Dirge

[Njaco]

Parm, I work in a shelter and its because I love to see them get homes like yours that I do. Sorry for your loss but you saved a life and allowed her to live far more than a shelter would have be able to. Rejoice in that and remember those things like the lizard, etc.

My condolences for your loss.

[merlin]

Originally Posted by merlin

Not by intention to wait so long, but when I was 48 another kitten came into my life.

Oops, my mistake it was not when I was '48' but 38!! No need to make myself seem older than I am !!

[Torch]

My sympathies Parm. I had a 6 year old yellow lab I had to put down from lymph node cancer back on June 6th 2003. I am finally able to talk about him without tears coming to my eyes

[DOUGRD]

Originally Posted by Torch

My sympathies Parm. I had a 6 year old yellow lab I had to put down from lymph node cancer back on June 6th 2003. I am finally able to talk about him without tears coming to my eyes

I'm sorry to here that Torch, he looks like a big lovable pooch. What was his name?

[Torch]

His name was Remy (as in Remy Martin). Was a great dog, totally friendly, a natural rabbit hunting dog. If you read Marley and me (Grogan) you'll get an idea of how Remy was.. He was a total bud...If you look at the right edge of the picture you can see where he was shaved after surgery. I put him down a few days after the picture was taken.

[Parmigiano]

Poor Remy, 6 years are really too short. Thanks god I was spared from the decision to put her down or try to keep her alive until possible, I think it's a horrible loss-loss situation.
It's funny, I would not be kept artificially alive myself but when it comes to someone you care of it's very difficult to be rational.

My ex partner sent me a lot of pictures, so here is Mostrino in her natural environment and caught in 'flagrante delicto' : that evening the cake remained a dream for the humans...

Doug, how is Muggsy doing?

[DOUGRD]

Hi Parm, Muggsy seems to be doing OK. His eating is still on again, off again but he's still not messing with the cats food so I know he's not feeling good. The Vet gave us some Meds that seem to be easing his discomfort so for now it's still wait and see. Thanks for asking Parm. Torch, Remy sounds like he was the ideal sidekick. Poor guy. I had to laugh when I read about the natural rabbit hunter. A couple of days ago Muggsy was out in the back yard doing his "nature call" and a rabbit came out from under the deck and scared the hell out if him. The funny part was instead of turning around and chasing the rabbit Muggsy ran as fast as he could back up on the deck and barked like crazy to be let in. ( Before the Big Bad Bunny ate him)

[DOUGRD]

Well Parm, it's over. Poor Muggsy was put to sleep today at 2:00 PM CST. Last night he seemed to be having a good time playing kick ball with me but this morning my wife called me at work and said he had been laying down in his room all morning and the one time he tried to come out his legs just collapsed under him. I came home at 1:00 PM and we took him to the Vet. She checked him out and said he was extremely anemic and he wouldn't make it to the Holidays like we had hoped. (Muggsy loved sniffing all the Christmas presents and sleeping under the tree) So the Vet gave us the fateful choice and we decided it was more humane to put him asleep than to see the little rascal suffer. You're very right about one thing Parm, even though he used to drive me nuts at times and bark for no apparent reason, it was very, very hard to stand there and hold him that one last time while the Vet gave him the injection. She thought it would take about a minute because he was so anemic and his heart rate was down but it was over in twenty seconds. No pain ,no mess just quietly slipped out of our lives. The last thing my wife whispered to him was "Go find George, Muggsy." (If you remember earlier on I wrote about how we had to put George down about three years ago and Muggsy took it hard) So hopefully they are together again wherever it is that good dogs go.

[DBII]

I am sorry. I know how much it hurts.

DBII

[Downwind.Maddl-Land]

DougRD, deepest sympathies. Mine used to love Christmas too - really sad that Muggsy didn't make it through the Christmas break. Know exactly how you must feel.

[DOUGRD]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I wish I had a scanner so I could post pictures of George & Muggsy on the forum. Oh well. Before I forget and this thread slips away let me tell you a funny story about Muggsy. We bought him from a gent who was the maintenance manager at one of the beach hotels in Virginia Beach, VA., not far from where CCheese lives. So we had to fly him back to Minneapolis when we returned home. To make a long story a little shorter I'll dispense with the preboarding events. Anyway, we flew Northwest Airlines, who I worked for at the time as an aircraft mechanic, and we were flying standby up in first class. I hadn't been working for the airline very long and I was sort of nervous about being in first class and the head Flight Attendants looks weren't making me feel any better. I thought she was pissed about "Non-revs" being in "Her" first class and with a puppy no less. So after take off the younger Flight Attendant can by and said we could bring Muggsy out of his carrier and she told us about her dog which she had to put to sleep a few weeks before. A little while later as we're trying to entertaining Muggsy and keep him quiet I get a tap on my shoulder. It was the Head Flight Attendant with a smile on her face no less and she asks if she can take the puppy up into the cockpit. (this was pre 9-11) When she had been gone for about 15 minutes I turned to the wife, who was seated by the window, and said "Do you realize no one is flying this airplane? They're all crawling around the floor playing with your d*mn dog." As she was laughing at the remark I noticed the gent across the aisle from me yank on his seat belt and put a death grip on his arm rests. I reassured him I was only joking. He was not reassured. TRUE STORY!!

[Parmigiano]

Doug, I just read the new.
Unfortunately there is nothing I can say to make the situation easier, this feelings belongs to one's very private sphere.
A big hug to you, your wife and to the little bastard.

[DOUGRD]

Thanks DBII, Downwind & Parm, My wife and I appreciate it very much.

[lesofprimus]

Really sorry to hear about ur losses guys, always a heartbreaking moment...

Theres a reason why we call them Mans Best Friends...

[Njaco]

Doug, sorry I hadn't checked this thread in awhile and sorry about Muggsy. I hope your holidays are not so sad and you make it through. Being an animal person I can understand what both you and Parm are going through. Hold onto the memories.