane. she lasted beyond her 12th birthday, guarding the yard til the end and disproving aging. a few grey hairs in her last days but amazing eternal youth, you didn’t want to be charged at.

we have a few dogs around and she was the crowd pleaser. she’ll be remembered for her desire to sit on you, ability to hook your leg with her paw and make sure you can’t move away, unrelenting hunger, unbelievably high tolerance, and beauty.

RIP Sunny, hope it’s cold there

[Supermoon]

So sorry Shroom. RIP Sunny. What a beautiful pup

[Jax]

Rest easy Sunny. 12 is amazing for a Berner, good genes for sure. You gave her a great retirement.

[liv2ski]

Sigh...I hate to see the puppies leaving us. It just makes my heart kind of sink each time I see another beautiful dog has left us. RIP Sunny.

[BmillsSkier]

I'm so sorry to hear that Shroom. Sunny was a gorgeous pup, and I hope she's in peace smiling down on you.

[TNKen]

Well, here I am again.

Piper was Molly's replacement white boxer, see page 22. Piper came into our lives to fill a void. Typical boxer, wild as crap, but a fun, smart dog. Like Molly, she instantly became my fishing buddy, and if the boat or truck moved she wanted to be in it.

Never met a stranger. Her nub never stopped wiggling. A few years ago, our daughter got another boxer, and following Mere's divorce, Gracie somehow boomeranged back into our house. Of course Piper and Gracie were inseparable.

Piper grew into a relatively large boxer, about 85 pounds. Probably because she surfed the neighbors for treats. Piper's favorite was to stand outside one neighbor's kitchen window and "woof" until he threw her a treat. All good unless it was on her morning walk at 6:00 a.m.

Seven and a half years of fun, love and good times.

It snowed here over the weekend here in East Tennessee. Piper and the rest of the hounds at our house went out to play in the snow on Tuesday. My daughter noticed Piper's urine had blood in it. Piper crawled into bed Tuesday night like always and snored away.

Yesterday morning, I called the vet and got a drop off appointment for yesterday to investigate, plus the usual annual stuff. About twenty minutes later, vet calls and we have bigger problems. Fluid in her abdomen and in her pericardial sac around her heart. Emergency treatment. Off to the University of Tennessee small animal hospital. The trooper was kind enough to give me a stern warning as I passed him at 86. Piper barked at him for a bit, and then retreated to the bed in the back.

They confirmed the fluid, did a pericardiocentesis to try to drain what we learned was blood around her heart. Unfortunately, the blood was leaking from somewhere, and they determined it was likely a cancerous tumor on her heart that had ruptured. Increasing fluid pressure in her pericardium leads to a tamponade where the heart can't relax and refill with blood, a terminal condition.

They got her stabilized for a few minutes, I got to hug and love on her for a bit, see her nub wiggle one last time, made the hard decision, and she was gone. Brought her back home to be cremated.

Once again, I hurt, can't eat, and life is going to suck for several days. Her boxer buddy Gracie keeps sniffing things and looking out the window for her.

[BmillsSkier]

Ugh, Ken that's heartbreaking. I'm very sorry for your loss of Piper, she sounds like such a good girl.

[JimmyCarter]

So sorry shroom and Ken. Hope Piper and Sunny have the chance to hang together somewhere beautiful until you meet again.

This thread is soul crushing.


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