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GoodBye my Buddy #6707092
12/26/19 11:46 PM
12/26/19 11:46 PM
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Lakeland,Minnesota
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Just got back from having my lab put down.This was one of the hardest things I have ever done.
3 months shy of 15 years old is a long life for a black lab,but way to short when he was your best buddy.Whenever I did a convention or was gone,my wife always said Phoenix is sleeping at the top of the stairs,waiting for you.Whenever I opened that door ,when arriving home,he was there tail beating the door -and so glad to see me.
If I was sitting on the couch,he would get the upper half of his 95 pound body onto my lap,and then he would nod off to sleep with his back legs on the floor.
I never worried about my wife if I was gone,her #1 protector was on guard.
I have had dogs for my entire life,and they were all good dogs,but none as lovable and as loyal as my lab
About 6 months ago he must have had a couple of strokes.About a month ago his hind legs started to go.I helped hi up and down the patio steps,so he could go out. A couple days ago,his hind legs gave out twice in the kitchen and he was unable to get up without my help.
With no hope of him getting over his problems and fearing he would break his legs and suffer even more,I had the vet put down my buddy.I stayed with him and kept petting his head and talking to him long after his heart stopped beating.
Phoenix was a gift to our lives and he gave himself so fully
GoodBye my Buddy.
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
Tom Olson
MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707095
12/26/19 11:47 PM
12/26/19 11:47 PM
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma
Sorry to hear.

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707099
12/26/19 11:50 PM
12/26/19 11:50 PM
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Idaho Falls, ID
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I feel for you. May you keep smiling from all the good memories of Phoenix.

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707105
12/26/19 11:52 PM
12/26/19 11:52 PM
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 6,117
Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander
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Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander
Very sorry to hear Tom! Labs are such loyal dogs. You will be reunited one day as I know I will with the labs that have left me!
God Bless...

Chris


>>In God we trust<<
Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707110
12/26/19 11:58 PM
12/26/19 11:58 PM
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Posts: 14
Iowa
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Iowa
Sorry to hear and it never gets easier. Lots of memories in 15 years

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707112
12/27/19 12:00 AM
12/27/19 12:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,751
Central, SD
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Sad deal for sure it never gets any easier on a person.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707113
12/27/19 12:01 AM
12/27/19 12:01 AM
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Missouri
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Missouri
Sorry for your loss Tom.

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707137
12/27/19 12:29 AM
12/27/19 12:29 AM
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Sorry to hear

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707138
12/27/19 12:30 AM
12/27/19 12:30 AM
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Posts: 5,471
West Central MN
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Sad day, sorry for your loss.


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Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707141
12/27/19 12:32 AM
12/27/19 12:32 AM
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Wabash, IN USA
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Very sorry for you loss


"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707148
12/27/19 12:45 AM
12/27/19 12:45 AM
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Posts: 25,381
williams,mn
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williams,mn
Sorry to hear that Tom.


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707150
12/27/19 12:48 AM
12/27/19 12:48 AM
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Ohio
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Ohio
Sorry for your loss.


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Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707155
12/27/19 12:57 AM
12/27/19 12:57 AM
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potter co. p.a.
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amazing they get in our hearts like they do isnt it.thinkin of ya









Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707159
12/27/19 01:08 AM
12/27/19 01:08 AM
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Lakeland,Minnesota
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When I got home from the vet and Phoenix wasn't there to greet me,I headed to the kitchen to see if he was checking it out for scraps.Later at supper my wife had toast and chicken scraps off to the side of her plate --which she always did for our buddy.
Its going to be hard to get used to no dog around .we have had one the entire 41 years we have been married.
Tom


If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping.
Tom Olson
MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707165
12/27/19 01:24 AM
12/27/19 01:24 AM
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Oregon
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Just like you Tom, all the dogs I've had were good dogs but once in a blue moon there is a real extra-special bond with a dog. You just lost family there.


My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707168
12/27/19 01:34 AM
12/27/19 01:34 AM
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MN, USA
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I'm so sorry about your friend. My sincerest condolences. As a Christian, in researching near death experiences, I have come across stories of people who mention pets in Heaven. One which touched me was a person noticed a horse and a dog looking into the distance and was told, they were waiting for their master who would arrive. I believe good animals are cherished by God and like the lion and the lamb will be in Heaven for us to meet up on that forever plain. I also believe God does not waste millions of wild animals as they all serve his purpose and Heaven is a big place and those herds of buffalo to wildebeest are there too.
I believe good people have good animals, and impart their spirit into them. When my setter died, I jumped with a start a few weeks later when I felt her nose touch my hand which I had draped over the back of the chair. She always did this and for one of those stories people can believe or not, my brother who lives a state away, said he woke up one morning early and he swears my girl was sitting there.
It is hard to have a friend like that not around in this physical world, but I do believe we will be rejoined with them later.
My deepest sympathies.

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707170
12/27/19 01:41 AM
12/27/19 01:41 AM
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OBX N.C.
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Tom
I feel your loss. My lab passed 2 years ago and sometimes at night I will wake
up and call his name half asleep because he’s not sleeping beside me on the floor.
I will get another lab puppy some day and start all over again.
God bless

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707171
12/27/19 01:42 AM
12/27/19 01:42 AM
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So sorry for your loss Tom.


Eh...wot?

Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707174
12/27/19 01:56 AM
12/27/19 01:56 AM
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MT (Big Sky Country)
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Hang in there a great dog is family just like our kids special one's even more so some day's I think it's those darn eye's they have that pierce our soul and wiggle and squirm into our hearts and the total excitement to see us every time we walk in the door or go out to the kennel or go hunting or fishing or a training day on the water getting covered in water each time they shake off !
Allan


Re: GoodBye my Buddy [Re: Bogmaster] #6707195
12/27/19 03:39 AM
12/27/19 03:39 AM
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Northern Mn
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Northern Mn
Sorry to hear of your loss,dog's are family for sure.I lost my yellow lab 3 years ago in May,i'm thinking about getting another yellow this spring.Again sorry for your loss.

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