I adopted Laddie when he was a puppy and loved him until the day he
died. Looking into his liquid brown eyes, it was impossible not to see
the love he held for me.
I took Lad with me everywhere I went. We would go for strawberry ice
cream and he loved to lick the stuff down to the cone. Of course, he would
have his own. Then we would go for a long hike 5 miles almost everyday.
We were both in great physical shape.
Then one day, he was not acting right. We would start out on our hikes and
he would jump up on me, as if to say I do not want to walk today. When he
stopped eating, I then knew he was ill. My worst nightmare came true. The
vet diagnosed him with an adencarcinoma. I was heart sick. I was just not
ready to say goodbye to him. I did everything I did, to preserve his life, from
finding the best surgeon money could buy, and the best advice anybody could
give me to give him another few years.
It ended up he had two surgeries, along with a vegetarian diet, he lived another
5 years.
One night I was spending time with him near the end, and I knew his precious life
was almost over, but somehow I just could not believe that I had to say good bye.
I left to go out that evening, and when I came home he was gone. The worst part
of all was that I never had the chance to say goodbye.
It has haunted me for 14 years, that I never got to say good-bye to my best friend...
my beloved Laddy. He didn't want me to say good-bye to him. His last wish was
that I simply not forget him.
PRECIOUS MEMORIES: by Patti Hengel
Today I sit with sadness
A single tear within my eye
I miss you so, my little one
Cannot bear to say good-bye
No one will ever know
How much you meant to me
Or how the sorrow in my heart
Will never set me free
A faithful friend you always were
A healing to my soul
With tenderness and love
You played a special role
You were one of God's creatures
A companion unique and rare
With a special loyalty
That others do not share
All the precious memories
Are treasured in my heart
And they will always be
Even though we're far apart
My experience with Canine Cancer, led me to a product that
I would like to recommend to anybody that's dog has cancer.
If I had this product then, I know it would have added my
dog more time. HERE:
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Oh Cheryl, I'm so sorry you lost your sweet dog. What kind of dog was he?
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry I know that is very hard to lose a dog. We lost our dog to cancer and he was only two. We do not have a dog now but I will keep this in mind and I will share with others.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry about your dog, Cheryl.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I was about 14 I had a cat that got really sick. Oh how I loved him. It was the same type of thing, but he wouldn't let go until I said it was ok. Not even one minute after I accepted it, he was gone. It breaks my heart to loose animals that we love so much and know that they love us. It always makes me feel better to know that they are happy and free and that they are watching us with the same love, we just can't see it other than in our memories.
*hug*
Oh Cheryl I am crying my eyes out right now. I know exactly how you felt. We put Rusty down in January, most likely from cancer. He was 14, we had him since he was 3 months old. He had internal things showing on xrays and ultrasounds but he was too old to open him up to see what they were. I have since gotten another puppy to companion our surviving lonely dog. I have changed their food and try to think "healty". I will look into what you have suggested.
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