the poor man

today whilst out walking fred i noticed what looked like a dodgy man watching us on the racecourse.....

HOW WRONG I WAS....

he called me over, so i cautiously went over, he asked how old fred was, i told him he was 2, then his eyes filled up and he said he had just lost his 11yr old GSD called duke only 10 days ago... i was chatting to him for over half an hour, my eyes were filling up as he was talking about his lad he had lost...he was now waiting for the beech and brass casket containing his boy to come home so they could be together again... :love: :love: ... he was drinking a can of lager, and he must of noticed me looking at it, because he said... i dont normally drink, please dont think im an alcoholic or anything, ive just come from my daughters house and i dont want to go back home to an empty house, so this will make it easier :love: :love: .....

i really really felt for him, i could have listened to him talking about his dog all day.... he even told me about how he was going to wait until spring before he got a new GSD... and he knows what he wants it to look like and hes going to call it duke junior, dj for short... i really hope he gets his boy home soon and that he gets his new pup in the spring, he says he is missing the dog hairs in the house, and that although he has lots of family, duke was his only true friend

bless him :love: :love: ...

awwww bless him something very similar happened to us on the beach a few months ago before we got Kala, a young family were staring at us and I thought the parents were worried about their kids and with Marley being off lead so I shouted over he's fine dont worry about him he's only interested in his ball, he'd play with the kids if you'd let them. the woman said something to the man and I though stroppy cow snd I carried on but the man came over and he was crying marley was the double of his dog that he's lost 2 days prior he started cuddling marley and crying his eyes out then the woman came over and she was crying too I felt awful and by the time they went I was crying!!! The woman had told the man not to come over cos she knew how upset he would be. Its awful when that happens isnt Shelley

Aww you really feel for these people dont you.

aww jude, your story had me filling up with tears :love: ... you really feel for these people jan, its such a shame, i felt really guilty too when i first thought he was some weirdo staring at us .... :love:

Awww both your stories are so sad

Im welling up just thinking about how they must feel

he also told me he was related to a june or jude cunningham, she died last year but apparantly was well known on the GSD circuit, she was into breeding and showing them and did a lot for local rescues :love: ....


when i walked away from him, i turned back just before i rounded the corner and he was still stood there

Its so sad

it is jude ... i cant get it out of my head now, i bet you were the same when you met the couple who had lost thier dog :love:

It was Shelley it took me ages to get it out of my mind, they called their dog Murphy I hate seeing Men cry and the guy was sobbing, the woman was upset but I think it was the guys dog. He just kept apologising and I didnt know what to say, Marley kept licking his face but then wanted to play with his ball so the guy threw it for him and we said our goodbyes then.

awww jude, how awful bless him :love: .... you dont know what to say to them either :nhy: .... i cant help thinking of the man today, sat at home on his own.... and its not like he could stroke fred either, cos fred was sensing the man was upset, so everytime he got a little bit closer fred bloomin barked at him

youve got me in tears girls . Its horrid when you lose them and you still think of them. I still think of my Gemma and even though susie wasnt my girl she will always have a very special place in my heart, and i miss them both dearly.
A woman stopped me about 2 weeks ago when I was out walking tess. We got talking, she told me that she lost her GSD last year and looked very much like tess. The woman said to me what a stunning girl she was and a credit to the breed which i thought was lovely of her to say. She was thinking of getting another but maybe next year.

aw bless her :love: ... i love to hear stories of other peoples loved and lost ones.... :love:

god i'm upset now
those poor families i know how they feel too..
when Scouse was put to sleep i walked home with his collar and lead in my hand sobbing people kept stopping me and ask if i was ok i think i blurted the story of my brave boy to about 20 people on the way home i was too upset to get the bus home so i walked about 5 miles.

aww bless you hun ..i can just picture it.. it made my eyes fill up :love: :love: ... when boss was about to be pts i ran out of the vets, its a good job my ex father in law was with me...i just couldnt be with him while he died.... i couldnt do it :nhy: ... i sat outside on the floor sobbing my heart out ...

:love: :love: :love:


didnt mean for this thread to get so sad ...sorry people :2431:

too late i'm filling up now

i was'nt expecting Scouse to be put to sleep I went to another vet miles away just for a 2nd opinion but it was the same as the first vet said and he was in pain.

shit, I can't type for crying, I need to go and cuddle my pooches

I know how you feel the memories of my Girl Waya who PTS 19/9/09 are still very strong it was so hard she was only 7 yrs I must tell you all then you can ignore me My Waya was another rescue who we had at 6 months old she was always hyped up like living on a tight rope scared of any loud noises.
She came out for her walk on Thursday no problems running,playing with the boys Thursday night her breathing was'nt right so i said i will see what she's like in the morning, she seemed ok I took her and the boys out for there walk at 7.30 am Friday she was'nt running just walking by my side so it was only an hours walk, took her to the vets at 9am they kept her in for xray had a phone call at 2pm told all they can see is one big mass in her chest area, They referred her to a specialist we got there at 3.30pm after listening to her chest they took her straight to theater thats when i had to leave her again at 7.30 pm the phone call came her lungs had filled up with chyle fluid which they drained while she was asleep they did a scan and found she had a big whole in her heart and a tumor on the top of her heart wow i just went to pieces she was still under at that point so i had to leave her all night got there at 9.15 am Saturday and Waya was all excited jumping and talking wanting to come home with these 2 holes and tubes in her chest and i had to say NO you have got to go back to sleep never to wake again i stayed with her there was no way i was going to leave my girl again that was the 1st time i had ever left her over night. In 3 days she went from being a happy girl apart from having panus to PTS.

I am so sorry for this thread but i really needed to tell people as freinds around here dont seem to understand dog lovers like us.

awwww Eileen, I have tears rolling down my cheeks reading that. That is so sad but you gave her a lovely home for 7 years You are certainly amongst a lot of caring supporting people on this forum, I found that out in January this year when Marley was poisoned by someone on the beach luckily he survived as my vet caught him in time and kept him over night but these lovely people on here kept me going they are a great bunch of people. Thank you for sharing your sad story, never apologise for it

Thanks I am still crying buckets here looking at my boys :love: Ted has grown one grey whisker since Waya has gone as she mothered him when i got him at 7 wks he really does miss her thank god i got Zeus when i did or Ted wouldnt be here either.
It happened all so quick 3 days i still cant get my head around it. She only cost £50 from rescue but the vets bills came to over £2000. :san15: she was my little girl hopefully time will ease the pain she really just wanted to come home but i couldnt her lungs would have filled up again within 24 hrs that was the hardest PTS i have ever done as she didnt feel ill or any pain she felt healthy and full of life.

I must stop i'm getting myself to upset and go and walk my boys.

Eileen,i dont know what to say hun except i know how you feel having
been through it myself.I'm so sorry to hear about your beautiful girl.I lost
my last boy 4 years ago and even though i now have another 3 i still miss him.
The pain does get easier though and i get a lot of pleasure from my 3 but
my last boy will never be forgotten.Please dont apologise for telling your story
we are all friends here and we are all more than happy to listen.

Thanks so much for your kind thoughts, I have had a walk with my boys and blown the tears away or should i say they have frozen its bl---dy cold out there.
I feel so guilty for being like that when that poor man has nothing in his life and i still have my boys how selfish am i I really hope he gets his next dog soon i cant imagine being without one it must be hell
Thanks once again :love:

Oh Eileen you gave your little girl a wonderful life. I hope with time the pain will ease

awww eileen i want to give you a big hug hun :love: :love: ..your story made me cry :love: :love:

please dont apologise though..... we are here if you want to talk non stop about your beautiful girl.... you gave her a wonderful life so you talk about her all you want ...


losing a furbaby is hearbreaking.. but with time time it does get easier, we never forget them :love: :love:

Im so sorry to hear about your loss Eileen hopefully being able to talk about your girl on here will help you

get thru this difficult time
It must have been an awful shock