My sweet Westie Abby

wlyon · 02-16-2018, 11:02 PM

Had to put my buddy down this evening. Vet not sure what but thinks she probably got something when I boarded her in Oct. She has been going down hill since. She was a great little dog . She still looked every day for Mary. I will truly miss her. She was family and in someway a piece of Mary. She was only 6. Hope you can read this I seem to have a misting problem. Bill

Ron Wood · 02-16-2018, 11:28 PM

I have a bit of a misting problem just reading it Bill. Since we lost our pets, to this day every time I see a nice dog or cat it tugs at my heart. I don't have the fortitude to try again. You have my condolences friend.
Ron

sheepherder · 02-16-2018, 11:50 PM

I share your pain. I've always cried when one of my dogs passes on. They are a part of us.

Edward Tinker · 02-16-2018, 11:50 PM

Bill, I am so sorry --- Most of ours have lived to 10 yrs, although we had a rottweiler 25 yrs ago and she got a back-let bone cancer and she was just over 5. We know they will go, but its really awful when they go so quick.

I am truly sorry Bill, I know this is just another thing to happen.

Your friend,

Ed

TJ1 · 02-17-2018, 12:13 AM

Heart breaking. I lost two of my Rott's a month apart to bone cancer they were broter and sister eight years old. The vet asked what food I had been feeding and just shook his head when I said Costco lamb and rice.

I'm down to my last three rescue dogs all abandoned on our country road. 15-7 and 6 years with me.

Sorry for your loss.

..TJ..

ithacaartist · 02-17-2018, 02:32 AM

Sorry to hear, Bill. Be of good cheer, soon as you can...

David

Sergio Natali · 02-17-2018, 10:07 AM

Bill

I know what you're feeling, I share your pain.
In the past I used to live in the countryside and I had dogs, cats, hens, and saddle horses, but every time I had to take an old or ill friend to the vet to put him to sleep for me was terrible and every time I used to say "no more pets" as it was like losing a member of the family.
Now I live in a much smaller house just outside a big town and I only have Sofia a female cat that sort of "adopted" us about three years ago.

Come on Bill and try to cheer up.

Sergio

lugerholsterrepair · 02-17-2018, 11:38 AM

It's the sad things in life that bring the good things into focus. It's all the circle of life..Sorry to hear it Bill. It's always tough to lose a friend.

Dick Herman · 02-17-2018, 01:26 PM

Bill I am sorry to hear about your loss.
Pets do become part of your family. I think I know what you must be feeling. We have had dogs before we had children and we all grew older together.
Pets give us unconditional love and affection. I think there is a place in heaven for our pets.

pitsword · 02-17-2018, 04:17 PM

Bill I am saddened to learn of Abby's passing. Gosh I remember when you got her, how time goes so quickly by. Abby was by your side and shared the grief of loss with you. God bless you, you are in my prayers my Friend.

mrerick · 02-17-2018, 04:49 PM

Bill, my condolences and sympathy. Know you gave Abby a home of love and comfort.

DonVoigt · 02-17-2018, 05:12 PM

Bill,
we know how you feel, bad. Hang in there.

WG dog · 02-17-2018, 07:50 PM

Sorry.

Still have framed photos of my dogs in view. They've been gone for years.

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."

Andy Rooney

G.T. · 02-17-2018, 08:10 PM

Hi Bill, I am sorry to here of your loss! I think God lets us have these small friends when we most need them, and they are loyal all the way til death...... We have lost Tazzy 13, Panzer 11, (Boxers) and AZ-IS 10 (South African Boarboel) over the last 20 years... I still cry.... best to all, til...lat'r...GT

BogeyB · 02-19-2018, 08:41 PM

Hey Bill,

I am so sorry you lost your very special friend. They come into your life and then into your heart. They ARE a member of your family, and you grieve as such. At some time in the future, go out and let another one in your home and heart.

Take care my friend,
Mike

wlyon · 02-20-2018, 11:18 AM

Mike
No more dogs for me. I will be 82 in April. Not fair to get another dog who would outlive me. I also do not want to go through this again. They give a lot but hurt to much when gone. Bill

George Anderson · 02-20-2018, 02:21 PM

I think watching a dog go down hill is just as painful as the loss. Little Fritz is suffering through his last Winter, his seventeenth.

BogeyB · 02-20-2018, 08:50 PM

Hey Bill,

I'm sorry you don't want a new friend, but I understand. I hope you have many friends and your family to fill the void.

Take care,
Mike

John Sabato · 02-21-2018, 11:44 AM

Bill my dear friend, I am so sorry for your loss. I have been through this experience 5 times already, and we now have 5 of these little "family members" that bring so much to our lives. Peggy and I have also said that we have obtained our last, as we don't want them to outlive us either, but I can't imagine life without them... Our current brood is 11, 9, 8, 2 and 1 years old. Life without any one of them is a place I don't want to go.

May God comfort you in this loss. I know just from reading this thread that I speak for many when I say that we share your sorrow...

Sincerely, -John

02-16-2018, 11:02 PM	#1
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,619 Thanks: 3,145 Thanked 2,531 Times in 943 Posts	My sweet Westie Abby Had to put my buddy down this evening. Vet not sure what but thinks she probably got something when I boarded her in Oct. She has been going down hill since. She was a great little dog . She still looked every day for Mary. I will truly miss her. She was family and in someway a piece of Mary. She was only 6. Hope you can read this I seem to have a misting problem. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

02-16-2018, 11:28 PM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,989 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 5,099 Times in 1,676 Posts	I have a bit of a misting problem just reading it Bill. Since we lost our pets, to this day every time I see a nice dog or cat it tugs at my heart. I don't have the fortitude to try again. You have my condolences friend. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

02-16-2018, 11:50 PM	#3
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,328 Posts	I share your pain. I've always cried when one of my dogs passes on. They are a part of us. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

02-17-2018, 02:32 AM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,292 Thanks: 7,059 Thanked 2,484 Times in 1,325 Posts	Sorry to hear, Bill. Be of good cheer, soon as you can... David __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

02-17-2018, 10:07 AM	#7
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Bill I know what you're feeling, I share your pain. In the past I used to live in the countryside and I had dogs, cats, hens, and saddle horses, but every time I had to take an old or ill friend to the vet to put him to sleep for me was terrible and every time I used to say "no more pets" as it was like losing a member of the family. Now I live in a much smaller house just outside a big town and I only have Sofia a female cat that sort of "adopted" us about three years ago. Come on Bill and try to cheer up. Sergio Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

02-16-2018, 11:50 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,916 Thanks: 1,992 Thanked 4,507 Times in 2,081 Posts	Bill, I am so sorry --- Most of ours have lived to 10 yrs, although we had a rottweiler 25 yrs ago and she got a back-let bone cancer and she was just over 5. We know they will go, but its really awful when they go so quick. I am truly sorry Bill, I know this is just another thing to happen. Your friend, Ed

02-17-2018, 12:13 AM	#5
TJ1 User Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 34 Thanks: 25 Thanked 47 Times in 16 Posts	Heart breaking. I lost two of my Rott's a month apart to bone cancer they were broter and sister eight years old. The vet asked what food I had been feeding and just shook his head when I said Costco lamb and rice. I'm down to my last three rescue dogs all abandoned on our country road. 15-7 and 6 years with me. Sorry for your loss. ..TJ..

02-17-2018, 11:38 AM	#8
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,868 Thanked 3,105 Times in 1,429 Posts	It's the sad things in life that bring the good things into focus. It's all the circle of life..Sorry to hear it Bill. It's always tough to lose a friend. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

02-17-2018, 01:26 PM	#9
Dick Herman User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 302 Thanks: 496 Thanked 354 Times in 138 Posts	Bill I am sorry to hear about your loss. Pets do become part of your family. I think I know what you must be feeling. We have had dogs before we had children and we all grew older together. Pets give us unconditional love and affection. I think there is a place in heaven for our pets.

02-17-2018, 04:17 PM	#10
pitsword User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 456 Thanks: 3,919 Thanked 101 Times in 81 Posts	Bill I am saddened to learn of Abby's passing. Gosh I remember when you got her, how time goes so quickly by. Abby was by your side and shared the grief of loss with you. God bless you, you are in my prayers my Friend.

02-17-2018, 04:49 PM	#11
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,901 Thanks: 1,372 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	Bill, my condolences and sympathy. Know you gave Abby a home of love and comfort. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

02-17-2018, 05:12 PM	#12
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,678 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,348 Times in 2,038 Posts	Bill, we know how you feel, bad. Hang in there. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

02-17-2018, 07:50 PM	#13
WG dog Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Thanks: 1,282 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	Sorry. Still have framed photos of my dogs in view. They've been gone for years. "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." Andy Rooney

02-17-2018, 08:10 PM	#14
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,486 Thanks: 1,284 Thanked 3,583 Times in 989 Posts	Gods gift! Hi Bill, I am sorry to here of your loss! I think God lets us have these small friends when we most need them, and they are loyal all the way til death...... We have lost Tazzy 13, Panzer 11, (Boxers) and AZ-IS 10 (South African Boarboel) over the last 20 years... I still cry.... best to all, til...lat'r...GT

02-19-2018, 08:41 PM	#15
BogeyB Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mc Donough, GA. Posts: 419 Thanks: 0 Thanked 222 Times in 96 Posts	Hey Bill, I am so sorry you lost your very special friend. They come into your life and then into your heart. They ARE a member of your family, and you grieve as such. At some time in the future, go out and let another one in your home and heart. Take care my friend, Mike __________________ MAGA Always!! NRA Benifactor, GCA

02-20-2018, 11:18 AM	#16
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,619 Thanks: 3,145 Thanked 2,531 Times in 943 Posts	Mike No more dogs for me. I will be 82 in April. Not fair to get another dog who would outlive me. I also do not want to go through this again. They give a lot but hurt to much when gone. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

02-20-2018, 02:21 PM	#17
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,527 Times in 786 Posts	I think watching a dog go down hill is just as painful as the loss. Little Fritz is suffering through his last Winter, his seventeenth. Attached Thumbnails

02-20-2018, 08:50 PM	#18
BogeyB Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mc Donough, GA. Posts: 419 Thanks: 0 Thanked 222 Times in 96 Posts	Hey Bill, I'm sorry you don't want a new friend, but I understand. I hope you have many friends and your family to fill the void. Take care, Mike __________________ MAGA Always!! NRA Benifactor, GCA

02-21-2018, 11:44 AM	#19
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,152 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Bill my dear friend, I am so sorry for your loss. I have been through this experience 5 times already, and we now have 5 of these little "family members" that bring so much to our lives. Peggy and I have also said that we have obtained our last, as we don't want them to outlive us either, but I can't imagine life without them... Our current brood is 11, 9, 8, 2 and 1 years old. Life without any one of them is a place I don't want to go. May God comfort you in this loss. I know just from reading this thread that I speak for many when I say that we share your sorrow... Sincerely, -John